A statement from our CEO, and summary findings and recommendations

Children are feared to be among over 1,000 people killed in weekend hostilities in Syria, which has also displaced thousands of people.

Cutting the aid budget to increase defence is a betrayal of the world’s most vulnerable children and the UK’s national interest.

Save the Children UK is to put 197 jobs at risk in a reorganisation aimed at increasing impact in the UK and around the world and strengthening its financial position.

Save the Children is asking the question – where is the missing Ukraine money? Have you seen it? Because we haven’t – and neither have the children of Ukraine.

Musician and Save the Children ambassador Sophie Ellis-Bextor has visited Warsaw in Poland to meet with refugee children.

KINSHASA, 12 February 2025 – At least 28 children were among 52 people killed in a violent attack in Djugu territory, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a wave of extreme violence fuels an escalating humanitarian crisis across the country, said Save the Children.

AXA XL is providing a grant of $1.2 million to Save the Children for a five-year initiative to mitigate the impact of climate change across coastal ecosystems in Sierra

PORT SUDAN, 10 February 2025 – The last quarter of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than at any time since the conflict began nearly two years ago, Save the Children said, with significant violent attacks against children and other civilians continuing into 2025.

Alarming trend continues into 2025, with at least 10 Palestinian children among 70 people killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

It is essential that this funding is additional to supplement a constrained aid budget and prioritises children on the frontline of these crises.

19th January 2025 - The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to help more children receive vaccinations.

GAZA, 18 January 2025 – Getting food, water, and medical supplies to children in Gaza will be priorities for Save the Children once the pause in hostilities comes into effect on Sunday, with preparations underway in coordination with other aid organisations to deliver supplies as quickly as possible once entry points are reopened and security guaranteed.

GAZA, 14 January 2025 – The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day [1]- to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.

GAZA, FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2025 – Israeli airstrikes have killed about 80 people in Gaza in the first few days of the new year [1], Save the Children said. Meanwhile, the UN reports that children are dying due to lack of protection from the cold winter temperatures while Israeli authorities block aid including tents, clothing and bedding from entering the Strip.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

New festive Shaun the Sheep animation celebrates 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

About 10 million children across four countries in West and Central Africa are currently out of school due to massive regional flooding.

Death rates from major cholera outbreaks in Sudan and Nigeria have surged to up to three times the global average putting thousands of children at risk.

Heavy rains in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria have led to the worst flooding in 30 years, affecting at least 239,000 people.

Three in four children in Ukraine are living in constant fear amid an escalating mental health crisis.

The UK Govt has rightly recognised the clear risk that the Govt of Israel is breaking international humanitarian law. But a partial suspension does not go far enough.

A record 766 million children were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the twelve months from July 2023 to June 2024, according to new analysis by Save the Children.

At least 131 children, including babies, have been reported killed or injured in Haiti so far in 2024.

Child casualties in Ukraine surged by nearly 40% in the first half of this year, bringing the total number of children killed or injured to 2,200.

Floods from heavy rains and storms have killed about 40 people in eastern Afghanistan and about 1,500 children have lost their homes.

On a journey back to his birthplace, Save the Children ambassador Sir Mo Farah said it was heartbreaking to witness the devastating impact climate change.

Torrential rains and tidal surges have turned villages into islands after a severe cyclone tore through coastal areas of Bangladesh.

About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan - or nearly three out of ten - will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year.

All aboard as a golden opportunity to win journeys on Great Little Trains of Wales in aid of Save the Children is launched

Duke and Duchess of Sussex meet Save the Children staff and two of the charity’s Youth Ambassadors in Nigeria last week with Global Ambassador, Misan Harriman.

Heavy rains and floods have submerged or destroyed at least 62 primary schools in Kenya, leaving more than 15,000 children with nowhere to learn.

Thousands of children and their families are desperately trying to flee Rafah but the zones to which they are heading have very limited space, water or sanitation.

The takeover by Israeli forces of the Rafah crossing and the closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing are blocking the last remaining entry points for aid and lifelines for

The UK Government has repeatedly asked Israel not to unleash a slaughter in Rafah, Gaza.

Time has run out to protect children in Rafah with the looming ground assault forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and impeding aid efforts in Gaza’s ‘last refuge’, Sa

Statement regarding dozens reported killed and injured in DRC displacement camp amid shell explosions

Alongside 28 other organisations Save the Children is urging Rishi Sunak to immediately restore and increase funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Children are living amid rubble in streets of total devastation in Khan Younis, the second largest city in Gaza.

Extreme heat has forced the closure of all schools in Bangladesh this week, impacting 33 million children, as temperatures soared to 42°C (108 F).

Around 15.6 million – children in Nigeria are facing hunger in the lead up to the lean season starting in June, according to a new analysis by Save the Children.

The rate of attacks per month on healthcare in Gaza since the beginning of the war has been higher than in any other recent conflict globally.

Nearly 26,000 children – or just over two percent of Gaza’s child population - have been killed or injured in Gaza in six months of a war which has decimated the health

Zambia’s crippling drought, the worst its seen in at least 20 years, is leading to widespread food shortages with some children forced to survive on a single daily meal

About five million people in Haiti, including one in two children, are now facing acute levels of food insecurity.

New research reveals only one in ten 8–17 year-olds believe that politicians focus on the needs of young people when making decisions.

Two neighbouring southern Africa nations are battling completely opposite weather disasters this month.

More than one million children in Haiti – a quarter of the nation’s children – are living in areas controlled or under the influence of armed groups as violence spirals

Children in Gaza dying from starvation and disease cannot wait for the time it may take to build a temporary port off the Strip, or hope for aid dropped out of planes.

Women and children fleeing deadly violence in eastern DRC have reported surviving gruesome sexual attacks and genital mutilation by armed men.

More than 61,000 children have fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado provinces in Mozambique in the past two months.

12,000 primary school pupils from across Wales have joined forces in a harmonious bilingual St David’s Day song in aid of Save the Children

Amid a global surge in dengue cases rising to 5 million and 5,500 deaths, Vientiane – the capital of Laos - drop of nearly 60% in cases cases.

About 97,000 families have been forced to flee their homes due to landslides and flooding in the Philippines’ southern region of Mindanao.

Majority of Gaza’s children now trapped in land area less than a fifth of enclave’s total land mass as Israeli military expands into Rafah

One in three children who lost their homes in the Türkiye earthquakes a year ago are still living in temporary shelters.

Bulgari Global Brand Ambassadors such as Anne Hathaway support the new jewellery launch

For Christmas Jumper Day Dom Joly donned a Transport for London Revenue Inspector’s uniform and took to the London Underground to check commuters festive knits.

New research reveals that the British public will celebrate Christmas more sustainably than ever this year – with two thirds opting for pre loved jumpers.

An eight-year-old boy shot dead in the street is one of the most recent casualties of violence in the occupied West Bank.

Save the Children response to the UK's pledge to the Loss and Damage fund at COP28

Hollywood actor Isla Fisher has returned to Scotland – just a few miles from where she grew up - to learn more about how Save the Children is supporting families.

With a week to go until COP 28, new research conducted amongst parents and children across the UK highlights how much of a concern climate change across generations.

Save the Children responds to the launch of the Government’s White Paper on International Development.

Devastating flash floods have killed at least 111 people, including 16 children, across the Horn of Africa, with more than 770,000 people displaced.

A unique pre-loved knitwear pop-up store where every jumper tells the story of a child helped by Save the Children is opening on the 1st December in Covent Garden.

Gwen Hines, Chief Executive at Save the Children UK, said the Parliament's vote is heartbreaking for anyone who wants to see an end to this conflict.

In response to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Guildhall foreign policy speech, no length of humanitarian pause is long enough to mount an effective aid operation.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor takes inspiration from a tattoo dedicated to her children and husband to design her exclusive ‘Love’ jumper for Save the Children.

An array of stars from the small and big screen are joining forces to shine a light on second-hand shopping, swapping or upcycling for this year’s Christmas Jumper Day,

Inspired by his Cypriot heritage, award-winning chef Big Has ran a flatbread cooking workshop with primary school pupils facing food insecurity in Tottenham

The government's decision to support more oil and gas expansion will only exacerbate the climate crisis.

At least 41 children have been killed in the West Bank since escalation of violence on 7 October, with forced displacement soaring

Urgent medical evacuations of children from Gaza are needed. We're launching the Gaza Emergency appeal to support children and families affected.