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What kind of friend does the UK want to be to the World?
The UK’s new development approach is full of contradictions; cutting aid while claiming global leadership, protecting its own interests over the poorest countries, and avoiding key issues like fair trade and tax reform. With reduced crisis funding and limited follow‑through on promises, the UK risks appearing unreliable, prompting calls for it to listen more, act coherently across Government, deliver tangible results, and build flexibility into its aid plans.
Shefali Rafiq / Save the Children
Framing climate change adaptation and resilience building in a Fragile, and Conflict Affected States (FCAS)
One billion people live in countries classified as fragile and conflict affected states, with very poor access to climate adaptation finance. The blog attempts to present a technical framework that combines climate action, humanitarian efforts and peace building initiatives to deliver climate resilience.
What is the Strait of Hormuz? Why the 2026 crisis is pushing millions of children toward hunger
The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world's oil - and a quarter of its fertilizer. Here's what its 2026 closure means for hungry children, explained simply.
What children hurt in conflict zones actually need - and how Save the Children helps
Emergency surgery is only the beginning. For children injured in conflict, the road to recovery is long, complex and often impossible to navigate alone. Here's what they really need - and what Save the Children is doing about it.
What really happens to children caught in conflict
Bombs and explosions don't just injure children in the moment - they change the course of their entire lives. Here's what the reality looks like, and what Save the Children is doing about it.
How Save the Children is helping children in Gaza right now
More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, and thousands more are living with life-changing injuries. Here's what Save the Children is doing on the ground - and how you can help.
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham / Save the Children
She'd never been to school. Then a teacher carried her there.
When Chouchou was one year old, she lost her leg in conflict. For years, she stayed home while other children walked to school. Then a teacher changed everything. Read her story.
Every Mother Deserves to Survive the Day She Gives Life
This Mother's Day, spare a thought for the millions of women around the world for whom pregnancy and childbirth are still a matter of life and death — and what the UK can do about it.