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NEWS QUOTE from Lebanon: Save the Children welcomes ceasefire announcement but concerned by continued violence in Lebanon
Save the Children welcomes the ceasefire but said that the violence must stop immediately.
Northern Gaza: 130,000 children under 10 deprived of food and medicine during 50 days of siege
Children living in North Gaza and Gaza governates have been almost completely cut off from supplies of food, water, and medicine since 6 October 2024 when Israeli forces declared the area to be a closed military zone.
COP29: NEW FINANCE GOAL FAILS CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
The new climate finance goal agreed upon at COP29 fails children, their families and communities on the frontline of the climate crisis, Save the Children said as negotiations in Baku draw to a close.
COP29 draft text: Save the Children "outraged by the extremely low finance figure"
Save the Children is outraged by the extremely low climate finance figure in the new draft text
NEWS QUOTE FROM COP29 - “It will be bad for me to go home without any good news for children” – Maxwell, 15 from South Sudan
As COP29 is coming to an end, Save the Children and child campaigners in Baku remind world leaders that children’s rights must be at the centre of negotiations over the climate finance goal.
South Sudan: Conflict and flooding fuels food crisis with 30% more children to face malnutrition
This includes more than 650,000 children expected to be facing the most deadly form of malnutrition – severe acute malnutrition - a rise of 30% from 480,000.
Youth deploy drones in Malawi markets to map garbage hotspots and wipe out disease
The group of 16 young activists are using the drones to identify, from the sky, parts of the market where waste accumulates or where illegal dumping sites have been established.
Save the Children announces winners of first Global Media Awards marking 100 years of child rights
We are delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural Global Media Awards, which celebrate excellence in journalism focused on child rights and the dedicated journalists who bring these important stories to light.
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