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AFGHANISTAN: Midwife delivers baby under the trees as country hit by third quake in a week
Pakiza*, 25, a midwife with four years of experience at Save the Children, travelled through blocked roads and rubble to get to the earthquake affected areas, where she was quickly asked by residents asked her to help a pregnant woman who was in active labour.
SUDAN: Aid workers on donkeys deliver first emergency supplies to village cut off by landslide
Save the Children aid workers travelling on a herd of donkeys have delivered the first emergency medical supplies, food, water and tarpaulins to a remote village in western Sudan that was cut off by a massive landslide this week
AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Aftershocks cause terror for children in Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake for nearly 30 years
A rolling wave of aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan is terrifying children who have lost families and homes in the country’s deadliest earthquake in nearly 30 years with the death toll rising to over 2,200.
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Number of children and women treated after facing sexual violence in DRC surges four-fold this year: Save the Children
There has been a four-fold rise this year in the number of children and women treated for sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting has escalated.
PAKISTAN FLOODS: Almost 1 million people evacuated from Punjab as children miss out on third week of school – Save the Children
Punjab in the country’s east is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, according to government officials, as heavy rains continue in many parts of the country, overwhelming major rivers.
AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Thousands of children in urgent need after villages cut off as death toll rises
Thousands of children need of food, water and shelter in eastern Afghanistan as teams battle against time to rescue injured people from mountainous and remote villages destroyed by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake.
AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE: Rescue teams racing to the site of a devastating earthquake with hundreds dead and thousands of children potentially impacted
Rescue teams are racing to Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan where a devastating earthquake has killed at least 600 people and injured more than 3,000 including many children
Children on Ukraine’s frontlines lose more days of school than the world’s longest COVID-19 school closures
Children in frontline areas of Ukraine have lost 25% more days of learning due to the war than the world’s longest COVID-19 school closures, as a lack of bomb shelters means it is still too dangerous to for children to attend class, Save the Children said today.
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