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Middle East Regional Conflict blocking lifesaving aid for nearly half a million children
The conflict in the Middle East and wider region is obstructing key delivery routes for humanitarian supplies, delaying lifesaving medical shipments for at least 410,000 children in three countries, said Save the Children, warning the global impact will only grow.
Children cling to pets, favourite toys, as they flee homes in Lebanon
Children are clutching beloved pets and toys as they flee their homes in Lebanon due to the escalating conflict with the violence also cutting access to vital medical care, including for children and pregnant women, …
Our response to the publication of the Scottish Government Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26
Our response to the publication of the Scottish Government’s Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26, Claire Telfer, Head of Scotland at Save the Children
Ten days of conflict claim lives of 10 classrooms full of children with 83 killed in Lebanon
Ten days since the first strikes in the Middle East and wider region 83 children have been killed in Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Public health, and almost 300 children have been killed in the region – the equivalent to 10 classrooms full of children.
Save the Children warned the orders issued to up to 500,000 people in southern Beirut could result in a humanitarian catastrophe
Save the Children warned the orders issued to up to 500,000 people in southern Beirut could result in a humanitarian catastrophe.
“CHILDREN LIVING IN FEAR”: MORE THAN 100 MILLION CHILDREN IMPACTED IN MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL CONFLICT
AMMAN, 4 March 2026 - At least 100 million children in countries directly impacted by the escalating violence in the Middle East and wider region face deepening fear, distress and the risk of physical harm and displacement, Save the Children said.
Save the Children shops draw in new generations of volunteers with a rise in under 25s contributing their time in stores
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“Schools are not battlefields”: Save the Children calls for all children to be protected as violence escalates across the Middle East and the wider region
Save the Children has called for the protection of all children and civilian infrastructure, especially schools and hospitals, following the escalation of violence in the Middle East and wider region, with reports of more than 100 children killed in strikes on two schools in Iran.