WASHINGTON (Sept. 29, 2026) — Save the Children and its political advocacy arm, Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), applaud the introduction of the Newborn Essentials Support Toolkit (NEST) Act ...

NEW YORK (September 21, 2026) — As world leaders gather for the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Save the Children U.S. President and CEO Janti Soeripto is calling for greater urgency to protect ...

ADEN (Sept. 16, 2026)—The latest violence in Yemen threatens to shatter the already threadbare health system for children, Save the Children said. Rishana Haniffa, Save the Children Country Director ...

ADEN, September 14, 2026 – Over one in five of the people killed and injured in recent violence in Yemen are children, said Save the Children. [1] At least 19 children were killed and a further 49 ...

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, according to the peace deal ending Africa's longest-running civil war. Independence, however, has not brought conflict and its consequences to an ...

Yemen remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises for children, after a decade of conflict, economic collapse, and climate shocks that have left over 22.3 million people in need, ...

KAMPALA (September 10, 2026) – An increasing number of children in the Karamoja region of Uganda are arriving at health clinics malnourished, according to Save the Children staff, as a global hunger ...

RAMALLAH (September 10, 2026) – All 1.5 million school-aged children in the occupied Palestinian territory are unable to access a safe and quality education for a fourth consecutive academic year. [1] ...

More than 800,000 children crossed into Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in 2025; children are strangers in their own homeland. In Afghanistan, Save the Children supports programs for health and ...

JAKARTA (Sept. 10, 2026) – Haze from wildfires across Indonesia, intensified by El Niño-driven dry conditions, is spreading across Southeast Asia, threatening children's health and forcing more than 1 ...

KATHMANDU (September 9, 2026) – About 540 children in Nepal have been separated from their parents or are unaccompanied two weeks after devastating flash floods, according to an initial assessment, ...

GAZA (September 6, 2026) - More than 100 Palestinians, including roughly 70 children, were buried in Gaza on September 6 after their bodies were recovered from beneath the rubble of a residential ...