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Save the Children UK response to Government announcement on trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Today’s announcement from the Foreign Secretary, including banning trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, is welcome and represents a decisive shift in the UK Government’s approach to the occupied Palestinian territory. This must be the beginning – not the end – of action to better protect Palestinian children.
Hunger in Zambia set to dramatically worsen as El Niño looms
LUSAKA, 3 September 2026 – The number of people facing crisis levels of hunger in Zambia is projected to jump 72%, as anticipated El Niño drought and the conflict in the Middle East threaten to push more families into hunger, Save the Children said.
School uniform announcement will 'give families some breathing space to focus on supporting their children back to school'
Parents have told us all summer about their worries about the cost of their children returning to school. Today's announcement, alongside the new extension of free school meals and uniform grants, will remove some of that worry, and give families some breathing space to focus on supporting their children back to school.
NEPAL FLOODS: Children at risk of disease as families struggle to access clean water – Save the Children
Save the Children staff have seen children visibly unwell, with some being treated for respiratory tract infections and fevers.
HALF OF WELSH PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT SCHOOL UNIFORM COSTS AHEAD OF THE NEW TERM
Over half of parents (53%) in Wales are worried about the cost of school uniforms ahead of the new school year, according to research commissioned by Save the Children.
NEPAL FLOODS: School children reunited with families after being stranded – Save the Children
At least 69 schools in flood-devastated districts in Northern Nepal have been destroyed or damaged, putting education at risk for nearly 19,000 children, Save the Children said.
NEPAL FLOODS: Rescuers race to find survivors with areas still cut off - Save the Children
The disaster in the Rasuwa region struck at a time when children were either on their way to school or starting lessons. Many children in the area travel long distances to school - areas that are now cut off by flood waters, potentially separating them from their families or caregivers.
Nearly two children a day orphaned in DR Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak – Save the Children
Latest figures from the Provincial Division of Social Affairs in Ituri, the epicentre of the outbreak, show that 180 children - 90 boys and 90 girls - have lost both parents to the virus