43% of Ukrainian children show psychosocial distress, with symptoms of anxiety, fear, and irritability. Nearly 10 million Ukrainians, including 1.4 million children, are at risk of mental health ...

GAZA, 30 November 2024 -It is with profound sadness that we confirm that a staff member of Save the Children was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis today, the second Save the Children ...

AMMAN, 10 December 2024 – As Syria faces a critical turning point with cautious optimism for the future, the needs of children have never been higher with an urgent increase in funding required to ...

Thank You for making this the best Christmas Jumper Day EVER! We hope you had a tree-mendous day, joining millions of people across the UK by wearing your most festive jumper with pride and raising ...

BEIRUT, 26 November 2024– Save the Children welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah but said that the violence must stop immediately to protect children in Lebanon. An ...

GAZA, 29 November 2024 – About 235,000 children forced from their homes by bombs, bullets and displacement orders in Gaza are facing increasing risk of disease as days of heavy rains flood tents and ...

Children going hungry isn’t new. But many of the reasons are: pandemics, rising prices and disasters caused by climate change. It means that, even today, 1 in 4 children don't get the nutritious food ...

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Menaca was the Head of Child Rights, Governance, Media and Comms at Save the Children in Sri Lanka. She holds a masters degree in communication and journalism, and writes poetry as a hobby.

One in five children in the UK can’t read well when they leave primary school. For children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, the figure is more than one in three. By the time they reach ...