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Esther in Malawi

Why A Nutritious Diet is Becoming an Impossible Choice for Many Families in Malawi

Four years of rising food prices in Malawi have pushed nutritious diets further out of reach for many families. Save the Children’s latest Cost of the Diet analysis shows why this matters most for women and young children.

A portrait of You, Me & Us outside the food pantry they've set up in Sheffield

Hope is an action

Is it naive to write about hope after a weekend in which voices that seek to spread hate and pull us apart have been loud and organised? I don’t think it is.

Students Gather for a Back-to-School Welcome Event in South Lebanon

No Peace Without Education. No Education Without Peace.

As education ministers gather in London for the Education World Forum, Save the Children makes the case for why investing in education in the world's most fragile and conflict-affected contexts is not just the right thing to do — it is a path to a more peaceful world. And questions why, at the moment we understand that most clearly, we are cutting the very funding that could ensure this. 

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Ironing your name onto your running vest: a quick how-to

What’s in a name? Well, if it’s ironed onto your running vest… A LOT.

Here’s why:

  • Our Save the Children cheering team will know what to shout out when you run, walk or hobble past us.
  • Your friends and family won’t forget what you’re called in all the excitement.
  • You’ll have a personalised memento of the time you took on a challenge to transform children’s lives… and succeeded.
A health worker prepares a syringe to vaccinate a baby

Immunisation as a litmus test for UHC

Vaccines work. Health systems don't...at least not for everyone. As long as 14.3 million zero-dose children exist, UHC remains an unfinished promise.

A young girl in a yellow headscarf holds her arm out to get a vaccination from a health worker wearing a white coat and gloves.

The journey of a vaccine: World Immunisation Week

Immunisation is one of global health's most powerful tools and one where the UK continues to play a leading role. Yet over 14 million children worldwide have not received a single dose of vaccine. This World Immunisation Week, we celebrate the progress made and call for renewed support for childhood immunisation programmes at home and around the world, to ensure that no child is left behind. 

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No limits to childhood: Parents tell us why this election matters for Scotland’s children

The latest child poverty statistics show a small drop in child poverty rates, but the real headline is that one in five children in Scotland remain locked in poverty. We spoke to parents from our Changing the Story panel and they are clear: every…

Evans lies on his bed reading a book, his bedsheets have Bluey characters on them

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How reading has changed this boy's world

Evans is 7, lives in Vanuatu, and dreams of being a chief - and an astronaut. But for millions of children across the Pacific, books are out of reach. Here's why that matters, and what's changing.