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Save the Children respond to Keir Starmer's pledge to bring back the Department for International Development
Save the Children's Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns, Kirsty McNeill responds to Keir Starmer's pledge to bring back DFID.
Climate crisis: Greater risk of respiratory disease, kidney disease and other health hazards for millions of children as heatwaves sweep across Europe
Millions of children across Europe are in danger of respiratory disease, kidney disease and other health hazards as record-breaking temperatures sweep the continent.
SOMALIA: Severe malnutrition among children soars 300% since January
The number of children in Somalia receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022.
UN hunger report: increase in global hunger ‘deeply alarming and frankly shameful’, says Save the Children
The UN’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report found that as many as 828 million people were hungry last year, an increase from 811 in 2020.
Families resorting to extreme measures to survive hunger crisis prompts more funding from Save the Children
Families facing the worst global hunger crisis in decades prompts Save the Children to allocate over £23 million from its Humanitarian Fund to 19 countries.
LOWERING ADULT-TO-CHILD STAFFING RATIOS IN CHILDCARE SETTINGS WOULD BE MISGUIDED, SAVE THE CHILDREN WARNS
Save The Children is concerned reducing childcare ratios in early years settings won't bring costs down for families but risks long-lasting implications for children.
“This house killed my sister”: Children terrified of returning to their homes in earthquake-hit Afghanistan
Children in Paktika province, one of the areas hardest-hit by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan, are still terrified of returning to their homes.
Yemen: Explosive remnants of war the biggest killer of children since truce began
Landmines and unexploded ordnance have been the biggest killers of children in Yemen since a truce was announced in April, Save the Children said today.