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15 Dec 2025
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Aid After 2025: Why the Private Sector must become core to humanitarian response
As traditional funding collapses and crises escalate, businesses bring more than money; they offer innovation, scale, and new models for sustaining aid. But partnerships must be carefully governed to avoid unintended harm. This article was originally published on TRTWorld.
10 Dec 2025
global
Why children need safer, age-appropriate online spaces and not blanket bans
As policymakers across the world grapple with how to keep children safe online, a growing number are recommending age-based social media 'bans' as a tool to help keep children safe. While laudable in intent, at Save the Children, we are concerned that laws banning children’s access to online spaces – particularly if used in isolation – risk creating unintended harms, and a false sense of safety, as well as curtailing the opportunities that online environments offer to children. There are better alternatives.
22 Oct 2025
What the Ceasefire means for Children in Gaza – and what comes next
The announcement of a pause in hostilities offers a moment of hope for children and families in Gaza. But while it provides a brief respite, it is not enough.
19 Mar 2025
global
Foreign Aid Cuts: The real impact on children and our programmes
Foreign aid funding cuts are putting our lifesaving work under threat globally. Over 40 countries we operate in have been impacted across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Learn more about the real impact of foreign cuts on children and our programmes in this blog.
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As the violence continues in Gaza, civilians continue to pay the heaviest price. These are the testimonies of Save the Children staff.
The Power of Technology in revolutionizing Child Protection
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Staff Account from Gaza: "We are rationing water bottles. Food is running out. The wounded and sick cannot be treated"
Testimony of a Save the Children staff member currently seeking refuge in Gaza.
How rising conflict is contributing to the worst hunger crisis in decades
Millions of children are facing the worst global food crisis in decades. Here’s how we can help children fight for their childhood.
The Global Financing Facility's contribution to improving health financing and health outcomes in Ethiopia
287,000 women died from pregnancy-related causes in 2020 and 5 million children under five lost their lives in 2021 worldwide.
Why adolescent nutrition must not be ignored
At this week's Global Forum for Adolescents, Save the Children is urging governments to turn the tide on intergenerational malnutrition.
“Sirens and explosions went off during classes”: A teacher's account from the frontline in Ukraine
A teacher's account on what life is like for students and teachers at the frontline of the war in Ukraine
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Solar Energy Trainings: Giving Somali Youth a Chance to Succeed
Save the Children is providing hands-on practical learning of solar energy installation and maintenance skills to Somali youth.