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After deadly Vanuatu earthquake children and their families face a very different Christmas

Children are scared to return home seven days after devastating earthquakes hit the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, making for a very different Christmas this year.

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NEW FAMINE REPORT IS THE FINAL WARNING FOR CHILDREN IN SUDAN: SAVE THE CHILDREN

PORT SUDAN, 24 December 2024 – The lives of hundreds of thousands of children are hanging in the balance with new data showing famine has spread to additional areas of Sudan after 20 months of conflict and is likely to expand to five more in North Darfur by May 2025, Save the Children said.

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Dolphin Entertainment to Adapt Clare Mulley’s Award-Winning Biography on Save the Children Founder into a Feature Film

Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ: DLPN) proudly announces its latest scripted content project with the acquisition of rights to The Woman Who Saved the Children, an acclaimed biography by award-winning author Clare Mulley. The book, which chronicles the extraordinary life of humanitarian trailblazer and Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb, will be brought to life as a feature film under Dolphin’s production banner.

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Save the Children warns up to 650,000 children at risk from impacts of Cyclone Chido in Mozambique, as aid effort prepares to mobilise

Up to 650,000 children [1] and their families are in danger after Cyclone Chido tore through northern Mozambique, Save the Children has warned.

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STELLAR LINE-UP OF CELEBRITIES DON SECOND-HAND SWEATERS FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Save the Children is urging the nation to make the world better with a sweater tomorrow for the charity’s annual Christmas Jumper Day which returns for its 13th year.

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SYRIA: 'We must make this the turning point for children in Syria, with needs never higher' - Save the Children

As Syria faces a critical turning point with cautious optimism for the future, the needs of children have never been higher with an urgent increase in funding required.

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Charity provides more than twice as many emergency grants to families in hardship during colder months

Between 2021 and 2023, the children’s charity provided a total of 5753 grants to UK families in colder months (October to March) compared to 2427 in warmer months.

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Two thirds of poorest families miss out on childcare, as government urged to ‘think differently’

LONDON, Monday December 9 - New analysis on the quality and quantity of childcare provision in England has revealed that the massive expansion of free childcare currently underway is at risk of not delivering for poorer families, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Save the Children.

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UKRAINE: Mental health toll of war leaves children with speech defects, twitching and sleep disorders

KYIV, 9 December 2024 – The war in Ukraine is taking an increasingly heavy toll on children’s mental health with some developing speech defects and uncontrollable twitching, while others have terrible nightmares and scream in their sleep, according to Save the Children.

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Sudan: Families resorting to desperate measures

Families living in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp are resorting to desperate measures with some going as far as eating animal feed to survive after four months of famine.

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Save the Children condemns killing of staff member in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

GAZA, 30 November 2024 - It is with profound sadness that we confirm that a staff member of Save the Children was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis today, the second Save the Children colleague killed in Gaza since the war began.

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Gaza: Heavy rains flood camps raising risk of disease for 235,000 children

GAZA, 29 November 2024 – About 235,000 children forced from their homes by bombs, bullets and displacement orders in Gaza are facing increasing risk of disease as days of heavy rains flood tents and turn camps into swamps, Save the Children said.

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IDA21 pledge a significant step to support children around the world

Boosting the financial pledge and constructive engagement on IDA21 are a down payment on the UK's support for multilateralism and international collaboration.

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LEBANON: Save the Children welcomes ceasefire announcement but concerned by continued violence in Lebanon

Save the Children welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah but said that the violence must stop immediately to protect children in Lebanon.

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50 days of siege in northern Gaza: 130,000 young children deprived of food and medicine

About 130,000 children aged under 10 have been trapped for 50 days in areas in northern Gaza that are almost entirely inaccessible to aid workers and not receiving food.

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Healthcare afloat– the lifeline for mothers on the frontline of the climate crisis

Experiencing its worst floods in decades, Bangladesh is ranked as the seventh most extreme disaster risk-prone country in the world.

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Statement: 'We are angered by the new climate goal agreed at COP29'

The new target figure of $300 billion a year by 2035 flies in the face of what is needed to tackle this emergency.

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The Knit Before Christmas

New festive Shaun the Sheep animation celebrates Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day

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Actress Ashley Jensen hosts exclusive premiere for schoolchildren to launch new Shaun the Sheep animation for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day

Actress Ashley Jensen has joined a group of schoolchildren on a knitted red carpet in the East Midlands to host an exclusive premiere for Christmas Jumper Day.

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"We are outraged by the extremely low target of $250 billion per year by 2035 in the latest draft of the COP29 finance agreement"

We are outraged by the extremely low target of $250 billion per year by 2035 in the latest draft of the COP29 finance agreement.

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OVER HALF A MILLION BABIES BORN INTO FEAR AND VIOLENCE AS UKRAINE’S WAR REACHES 1,000 DAYS WITH LIFESAVING FUNDS STILL FROZEN IN UK BANK ACCOUNT

More than half a million babies have been born in Ukraine since full-scale war broke out 1,000 days ago.

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Statement following Prime Minister's COP29 Emissions Commitment

We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to an 81% emissions reduction by 2035.

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Almost a third of children worldwide have endured extreme heatwaves this year, new report reveals

711 million children were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the first nine months of this year - the highest number recorded since 1992.

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TikTok comedian and broadcaster Shabaz Ali announced as Save the Children’s newest ambassador

Content creator Shabaz Ali is the latest ambassador to be joining Save the Children UK and will be supporting the charity by running the 2025 London Marathon.

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KNIT’S CHRISTMAS: STELLAR LINE-UP OF CELEBRITIES DON SECOND-HAND SWEATERS FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

Celebrities urge the nation to swap, buy second-hand or re-wear a pre-loved jumper for Save the Children's annual festive fundraiser, Christmas Jumper Day.

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Save the Children UK announces new CEO

Moazzam Malik, a former senior civil servant and diplomat, has been appointed Chief Executive of Save the Children UK.

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GAZA: MASSACRE REPORTEDLY KILLS 50 CHILDREN UNDERSCORING URGENT NEED FOR GLOBAL INTERVENTION - SAVE THE CHILDREN

Attacks overnight that reportedly killed 50 children in besieged northern Gaza demands international intervention.

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Major new programme to support a fifth of southern Malawi's population to tackle climate-induced health risks

$37 million initiative by the Green Climate Fund, the Government of Malawi, and Save the Children and its partners to support a fifth of Southern Malawi's population.

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Statement on Annaliese Dodds' speech on International Development:  "Ensure priorities are translated into tangible change."

We welcome and support the government’s key international development priorities the Minister for Development, Anneliese Dodds set out today.

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UP TO ONE MILLION PARENTS POTENTIALLY EXCLUDED FROM UK GOVERNMENT’S FREE CHILDCARE HOURS FOR WORKING FAMILIES

Single parent carers, disabled single parents, those with no recourse to public funds and those in education and training are unable to access childcare free hours

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