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a girl looks at food cooking in Gaza

Alternative aid delivery in Gaza: children do not have time to wait - Save the Children

Save the Children press release on alternative aid delivery including ports and airdrops

Cousins Kpemeh*, 18 and Kuji*, 19 walk home hand in hand in Kailahun, Sierra Leone

Cousins campaigning against child marriage hope village laws go national in Sierra Leone

When 19-year-old Kuji* managed to stop her cousin Kpemeh’s* marriage at age 15

a girl in Vietnam makes the 'peace sign'

International Women’s Day: Save the Children, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation launch new initiative to empower Girls to become Unstoppable Women

A new ‘Girls Unstoppable’ programme has its sights on freeing up girls from chores and care work and getting them into girls clubs.

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BURKINA FASO: Over 2,000 children diagnosed with suspected measles in nationwide outbreak

Over 2,000 children in Burkina Faso are suspected to have contracted measles

Girls playing cricket in Nepal

Nepal: Girl cricketers who successfully campaigned to end child marriage play in first provincial tournament to mark International Women’s Day

Girl cricketers who joined forces on and off the pitch to campaign against child marriage take part in their first provincial ‘all-girls' tournament

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JOINT STATEMENT: Humanitarian agencies issue a fervent plea for the cessation of hostilities in Southern Lebanon as growing humanitarian needs are further exacerbated

The Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum, made up of 66 international non-governmental organizations, expresses profound concern over the escalation of hos

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CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS NINE FACE MASS SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND MUTILATION IN THE DRC – SAVE THE CHILDREN

Women and children fleeing deadly violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reported surviving gruesome sexual attacks.

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Major New Climate Resilience Project Launches in Sierra Leone

People facing rising seas, fiercer storms and hotter weather along Sierra Leone’s coast will benefit from a significant new initiative.

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