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MADAGASCAR: Hunger Warning as Crisis Deepens and Half a Million Children under 5 Projected to Face Acute Malnutrition

ANTANANARIVO (July 17, 2026) – Hunger in Madagascar is set to escalate dramatically later this year, with the number of people facing crisis levels projected to jump by 75% and an estimated one in 10 ...
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Yemen: More children killed by landmines and other UXOs in first half of this year than all of 2025

ADEN (July 16, 2026) – New Save the Children analysis [1] found that more children in Yemen were killed by landmines and other unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the first six months of this year than in ...
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Ukraine: June Sees Highest Number of Child Casualties Since First Months of Full-Scale War

KYIV (July 14, 2026) – Child casualties in Ukraine are surging once again, Save the Children said, with new analysis from the child rights organization finding that the number of child casualties in ...
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Sudan: More Than 5,500 Children Displaced by Escalating Violence in El Obeid in Past Two Weeks

PORT SUDAN (July 7, 2026) — As violence continues to intensify in El Obeid in North Kordofan, Sudan, more than 5,500 children have been displaced over the last two weeks in and around the city of El ...
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Families displaced by Venezuela earthquakes at risk of infection amid water and sanitation shortages

CARACAS (July 7, 2026) – Hundreds of people displaced by Venezuela's devastating earthquakes are sharing extremely limited toilets in informal camps, while others are risking returning to damaged ...
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First Baby Born by Caesarean Section at New Save the Children Hospital in World's Largest Refugee Camp

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (July 6, 2026) — The first baby born by caesarean section (C-section) at a new Save the Children hospital in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, was safely delivered at a time when global ...
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GAZA: After 1,000 Days of War, Gaza’s Children Dream of Home and a Better Future

GAZA (July 2, 2026) – After 1,000 days of war, children in Gaza have lost homes, schools and a sense of safety, but many have told Save the Children that they have not lost hope for the future. The ...
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Venezuela Earthquake Survivor Shares How Families and Children Are Coping After the Disaster

Valentina, a Save the Children staff member in Venezuela, was in Caracas when two powerful earthquakes struck on June 24, 2026. In this firsthand account, she describes witnessing the devastation, ...
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Venezuela Earthquake: 'A Cataclysmic Event' - Children Spend Second Night Sheltering in Open Spaces Amid Hundreds of Aftershocks as Needs Rapidly Rise

CARACAS, June 26 - Families in earthquake-devastated Venezuela spent a second night sheltering in open spaces amid fears of further building collapses and raising serious concerns over children’s ...
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Venezuela Earthquake: Rescuers Race to Free People Trapped in Rubble as children forced from their homes by massive quakes

CARACAS (June 25, 2026) – Rescuers in Venezuela are racing to find people trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings after two massive earthquakes struck west of the capital Caracas, forcing ...
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Five children killed by explosive weapon in Yemen while engaged in child labor in deadliest incident this year

ADEN, 23 June 2026 – At least five children have been killed and seven more children injured by an unexploded ordnance (UXO) that detonated next to them in southern Yemen in the deadliest incident for ...
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Puppets, Songs, Games Teach Young Children in DRC About Ebola to Tackle Misinformation, Protect Families

BUNIA, DRC (June 22, 2026) – Using puppets, songs and musical statues, children as young as four in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to be taught about Ebola in a new program aiming to ...