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Monday 10 November 2008 Save the Children helping survivors of school collapse in Haiti: Save the Children staff members, including psychologists and social workers, are working diligently to assist surviving students and their parents following the collapse of a school on Friday 7 November near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
Friday 31 October 2008 Help the children of the Congo: Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. In the chaos, children are being separated from their families and at risk of abduction and even rape from armed groups. It is horrifying.
Thursday 30 October 2008 Burma Cyclone six months on: thousands face a water crisis: As the dry season begins, water shortages and lost livelihoods further threaten the well-being of children in Myanmar (Burma)
Thursday 30 October 2008 Save the Children reunites families in Myanmar: Thousands of children were separated from their families or orphaned by Cyclone Nargis, which swept across Myanmar (Burma) in May this year.
Wednesday 29 October 2008 Thousands homeless after Pakistan earthquake: In the early hours of 29 October, two earthquakes stuck the province of Baluchistan in south west Pakistan, the second measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
Wednesday 29 October 2008 Save the Children forced to evacuate as Democratic Republic of Congo fighting intensifies: Save the Children has had to begin temporary evacuation of its staff in North Kivu due to intensified fighting in the area.
Friday 26 September 2008 Over 10 million affected as Indian floods worsen: Save the Children increases its appeal to US$4 million after Orissa region is hit by flooding
Tuesday 16 September 2008 Give now to help Zimbabwe's children: Save the Children launches £5 million appeal following power-sharing deal
Wednesday 1 October 2008 Save the Children instructed to withdraw from Tamil Tigers stronghold in Sri Lanka: Deadline for international aid agencies to quit the Northern parts of Sri Lanka expires.
Friday 19 September 2008 Thousands of villages still flooded, millions still homeless one month after deluge in India’s poorest state: Children who were forced to flee their villages to escape flooding in Bihar, northern India, are still homeless and living in appalling conditions.
Friday 12 September 2008 Glimmer of hope for Zimbabwe’s children: Save the Children is optimistic that the recent developments in Zimbabwe will improve the lives of the 6.8 million children living in the country.
Tuesday 9 September 2008 Disease kills children in India flood camps: Children who fled their homes to escape floods in northern India are dying from disease because of dirty contaminated water and a lack of decent toilets and washing facilities in the camps where they are living.
Wednesday 3 September 2008 Severity of Bihar floods intensifies: Five million now homeless: Children who were forced to leave their homes to esacape flooding are now facing severe health threats. The health department has confirmed several cases of diarrhoea and there are reports of an outbreak of measles in the relief camps.
Wednesday 27 August 2008 India flood 'catastrophe' for 500,000 children: Save the Children launches £1 million appeal after worst floods in India's northern Bihar province in over 50 years.
Friday 29 August 2008 Food price rises new threat for flood-affected children in India: Escalating prices for basic foods are creating a new risk for hundreds of thousands of children in northern India after the Kosi river dramatically changed course and flooded areas that were previously considered safe.
Tuesday 12 August 2008 Concerns grow for children caught up in Russia/Georgia conflict: Save the Children has issued an urgent appeal for $1 million (£530,000) to meet the critical needs of thousands of children and their families forced to flee their homes as a result of the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
Friday 1 August 2008 Burma three months on: Food shortages and earning a living biggest challenge: Burmese children and their families are still in need of international assistance to help rebuild their lives, three months after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country.
Thursday 5 June 2008 Burma one month on: Aid getting through but thousands of children need help to rebuild their lives: As families affected by Cyclone Nargis continue their struggle to recover from the disaster, Save the Children, one of the biggest aid agencies operating in Myanmar (Burma), is focusing its attention on getting children back to school.
Monday 21 July 2008 Time for donors to give more to Burma says Save the Children: The relief effort to help children affected by Cyclone Nargis urgently needs an £150 million to prevent further suffering
Monday 7 July 2008 'Prepare children for disaster' Save the Children tells G8: World leaders assembled at the G8 in Japan should change their tactics when dealing with the increased number of natural disasters linked to climate change.
Wednesday 18 June 2008 Food crisis: emergency appeal for children in Ethiopia: Save the Children is appealing for US$20 million to help around 900,000 people, including 325,000 children, who are bearing the brunt of the food crisis in Ethiopia.
Thursday 12 June 2008 Save the Children responds in Ethiopia: Poor rains and rising food prices have combined to create conditions of acute food insecurity and malnutrition for thousands of children and vulnerable families in Ethiopia.
Monday 30 June 2008 Humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe is in the grip of a severe economic and political crisis. Officially, inflation is a staggering 15,000%. One-third of children are chronically malnourished.
Sunday 6 January 2008 Traumatised children sleeping rough after fleeing Kenya violence: Save the Children is extremely concerned by the impact of the recent violence in Kenya on children. Thousands of children have been forced to leave the safety of their homes because of fighting and many are now sleeping rough and are extremely vulnerable.
Wednesday 11 June 2008 China one month on: Children in quake zone need ongoing help to recover: The three million children affected by the Sichuan earthquake one month ago will need support for years to come to recover from the aftermath of the disaster.
Thursday 8 May 2008 DEC launches urgent Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal as UK charities reach thousands affected: As the number of those affected by the devastating cyclone in Myanmar continues to rise, leading UK charities on the ground in Myanmar (Burma) are starting to reach those who are homeless and without food and water.
Monday 12 May 2008 Save the Children reaches 100,000 with vital relief effort: Teams from Save the Children have now reached over 100,000 people who were affected by the deadly Cyclone Nagris. Relief supplies have reached 80,000 people around Yangon and 20,000 in the Irrawaddy Delta.
Tuesday 20 May 2008 Burma Cyclone: aid reaches the furthest corner of the cyclone zone: A team from Save the Children has reached the western most tip of Burma's Irrawaddy delta, bringing aid to some of the people hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis.
Thursday 22 May 2008 More than three million children affected by China quake: In the biggest disaster for children since Gujarat in 2001, Save the Children estimates more than three million children have been affected by the China quake.
Wednesday 21 May 2008 Chinese earthquake: Child quake survivors desperate for support: As panicked people abandon buildings following prediction of a second major earthquake, Save the Children sends in an international team to advise on dealing with stress.
Tuesday 13 May 2008 Number of victims mount in aftermath of an earthquake measuring 7.8 in south-west China: In China, at 3pm their time yesterday, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the richter scale hit the Wenchuan county in Sichuan Province. Xinhua agency is quoting 5,000 dead and thousands more injured.
Tuesday 13 May 2008 Children main victims in China earthquake: The number of deaths from China's earthquake yesterday is reported at 11,921 with almost 7,000 hospitalised and 60,000 unable to be reached. The numbers are likely to climb once communications are restored.
Thursday 15 May 2008 Save the Children calls for safe places for children in China: As China reports 14,866 dead - with the figure set to rise - Save the Children calls for safe places for children and their families to take cover.
Saturday 17 May 2008 Earthquake parents panic over adoption fears: The parents of children caught up in the China earthquake are desperately trying to search for their surviving children amid offers from around the world to adopt orphaned children.
Tuesday 6 May 2008 Save the Children launches £5 million Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal: Save the Children is today launching a global emergency appeal to help children and families after their homes were destroyed by Cyclone Nargis.
Wednesday 7 May 2008 Around 40% of dead or missing in Burma cyclone are children: Official figures are that 22,000 people are dead and one million have been left homeless in Myanmar (Burma). Save the Children aid workers on the ground believe the figures could be much higher.
Wednesday 14 May 2008 Hollywood artists to give $500,000 to assist children affected by Cyclone Nargis: An organisation founded by stars such as George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt, will donate to the Myanmar (Burma) relief fund, and match donations to Save the Children
Saturday 17 May 2008 UK Foreign Minister visits aid workers in Burma: The UK minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, Lord Malloch Brown, arrived in Burma this morning, visiting aid workers responding to the cyclone. Mr Brown spoke to Save the Children who have reached 120,000 people, including around 50,000 children.
Saturday 17 May 2008 Burma Cyclone: Thousands of children will die from hunger within weeks unless reached by aid: Thousands of young children in Burma will die within two to three weeks from hunger unless food reaches them soon, Save the Children says. Some children may already be dying from a lack of food in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
Friday 2 May 2008 Aid worker shooting in Chad: Following the killing of French national Pascal Marlinge, 49, Save the Children UK's country director in Chad, yesterday (May 1, 2008), we have the following updates:
Thursday 1 May 2008 Save the Children aid worker killed in Chad: A serious security incident has taken place in Chad today (May 1, 2008) in which Pascal Marlinge, 49, a Save the Children UK staff member, was shot and killed.
Wednesday 13 February 2008 Fears that new flooding will devastate Mozambique: Save the Children is urgently increasing its emergency response in Mozambique as fears grow that a new spate of flooding will devastate the southern African country.
Monday 3 December 2007 After the cyclone - Shahana's story from Bangladesh: Shahana's school was destroyed by the cyclone in southern Bangladesh. She was meant to be sitting her exams this week, but now the school is destroyed, the teachers have left, all student records have been lost.
Friday 11 April 2008 Zimbabwe's children urgently need an end to ongoing crisis: Save the Children's statement in advance of African leaders meeting about Zimbabwe elections in Zambia.
Wednesday 26 March 2008 Somalia crisis deteriorates: Statement comes as UN Security Council members meet to discuss Somalia.
Saturday 29 March 2008 Children bearing the brunt of Zimbabwe's meltdown: Save the Children today reveals the massive difficulties facing Zimbabwe's six million children.
Thursday 6 March 2008 Gaza: Humanitarian situation worst since 1967: Poverty and unemployment up, hospitals suffering 12 hour a day power cuts, water and sewage system close to collapse.
Wednesday 6 February 2008 Chad fighting risks humanitarian crisis in Cameroon: Ongoing fighting in the capital of Chad may trigger a humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Cameroon.
Sunday 3 February 2008 Entire humanitarian operation across Chad at risk: A US$300 million global aid operation supporting millions of people in Chad is now under threat as violence in the capital disrupts the aid supply chain.
Friday 25 January 2008 Peace deal signed in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Save the Children welcomes the signing of the peace deal in the DRC by government negotiators and militia groups. However we urge commanders to immediately release children working as child soldiers.
Wednesday 9 January 2008 Children face threat of rising flood waters in Mozambique: Several rivers in Mozambique have reached dangerously high levels, forcing thousands of children from their homes in order to seek safety on higher ground.
Thursday 10 January 2008 70,000 children affected by floods in eastern Sri Lanka: Five days' torrential rain in Ampara and Batticaloa districts of Sri Lanka has forced more than 28,000 people to flee their homes. We're already helping families affected by the flooding.
Tuesday 15 January 2008 Appeal for Mozambique floods launched: We've launched an appeal to raise £1 million so that we can get help to thousands of children who've been forced to leave their homes by floods in Mozambique.
Thursday 22 November 2007 Nazma's story from the Bangladesh emergency: Nazma, 12, lives with her parents, two sisters and brother in Patharghatha, a village near the Bangladeshi coast of the Bay of Bengal. She and her family rode out Cyclone Sidr in a shelter.
Monday 3 December 2007 Helping families recover from the drought in Swaziland: Swaziland 's worst drought in nearly two decades has left 400,000 people in desperate need of assistance.
Tuesday 20 November 2007 Testino's Diana print auctioned for Peru's children: Photographer Mario Testino's renowned print of the Princess of Wales has been auctioned at London auction house Phillips de Pury, raising £46,000 for our work in Peru.
Monday 19 November 2007 Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr emergency appeal: Children in Bangladesh need urgent help after surviving the worst cyclone to hit the country in the past decade, according to Save the Children's emergency team on the ground.
Thursday 15 November 2007 Save the Children emergency team ready for Bangladesh 'super cyclone': Save the Children is assisting in a large-scale evacuation of vulnerable children and families, ahead of a major cyclone which is bearing down on Bangladesh.
Friday 9 November 2007 Exclusive Testino Diana print on view ahead of charity auction: One of photographer Mario Testino's most renowned prints of Diana, Princess of Wales, has been put on show to the public before being auctioned on the 20 November.
Monday 5 November 2007 Response to floods in Mexico and island of Hispaniola: We're mobilising staff and resources to assist children and their families.
Friday 14 September 2007 Peru earthquake: Save the Children's relief efforts continue in Peru as families work toward recovery.
Thursday 13 September 2007 Save the Children reaches quake affected area of Sumatra: Save the Children in Indonesia is gearing up to provide vital assistance to children and their families affected by two strong earthquakes and several aftershocks that struck off the coast of Sumatra on 12 and 13 September.
Friday 29 June 2007 George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt help Save the Children: Not on Our Watch, a new organisation headed by George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Jerry Weintraub and David Pressman, has announced a one million dollar donation to Save the Children
Thursday 9 August 2007 Shameless cast support South Asia floods appeal: The Shameless cast took to the streets of Manchester today to raise cash for Save the Children's South Asia flood appeal.
Monday 20 August 2007 Mario Testino launches appeal for children affected by the quake in Peru: World renowned Peruvian photographer Mario Testino flew away from Lima just one day before an earthquake measuring 8 on the richter scale struck the coast of Peru.
Friday 17 August 2007 Severe cold threatens children's lives in Peru: Winter temperatures and high humidity are endangering the lives of thousands of children and their families whose homes have been destroyed by the Peru earthquake.
Friday 3 August 2007 South Asia Floods Appeal launched: At least 10 million children across Bangladesh, India and Pakistan at risk from floods need your help.
Wednesday 6 June 2007 Children still caught in the crossfire at refugee camp in Lebanon: As the crisis at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli enters its third week, several thousand children and family members remain trapped inside the camp, caught in the middle of a continuing conflict between the Lebanese army and the armed faction.
Friday 29 June 2007 Save the Children fly aid into Chad: As the rainy season draws closer, we face a race against time before roads are completely cut off and access to people living in camps in eastern Chad becomes even more difficult.
Wednesday 4 July 2007 Cyclone leaves thousands homeless in Pakistan: Cyclone Yemyin and flash floods leave thousands homeless in Pakistan.
Monday 25 June 2007 Crisis in Darfur and Chad: Over 70 children under the age of five die every day in Darfur.
Thursday 5 April 2007 Climate change endangers lives of 175 million children: A new report by Save the Children looks at how climate change will specifically affect children.
Wednesday 6 June 2007 Up to 70,000 people at risk due to cholera outbreak in Somaliland: Save the Children is working to contain a cholera outbreak in Somaliland. Over 600 cases of cholera, including eight cholera-related deaths, have been reported in the Togdheer region in the north of the country over the past two weeks.
Monday 12 February 2007 Children most at risk of disease in Jakarta floods: Save the Children is responding to the needs of children affected by severe flooding in Jakarta.
Friday 12 January 2007 Somalia and Kenya emergency: Escalating violence and severe flooding causing crisis.
Monday 1 January 2007 Cut the red tape: fundamental flaw of UN emergency fund must be put right: Children caught up in crises around the world are being forced to wait for life-saving emergency relief because the introduction of the UN's emergency fund has created an extra hurdle for aid agencies.
Thursday 15 February 2007 Less than two weeks until Uganda's children thrown back into danger of war: Less than two weeks to go before the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement runs out.
Wednesday 7 March 2007 Earthquake endangers children in Western Sumatra: Following yesterday's major earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a team of Save the Children staff is already on the ground ready to respond.