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Aid cuts disrupt education for 1.8 million children supported by Save the Children

Tanzania is one of 20 countries where Save the Children’s education programmes will be affected unless urgent funding is secured as governments cut foreign aid budgets

More than 1.8 million children will miss out on learning due to aid cuts impacting Save the Children’s education programmes in over 20 countries from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Syria to Tanzania. In Tanzania, more than 50,000 children face having their education disrupted or completely stopped due to…

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More than 400 children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recruited into conflict in first two months of 2025

Some of the children were reported to have been picked up from their communities and taken to the bushes to be trained to handle weapons against their will

More than 400 children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were recruited by armed actors in January and February this year, with some as young as 14 years and some reported picked up from schools and the streets and put at immediate risk of violence, said Save the Children.…

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Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp: children’s lives on the brink as medical and food supplies dry up

Heavy shelling and heightened violence in recent weeks have put children at increased risk and further complicated efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance

The warning over essential supplies at North Darfur’s Zamzam camp comes after families and children have endured seven months of living in famine conditions, with crippling food shortages and a lack of basic services. Heavy shelling and heightened violence in recent weeks have put children at increased risk and further complicated efforts…

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Children facing extreme hunger crisis put at risk by aid cuts as clinics close

Due to aid cuts, Save the Children is forced to close about 121 health and nutrition sites in Somalia, cutting off support for more than 250,000 people

Recent cuts in foreign aid have forced Save the Children to suspend lifesaving programmes for malnourished children as a reported 131 million children live in areas experiencing acute food crises globally. In a remote corner of northern Afghanistan, where winter has set in, health workers are battling the clock to…

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South Sudan: Heatwave forces schools to shut for second year running

With temperatures expected to climb as high as 42 degrees Celsius next week, the government ordered schools to close for at least two weeks yesterday

Dangerously high temperatures have forced schools across South Sudan to close for the second year in a row, putting learning out of reach for many children and pushing them further into risks like early marriage, child labour and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children said.   With temperatures expected…

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Unaccompanied and separated children amongst up to 35,000 refugees who have crossed into Burundi in recent weeks

At least four children have also died upon arrival in Burundi due to illness, said Save the Children, with the squalid conditions in the transit camps and lack of medical supplies leaving children extremely vulnerable to disease and death

Save the Children protection staff are reporting an influx of unaccompanied and separated children arriving in Burundi, amongst the up to 35,000 refugees who have crossed into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent weeks. Most of the new arrivals are women and children, in the biggest wave of refugees to…

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End of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than any time since conflict began – Save the Children

Save the Children analysed instances of violence in Sudan recorded by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) between 15 April 2023 and 31 January 2025 and found over 700 violent events targeting civilians in the last three months of 2024 - much higher than any other quarter in the conflict

The last quarter of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than at any time since the conflict began nearly two years ago, Save the Children said, with significant violent attacks against children and other civilians continuing into 2025. Save the Children analysed instances of violence in Sudan recorded by the…

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Deadly attacks on markets, camps and hospitals in Sudan driving up needs of children

These are the latest incidents in nearly two years of war with Sudan now facing the world’s largest displacement crisis with 14 million people forced to flee their home seeking safety

In the wake of the devastating shelling of a busy market in Omdurman, which killed at least 54 people and injured another 158 people, many of them women and children, Save the Children is delivering emergency health kits and saline drips to the Al Naw Hospital, providing crucial support for…

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Innovations breaking barriers to children’s immunisation in Nigeria and Ethiopia win major funding from Save the Children

Both organisations will receive technical and financial support from Save the Children, including a grant of almost $100,000 each to further their work

The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to help more children receive vaccinations. With an estimated 2.1 million children in Nigeria and almost one million in Ethiopia1 classed as ‘zero dose’, having never received a routine vaccination, the Save…

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More Than 1 Million Children Targeted in Prevention Campaign as Mpox Reaches Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on 13 January as it became the 21st African country tackling mpox and currently has 12 recorded cases

More than 1 million children and their families will be targeted in a major Mpox prevention campaign in Sierra Leone launched by Save the Children after the West African country recorded its first cases of the potentially deadly virus. Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on 13 January as it became the 21st African…

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