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Conflict Plunged 63 Million Children into Hunger in 2025

LONDON, October 16, 2025 – Of the around 118 million children plunged into hunger so far in 2025, around 63 million – over half - were forced into this situation by conflict as opposed to drought or ...
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Join Reneé Rapp and Save the Children

On the Bite Me Tour, Renee Rapp is using her stage to shine a light on what kids are going through and to rally support for ...
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Number of Rohingya Refugees Leaving Bangladesh by Boat Tripled in First Half of 2025, Including at Least 87 Children

COX'S BAZAR, October 15, 2025 - The number of Rohingya refugees who left Bangladesh by boat in the first six months of the year tripled compared to last year, as conditions for children in ...
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Children flee schools as third earthquake in 10 days strikes the Philippines

MANILA, October 10, 2025 - Hundreds of thousands of children have been forced to flee from their schools and homes in Mindanao province in the southern Philippines after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake - ...
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Girls Pay the Price as Aid Cuts Hit Countries with Deepest Gender Inequality

LONDON (Oct. 11, 2025) – About 167 million adolescent girls growing up in countries with the widest gender equality gaps are among those worst hit by this years’ aid cuts, with the massive fall in ...
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Bolivia Bans Child Marriage Following Campaign by Children and Civil Society Organizations, Including Save the Children

LA PAZ (Sept. 18, 2025)—Bolivia has become the 14th country in Latin America to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children joined a campaign to criminalize the practice.
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Afghanistan: Surge in Arrivals from Iran with about 80,000 Children Crossing the Border in June

KABUL, (July 2, 2025) – About 80,000 Afghan children crossed into Afghanistan from Iran in June, as total arrivals more than doubled compared to May, pushing an already overstretched system to the ...
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Education Spending in Pakistan Hits New Low with More than One in Three Children Out of School

ISLAMABAD (June 19, 2025) — Government spending on education in Pakistan has fallen to a new low in the past year despite being declared a national emergency with 26 million children - or more than ...
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Acute Malnutrition Soars in South Sudan with Millions of Children at Risk Following Aid Cuts

JUBA, (Friday, June 13, 2025) – A deadly mix of conflict, climate change, and poverty has pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life-threatening acute malnutrition, with rates ...
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In Gaza, Nearly Every Single Child is at Risk of Famine

GAZA (May 12, 2025)—The lives of the 1.1 million children in Gaza are urgently threatened by spiraling acute food insecurity as new data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...
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MYANMAR: More than 40,000 people, including children, living in shelters one month after earthquake – Save the Children

YANGON, 24 April 2025 - More than 40,000 [1] people are living in tents and other makeshift shelters one month after Myanmar's devastating earthquake with ongoing seismic activity making it impossible ...
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Any Cuts to Federal Education Programs Could Have Lifelong Consequences for Millions of Children – Especially Across Rural America

FAIRIFELD, Conn. (March 20, 2025) – Following today’s executive order calling to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, Betsy Zorio, Save the Children’s Vice President of U.S. Programs, issued ...