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3,195 children killed in
#Gaza
in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019. We are calling for an immediate ceasefire.
1 child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza right now.
Time is costing lives. We are calling for an immediate ceasefire.
There is no safe place in Gaza.
#StopTheWarOnChildren
We're deeply concerned & outraged that some of the largest donors have suspended funding for
@UNRWA
amid a rapidly worsening humanitarian catastrophe in
#Gaza
We're joining about 20 NGOs in calling for an immediate reversal to these funding suspensions👇
"One thing is chillingly clear: Myanmar is no longer a safe place for children" said
@save_children
CEO
@ingerashing
.
Save the Children will continue to support children in Myanmar but world leaders must act urgently to
#ProtectMyanmarChildren
. Read:
“We cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in
#Afghanistan
without our female staff. Without women driving our response, we would not have jointly reached millions of Afghans in need since August 2021.”
If the bombs don’t kill children in
#Gaza
, hunger might.
Cases of dehydration & malnutrition are increasing rapidly.
Starvation must never be used as a weapon of war.
We need a definitive
#CeasefireNOW
and full humanitarian access.
We are profoundly sad to confirm that our colleague Sameh Ewaida and his family have been killed by an Israeli air strike in
#Gaza
. Aid workers are
#NotATarget
.
Our deepest sympathies are with those close to the family.
Thank you Sameh for everything you did for children.❤️
Children as young as 7 are being killed. Myanmar is no longer safe for children.
World leaders must act urgently to
#ProtectMyanmarChildren
.
We must see an end to this horrifying killing.
This
#MothersDay
, we're thinking about mothers living amongst the conflict in
#Tigray
.
Helen* walked an hour to get her 1-year-old son Samuel* treatment for pneumonia from our Emergency Health Centre.
As the healthcare system collapses, 50,000 women are pregnant in
#Gaza
with 5,500 expected to deliver in the coming month⚠️
These women have a right to access healthcare & deliver their babies safely but they won't be able to unless a ceasefire is agreed.
#StopTheWarOnChildren
We are horrified by the situation in
#Gaza
, oPt⚠️
A humanitarian catastrophe with unimaginable & unnecessary suffering for children is unfolding before our eyes.
We urgently need your support to respond to this escalating crisis. Donate now👉
All the children in Ukraine – at least 7.5 million, are in danger of physical harm, severe emotional distress and displacement.
We are calling for the immediate end of fighting.
Children must be protected from harm at all times.
Help children in Ukraine:
Today one of the hospitals we support in
#Yemen
was hit by an airstrike.
We’re shocked and appalled by this outrageous attack. Warring parties MUST adhere to international laws and
#StoptheWaronChildren
#YemenCantWait
Mothers are writing their children’s names on their hands so that ,if killed, they can be identified.
With little aid entering
#Gaza
, the number of child deaths is likely to rise.
So, how many trucks would be needed to carry 3,300 child-size coffins?
👉
In
#Gaza
there is grief for...
The mothers whose children are trapped under the rubble.
The mothers who are in constant fear for their child's life.
The mothers enduring the pain of their child's death.
Stop the War On Children.
#CeasefireNow
👉
More than 10,000 children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes & ground operations in
#Gaza
in 100 days of war⚠️
This is 100 children on average a day.
For every day without a ceasefire, more children will die & be severely injured.
#CeasefireNow
👉
We are horrified by the destruction in Jabalia refugee camp in
#Gaza
, oPt, which has killed & injured even more families.
Civilians must be protected. An immediate ceasefire can't come early enough.
Sign the petition to call for a
#CeasefireNOW
⚠️➡️
One of our trucks carrying 45,000 bottles of water has arrived in
#Gaza
through the Rafah crossing.
Another one is expected to enter in the coming days.
While important, this is not enough. There must be a consistent passage of aid, & it must happen now!
#StopTheWarOnChildren
The situation in
#Gaza
is catastrophic⚠️
1 in 3 children in Gaza under 2-years old is now acutely malnourished.
Without treatment, it can be fatal.
Children cannot wait for a famine declaration for world leaders to act.
Time is up and action must be taken now.
#CeasefireNow
Our
#EndofChildhood
report shines a light on the harsh realities faced by the most vulnerable & excluded children. Read the report and learn more here:
4,008 children have been killed & 1,270 are missing in
#Gaza
⚠️
The relentless bombardment has worsened children's already-critical mental health crisis.
There must be a ceasefire. Without one, children who aren’t killed will have their last reserves of hope fully destroyed.
These last 6 months have been hell on earth for children in
#Gaza
⚠️
Children have lost everything: loved ones, homes, playgrounds.
Their childhoods have been stolen & their rights denied.
We need a
#CeasefireNOW
. There is no alternative. It's the only way to save lives.
Children are reportedly starting to die of malnutrition in
#Gaza
.
They are being starved as aid is not allowed to enter.
Ahead of today's
#UNSC
's session on food insecurity in Gaza, we call for a definitive
#ceasefire
& the ramping up of safe, unfettered aid access.
.
@unicefchief
at the Action for
#refugeeEducation
event at
#UNGA
- "
@UNICEF
will work with global network of dedicated staff, with children and young people to protect the rights of education for every uprooted child" Join the livestream now >>
Following the announced "expanded ground operations" by Israeli forces in
#Gaza
, children are at further risk of being killed, physical harm and severe emotional distress.
Help us pressure leaders to call for a
#CeasefireNOW
and protect children👉
“Even if I die, no one in the world would know"
As telephone & internet communications are disrupted in
#Gaza
, oPt, a Save the Children colleague shares how scary & difficult these past few days have been.
We must
#StopTheWarOnChildren
➡️
Save the Children has worked in
#Afghanistan
since 1976 to deliver life-saving services to children and their families.
We will not abandon our work, staff, or the communities we've served. Our commitment to protecting children remains unchanged.
While every piece of aid reaching
#Gaza
matters, the current rate of delivery is nowhere near enough.
For those children who survive the bombs & ground operations, many will die from disease, starvation & dehydration if humanitarian aid continues to be weaponized.
#CeasefireNOW
#Gaza
's children are living through a nightmare – one that gets worse by the hour.
They've been cut off from food, water & electricity.
We're ready to deliver aid but we need a consistent safe passage urgently!
Time is costing lives. Aid must not be withheld from children⚠️
It is an unspeakable tragedy that
@WCKitchen
staff, like so many other aid workers, have lost their lives while saving others.
The work of humanitarians in
#Gaza
is vital and protected under international humanitarian law.
The pattern of attacks on aid workers is an outrage.
"Investment in a stable and safe world begins with the protection of children."
We couldn't agree more.
Read this powerful call to action from
@Refugees
Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in
@TIME
:
We are calling for humanitarian aid access to continue in
#Ethiopia
’s Amhara region where a state of emergency has been declared after a renewal in violence.
We must shield children from violence, displacement, hunger & abuse & ensure families are granted safety & essential aid.
Ward*, 6, was sleeping when the
#Turkiye
-
#Syria
earthquake struck last Monday.
As the house fell down, he was hit on the head & buried in the rubble. His father managed to force an opening in the debris & pull him out.
Ward* tells us how it all happened & how he's feeling now⤵️
The more than 1 million children trapped in
#Gaza
will continue to be killed as the UN Security Council again fails to pass a ceasefire resolution.
How many thousands more need to die before the world acts?
12 years of conflict in
#Syria
have left families on the brink.
Families were already struggling to feed their
#children
, keep them warm & send them to school.
Now, this earthquake is a further blow to Syrian children. They need our immediate support👉
Children are our future. For over 100 years, we have put children and their rights at the forefront of what we do.
Today, we continue to fight for the rights of the world’s 2.4 billion children.
Here are 5 child rights you should know this
#WorldChildrensDay
👇
Imagine being injured, in the darkness, underneath the rubble, without the possibility of calling for help.
This is the reality for people in
#Gaza
when communications have been cut off over the past few days.
Bissan describes the agonising reality of people in Gaza right now👇
Meet
@Ingerashing
Save the Children International's new CEO who joined us as an 18 year-old volunteer and has been working to deliver change for children for over 25 years. Welcome to
#SavetheChildren
Almost every child who has survived the past 4 months of bombings in
#Gaza
is now in the line of fire in
#Rafah
.
If the government of Israel expands its military operations, there'll be nowhere left for people to flee & thousands more children will die⚠️
We need a
#CeasefireNOW
Active conflict, including relentless airstrikes, in such a small, densely populated area is leading to a shockingly high civilian death toll.
At least 2,000 children have been killed in
#Gaza
over the past 17 days⚠️
A ceasefire must be agreed immediately.
#StopTheWarOnChildren
War is hard for children. But teachers in
#Ukraine
are doing their best to make time spent in shelters fun & less stressful🌟
In the basement of this nursery, full of colour & games, children like Oleh* draw, play & dance❤️
Oleh* tells us what he enjoys doing in the shelter👇
Many children in
#Gaza
have fled their homes in terror. Now they have nowhere left to flee as the bombs fall⚠️
Bissan, a storyteller from Gaza, tours a bombed house to show the level of destruction in Gaza right now.
Donate now to give children hope👉
At the Romanian border with
#Ukraine
️ we have built new Child Friendly Spaces.
These are rooms where
#children
can play and recover from the traumatic experiences they've been through.
From the moment it opened children have been playing and enjoying themselves!
Take a look👀
Children continue to pay the heaviest price in
#Gaza
.
Over 40% of people killed are children⚠️
Whole families are being wiped from the registry & a growing number of children are being left with no family.
Stop the war on children.
#CeasefireNow
➡️
We're sourcing supplies and loading trucks in Egypt with much needed items for
#Gaza
, including hygiene and baby kits, menstrual health and medical supplies.
But this is a drop in the ocean. A safe passage for aid is needed to allow for a full-scale response.
#CeasefireNow
We're appalled by an attack on a school & a hospital in
#Gaza
today.
Attacks on civilian infrastructure, including schools & hospitals where children are seeking refuge, are beyond unconscionable.
We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms.
More than 1.3 million people, including 610,000 children, are now trapped in
#Rafah
, an area of just 62 sq km with nowhere left to flee as Israeli attacks on the area intensify.
We're calling for an immediate, definitive
#CeasefireNow
to save & protect children's lives in
#Gaza
.
The conflict in
#Tigray
, Ethiopia, has been waging for six months now. Thousands of children have been separated from their parents and are at risk of abuse.
The international community must step up to help. Read more:
#StopTheWarOnChildren
Children in
#Gaza
are dying from starvation & disease at the highest rate the world has ever seen.
But life-saving supplies which could be used to treat malnourished children are being delayed & denied entry.
We need a
#CeasefireNow
& safe humanitarian access to save lives❤️
"In
#Yemen
everyday 130 children under 5 are dying from hunger. This is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and aid is being used as a weapon of war"
Our CEO
@HelleThorning_S
speaking at
@WFP
#MSC2018
3 children have been reported dead in
#Ukraine
.
Any war is a war against children. We fear that more innocent young lives will be lost if the fighting doesn't stop now.
Children must be protected from harm at all times.
Follow
@Save_GlobalNews
for
#ukrainecrisis
breaking news.
She is just 1 of the almost 1.4 million children we have helped in
#Afghanistan
. She is the reason we are here. We remain strong for children.
#NotaTarget
Israel is squeezing families in
#Gaza
into deadly 'safe zones' with no guarantee of safety or return.
They're roaming the streets, with no food, nowhere to go, & nothing to survive on.
If weapons don't kill children, without essential supplies, hunger will.
#CeasefireNow
The escalating violence between Palestinian armed groups and Israeli forces in
#Israel
and
#Gaza
today is deeply alarming. It threatens children's lives and their wellbeing.
All parties must keep children and their families safe. We must
#StopTheWarOnChildren
.
Most of
#Gaza
lies in rubble. Childhoods have been obliterated.
Nearly 26,000 children have been killed or injured in 6 months of a war⚠️
Even those who survive the bombings, starvation or disease, their lives will never be the same.
There is no safe place left.
#CeasefireNOW
In
#Gaza
, hospitals already facing severe shortages are now under attack, putting thousands of lives in grave danger.
Hospitals are protected by International Humanitarian Law. They mustn't be targets⚠️
We need a
#CeasefireNOW
👉
#StopTheWarOnChildren
Around 3 out of 4 children are out of school in
#SouthSudan
due to conflict, the
#ClimateCrisis
& poverty.
We are collaborating in
@EduCannotWait
's $40 million project, which launches today, to improve
#education
in the country
Every child has the right to a better future📚
Our teams are preparing to support injured patients from
#Gaza
as Rafah crossing partially opens.
Nora Hassanein of Save the Children’s Egypt response team shares, "We are ready to provide medical supplies to hospitals and mental health and psychosocial support to children."
We are preparing to respond to the devastating
#earthquake
that has hit Türkiye, Syria & surrounding areas this morning.
Thousands of children have been forced out of their homes into the freezing night & are without shelter. We are moving quickly.
Help👉
Rafah could become the deadliest & most destructive chapter of this conflict yet.
1.3M people are sheltering here. 610,000 are children.
It's one of the last areas in
#Gaza
where hospitals, water & sanitation facilities & bakeries are still partially functioning.
#CeasefireNow
Today, on
#WorldHumanitarianDay
, we would like to recognise all humanitarians for their courageous, life-saving work.
We'd also like to remember the colleagues we've lost, those that gave everything, their future, their family & their lives.
Thank you for your dedication❤️
Since violence escalated, an Israeli-imposed siege has left 1 million children without enough to eat, leading to a rise of malnutrition cases.
Denying children in
#Gaza
access to food & basic supplies is inhumane & will have potentially deadly & life-altering consequences⚠️
With 2,000+ people already reported killed, rescuers continue to battle the freezing conditions to reach children feared trapped under the rubble after today's devastating
#earthquakes
in Türkiye &
#Syria
.
The international community must act quickly to provide much-needed aid.
It’s World Breastfeeding Week! 🌎
We’re calling for family-friendly policies that support mothers with time, space and support to breastfeed.
Here are our top 5 facts about the unique life-saving and life-enhancing importance of
#breastfeeding
👇️
Watch and share!
#WBW2023
Every child has the right to equal rights.
No child should be discriminated because of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or
#disability
.
Every child deserves the same opportunities to strive and develop.
Zero Discrimination is a must.
#ZeroDiscriminationDay
"Protecting children must be at the heart of humanitarian action," says
@SaveCEO_Intl
.
Join us tomorrow at
@UNICEF
's
#ChildYouthForum
where children will call for urgent action ahead of the Together to
#ENDviolence
event in 2022.
9th Dec 13.00 GMT
Can you imagine half the population of your country going hungry?
That is what's happening in
#Afghanistan
right now.
22.8 million people - including 14 million children - do not have enough to eat.
No child should go hungry.
#afghanistancrisis
Today, 5 UN agencies issued a call to action on child wasting. We stand with them!
We call on the international community to step up & prioritise child survival in the
#HungerCrisis
.
Our new report has 3 key recommendations to achieve this➡️
Read!
We're joining 200 organisations & individuals in calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in
#Gaza
&
#Israel
to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe & further loss of innocent lives.
Read the open letter👉
#StopTheWarOnChildren
#CeasefireNow
The Israeli government has blocked the entry of fuel necessary for the operation of Gaza’s only power plant, threatening essential services such as hospitals.
We are calling on Israel to urgently renew fuel supply to allow Gaza to respond to
#COVID19
:
We are saddened by the reports that at least 11,500 children have been killed in
#Gaza
since 7 Oct.
The child death toll has risen by 1,500 in the last 2 weeks alone.
Every day without a definitive ceasefire, is another day children are at risk of being killed.
#CeasefireNOW
Fill the world with
#flowersforchildren
living in
#conflict
.
From
#Ukraine
to Syria, Yemen to Myanmar, 1 in 6 children are growing up in conflict.
Send a message of solidarity by sharing a flower. Lets flood social media with Flowers for Children.
#StopTheWarOnChildren
Children in
#Gaza
are dying due to hunger & disease. This is appalling & entirely preventable.
We urgently need a definitive
#CeasefireNOW
Without a ceasefire & unfettered humanitarian access, we can’t get aid to Gaza’s children & more innocent lives will be lost.
REVEALED: In the first 6 months of 2023, nearly 400 children in
#Gaza
were denied access to critical healthcare in the West Bank⚠️
Denying children healthcare is inhumane & an infringement of their rights.
More info👉
Listen to Zeinab's story⬇️
Today’s
#UNSC
call for an immediate ceasefire in
#Gaza
has the potential to become a lifeline for the children who are being bombed, maimed and starved.
This resolution must be delivered immediately and extended to a definitive ceasefire. It's the only way to save lives.
Globally, 1 in 6 children struggle with a mental health disorder.
Although often not visible, it is the reality for millions of
#children
currently living in conflict zones.
We must prioritise children's mental wellbeing. Their mental health matters.
#StopTheWarOnChildren
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
to all the women and girls in the world!
#Women
are powerful, smart and brave.
Women must be valued and treated with dignity.
We must all make sure women's rights are being upheld and protected.
3 weeks since the Taliban announced that Afghan women were banned from working for any NGO, we're restarting some activities in
#Afghanistan
where we have reliable assurances for a full & safe return to work for female staff.
More info👇
We condemn the killing of civilians, especially children, in the strongest possible terms.
Children have the right to live in peace. Everything possible must be done to protect children in both the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel from harm.
#StopTheWarOnChildren
A decade ago we said “never again” to famine. But
@Oxfam
' &
@save_children
's Dangerous Delay 2 Report has found that the world has again failed to avert
#Hunger
.
23M people in the Horn of Africa are facing extreme hunger.
#NoMoreDelays
.
Read the report:
Every day for almost 5 months, children have been killed, maimed & subjected to unspeakable violence.
Over 30,000 people have now been killed in
#Gaza
, nearly half are children.
One child killed is one too many. Children won't be safe until there is a definitive
#CeasefireNow
Children from
#Ukraine
are fleeing to neighbouring countries like Romania. They have escaped violence but they will live with lasting trauma. They need a safe place, food, water and psychosocial first aid. Every child deserves to feel protected.
Donate➡️