Over 13,000 children in 18 countries have participated in one of the world’s largest children’s consultations on climate change, calling for faster action to address the climate crisis during a year marred by unprecedented drought, ferocious heatwaves, and devastating...
The number of children in Somalia receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022 as the worst drought in years tightened its grip on the country, Save the Children said today. In June, doctors at a...
The UN’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report published today finds that as many as 828 million people were hungry last year, an increase from 811 in 2020. Reacting to the report, Gabriella Waaijman, Global Humanitarian Director at Save the...
More than two in three families in Sri Lanka do not have enough to eat, according to a survey by Save the Children, which warned the country’s economic crisis is rapidly becoming a full-blown humanitarian emergency. The survey of more than 2,300 families in the...
Esther, 29, and her 20-month-old daughter Susan who is being treated for malnutrition, Turkana, Kenya. Marion Kwambai / Save the Children – More than 750,000 people facing famine conditions in worst hunger crisis in decade – Save the Children releases US$28.5 mln cash...
At least 21 children have been killed or injured in just a week in an uptick of violence across Ukraine, Save the Children said today. Four children have been killed and a further 17 injured in just six days in a tragic escalation of attacks on civilian areas in...
