Latest Media Releases

16/09/2020

Save the Children to call for development of 'Pacific JobKeeper'

More needs to be done to support Pacific neighbours by helping to create a stronger economic and social protection system



10/09/2020

Killing of two young children in Rakhine State is utterly unacceptable, says Save the Children

The children, both only five years old, were hit by what appear to have been artillery shells that fell in Nyaung Khet Kan village on the border between Ann



10/09/2020

Save the Children conducts largest global survey on the impact of COVID-19

Children from poorest households suffer greatest family income loss, miss out most on education and face highest risk of violence at home.



2/09/2020

Amendments To Citizenship Bill Fail To Protect Children

Save the Children Australia warns that the Government’s changes to the Citizenship Act do not adequately protect the rights of Australian children, and that the Bill should not be passed in its current form.



2/09/2020

Over 200,000 lone child migrants left to uncertain fates in Europe

Five years since the tragic death of Alan Kurdi, Save the Children is warning that Europe has failed to address the needs of migrant and refugee children.



25/08/2020

BANGLADESH & MYANMAR: More than 100,000 babies born in refugee and displacement camps in recent years

An entire generation of stateless children, warns Save the Children.



21/08/2020

Australia’s Young People Unprepared for Disasters

Students learn more about earthquakes than bushfires, floods, survey finds.



20/08/2020

Two weeks on: Families in Beirut’s disaster zone are still in dire need of support to rebuild and recover

Two weeks after the explosion that tore through Lebanon’s capital Beirut, many vulnerable families in the affected areas are still in dire need of support, Save the Children warned today.



19/08/2020

Humanitarian health workers put their lives on the line during COVID-19 pandemic

Humanitarian health workers across the world are putting their lives on the line to help others during an unprecedented global pandemic.



18/08/2020

275-Strong World Leaders’ Group Warns of Tragic ‘COVID Generation’

Millions of children hit as education faces $150 billion of cuts.



13/08/2020

Child death rate triples in Al-Hol camp as medical access deteriorates

Eight children under five died in Al Hol camp within five days, as health and nutrition services have deteriorated rapidly.



13/08/2020

Beirut’s traumatised children – speechless, sleepless and separated from their parents

Save the Children ramps up emergency response to support affected families and children.



11/08/2020

First case of Coronavirus among residents in Al Hol camp confirmed

One of our worst fears has come to pass in North East Syria.



08/08/2020

Beirut’s children likely to suffer from anxiety, night terrors following blast

The mental health of children who experienced the Beirut explosion could be under serious threat.



07/08/2020

Save the Children on the ground supporting children affected by Beirut explosion

Save the Children teams in Beirut are working around the clock to help children and families affected by the deadly explosion.



06/08/2020

Beirut toxic gas, 100,000 children seen homes destroyed

Save the Children is calling for the safety and wellbeing of children and their reunification with relatives to be a key part of the response.



06/08/2020

Historic Australia-PNG partnership welcome, but must be backed in with funding in October budget

Agreement comes at extraordinary time in human history.



05/08/2020

Fears for children in Beirut explosion, as hospitals are completely overwhelmed

A huge explosion in the Lebanese capital has devastated communities within a 10km radius.



05/08/2020

Two million children affected by monsoon rains in Bangladesh

Nation hit by longest-lasting floods in over twenty years



30/07/2020

Save the Children welcomes Closing the Gap agreement

Closing the Gap targets are an important step towards improving the outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families



29/07/2020

Lebanon: More than half a million children in Beirut are struggling to survive

New analysis by Save the Children



29/07/2020

Government must bring home Aussie kids from North East Syria after US reiterates help offer

There aren’t any excuses left, says Save the Children



28/07/2020

Children made up a third of civilian casualties in Afghanistan so far this year

Save the Children condemns all attacks on civilians and urges all parties to protect children



16/07/2020

10 children killed in Yemen in the last four days

Escalation in violence inexplicable at time country should focus on fighting COVID19



13/07/2020

Almost 10 million children may never return to school following Covid-19 lockdown: new report

Save Our Education report warns Covid-19 will force children out of school and into labour.



12/07/2020

Save the Children statement on the renewal of the UN cross border resolution #2

Millions of Syria’s children to suffer the consequences of decision



11/07/2020

Save the Children statement on the renewal of the UN cross border resolution

Save the Children urges Security Council to stop playing politics and put children’s lives first



10/07/2020

First COVID-19 case in North West Syria

Fears of rapid outbreak in densely populated area



09/07/2020

ASIO Bill breaches children’s rights, requires public scrutiny

Save the Children has warned that proposed new Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) powers breach fundamental children’s rights



02/07/2020

UN Security Council’s COVID-19 global ceasefire resolution welcome but overdue

Resolution could prove lifesaving for the 415 million children currently living in active conflict zones



02/07/2020

Australian bushfires six months on

Needs of children remain urgent and must not be forgotten



02/07/2020

Defence spending must be backed by increase in foreign aid

Foreign aid not only in the national interest but the right thing to do



02/07/2020

Syria conference pledges fall short

Increased support urgently needed to bolster emotional wellbeing of children



30/06/2020

Save the Children condemns deadly attack in Afghan marketplace

23 civilians killed including two children



25/06/2020

'Anxiety, panic attacks' among displaced Syrians highlight critical gaps in mental health support

Displaced Syrian children feel scared, exhausted, and are afraid to go home, according to new paper by Save the Children



23/06/2020

MYANMAR: Conflict leads to six-fold increase in killing and maiming of children in the first three months of this year

Save the Children calls for the protection of civilians and for perpetrators of grave violations against children to be held accountable



22/06/2020

Australia should empower local communities to sponsor refugees as global displacement reaches all-time high: Save the Children

Almost 80m people displaced on World Refugee Day



22/06/2020

NORTH WEST SYRIA: Thousands of children return to destroyed homes amid COVID-19 fears in camps

COVID-19 outbreak in North West Syria would have unthinkable consequences, warns Save the Children



16/06/2020

New UN report allows powerful countries to kill and maim children with impunity

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres removes Saudi Arabia from his annual 'list of shame'



15/06/2020

COVID-19: An additional three million children in Afghanistan need help to survive in 2020, warns Save the Children

Global pandemic means 4 out of every 10 children in Afghanistan now need some kind of humanitarian support



09/06/2020

Shocking testimonies of rescued Rohingya children tell of “nightmare” on boats left adrift in the Bay of Bengal for months

Children and youth speak of hunger, death and despair as yet another boat carrying desperate Rohingya refugees is rescued in Malaysian waters



05/06/2020

Save the Children welcomes Australia’s $300m commitment to fund life-saving vaccines

There has never been a more important time to invest in global vaccines



03/06/2020

Save the Children welcomes High Court ruling on unlawful tear-gassing of four teenagers in Don Dale

Youth justice system has let down some of Australia's most at-risk and disadvantaged children



03/06/2020

Pledging conference fails to deliver for Yemeni children in their darkest hour

Reduced funding catastrophic for Yemeni people as COVID-19 spreads



02/06/2020

Five million Yemenis at risk of losing access to food and clean water as Coronavirus spreads in Yemen

Survey reveals impact of funding shortfalls as pledging conference is held today



02/06/2020

Natalie Siegel-Brown to be new Child Wise Managing Director



29/05/2020

COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to increase by 86 million

New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million.



22/05/2020

Ramadan: A family share their pictures from Al Hol Camp, North East Syria

Thousands of families across North East Syria are trying to maintain their spirits as the month of Ramadan comes to an end despite the growing fears of COVID-19.



21/05/2020

Fears for children and families in low-lying areas as strong winds, storm surge and flooding expected in India and Bangladesh

Evacuation efforts complicated by COVID-19 and social distancing measures.



20/05/2020

Pacific aid welcome but may come at a cost

Much needed support for the Pacific highlights inadequate aid funding bucket.



20/05/2020

UN Security Council Fails to Support Global Ceasefire, Shows No Response to COVID-19

Civil society criticises US, China role in Security Council failure; still sees hope in global ceasefire call.



15/05/2020

First case of COVID-19 reported in Rohingya refugee camp

Media reports of the first confirmed case in the Rohingya refugee camps is a major cause for concern, warns Save the Children.



15/05/2020

Safety of children and young mothers must be a priority in the wake of typhoon VongFong

Aid agency ready to respond with hygiene kits, household materials and mobile health units.



14/05/2020

Australia needs new sanctions regime targeting gross violations of children’s rights

Save the Children welcomes appearance of Amal Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson QC before human rights hearings.



14/05/2020

Funding to break cycle of disadvantage for young people welcome



14/05/2020

Playgroups continuing online during coronavirus lockdown



13/05/2020

Cash one of the best ways to help Solomon Islanders after a disaster

New research part of a series of preparedness activities being rolled out in the Solomon Islands thanks to Disaster READY



11/05/2020

One year on: thousands of children at risk in Al Hol camp

New report 'A Children’s Crisis' paints a dire picture



06/05/2020

Worst fears as first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in north of Yemen

Save the Children renews calls for ceasefire



28/04/2020

Government must ensure safety of Australian children in North East Syria during COVID-19

47 Australian children continue to languish in Al-Hol camp



25/04/2020

Children’s needs systematically overlooked in response to Australian bushfires: submission

Unique needs of children in bushfire affected communities must not be forgotten amidst Covid-19 crisis



21/04/2020

Program adaptations help Aboriginal children connect to country during COVID-19

Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory are gaining new insight into traditional practices



17/04/2020

First case of COVID-19 in North East Syria

Dire conditions prompt outbreak fears for thousands of children.



17/04/2020

Access to full mobile data and telecommunications in Myanmar and Bangladesh is essential to save lives, say 26 major aid groups

Restoration vital to COVID-19 humanitarian response.



17/04/2020

Globally financed and coordinated response to Covid-19 urgently needed

Responding to a new UN Report Save the Children has warned that the world must act to protect a generation of children.



17/04/2020

Save the Children: Convert US$60 billion of debt into fund to fight Covid-19 in world’s poorest countries

Failure to act now could see 'lost decade'.



17/04/2020

PM must step up and answer children’s questions about COVID-19

Save the Children urges PM to follow lead of counterparts in NZ and Norway.



15/04/2020

First case of COVID-19 reported by authorities in YemenFirst case of COVID-19 reported by authorities in Yemen

Save the Children urges all parties to the conflict to adhere to the agreed ceasefire.



9/04/2020

Vanuatu: New aerial photos reveal destruction left by Cyclone Harold

Images show homes totally destroyed, debris strewn across the ground and trees snapped in half



7/04/2020

Save the Children backs call for concerted global action on coronavirus

Coordinated response from world’s largest economies critical to support the most vulnerable and minimise long term fallout



7/04/2020

Save the Children launches its biggest ever appeal to protect children from COVID-19

Aid organisation seeks to raise $100 million in urgent race to help save millions of lives



7/04/2020

COVID-19: Bangladesh has less than 2,000 ventilators serving a population of 165m, warns Save the Children

No ventilators in Cox’s Bazar District, home to more than three million people including one million Rohingya refugees



6/04/2020

Save the Children announces exciting merger with Library For All

Harnessing technology to give more children across the globe greater access to education



6/04/2020

Concerns for children as Vanuatu awaits monster cyclone

Save the Children ready to respond



2/04/2020

Australia’s leading aid agencies call for urgent action to support the charities amid COVID-19 crisis

International aid agencies vital during pandemic



2/04/2020

COVID-19

Australia’s support for Pacific more critical than ever.



31/03/2020

More than 15 million children and their families in Yemen, Syria and Gaza set to face COVID-19 with fewer than 1,700 ventilators and beds

Save the Children calls for an easing of restrictions on aid for hard to reach areas.



28/03/2020

Slow COVID-19 response to cost millions of lives in poorest countries

New modelling compares different scenarios for global response.



26/03/2020

Save the Children condemns deadly attack on Sikh temple in Kabul

Aid agency renews calls for a global ceasefire as COVID-19 spread.



25/03/2020

Five years of war in Yemen: Conflict takes heavy toll on children’s mental health

Amidst COVID-19 fears, new Save the Children survey shows children’s mental struggle as the conflict drags on.



24/03/2020

Global ceasefire could help protect the lives of 415 million children

As Syria reports first case of COVID-19 and Yemen marks five years of war.



23/03/2020

Save the Children Covid-19 Response: Putting children first

Safety and wellbeing of children must be prioritised.



14/03/2020

Syria war nine years on: Almost 3 million people in Idlib in urgent need of help

Save the Children urges world not to forget about Syrian crisis.



11/03/2020

Cyclone Idai one year on

Southern Africa still devastated and vulnerable to climate shocks.



05/03/2020

New analysis reveals scale of destruction and displacement in Idlib

Civilians forced into shrinking space as conflict intensifies.



03/03/2020

Save the Children proposes ‘innocent child’ amendment to security committee

Australian children trapped in Syria may be left stateless by the Australian Government’s decision to strip their parents of citizenship, warns leading child rights organisation.



02/03/2020

Prime Minister’s deafening silence unacceptable on anniversary of Landmine Treaty

Statement by the Australian Arms Control Coalition on United States' decision to lift restrictions on the use of landmines.



28/02/2020

Save the Children renews call to raise the age of criminal responsibility as inquiry submissions close

Early intervention more effective at preventing anti-social behaviour than criminalising children.



27/02/2020

Zimbabwe

Children on the frontline as climate and economic crises collide.



26/02/2020

Casualties as ten schools hit in one day during intense shelling in Idlib, Syria

Schools must be safe havens for children, even in a conflict zone, says Save the Children.



24/02/2020

Climate change and disaster risks

Young people have say on climate change and disaster risks.



21/02/2020

Al Hol camp in Syria

Statement on australian children and their mothers trapped in Al Hol camp in Syria.



19/02/2020

Syria: Children dying in freezing conditions in camps as more than a quarter of Idlib displaced

As many as seven children including a baby have died from freezing temperatures and horrific living conditions in Syrian camps.



19/02/2020

Coalition urges Australia to condemn landmine decision by US

The Australian Arms Control Coalition (AACC) has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging him to publicly condemn the decision of the United States to lift restrictions on its use of landmines.



19/02/2020

Afghanistan: An additional 1.5 million children need help to survive in 2020, warns Save the Children

The number of children in Afghanistan who will need humanitarian assistance in 2020 has jumped by 40 percent compared to last year.



14/02/2020

Syria: Humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib as thousands of children displaced in sub-zero temperatures

The conditions for children and families forced to flee their homes in Idlib, Syria are deteriorating at an alarming speed in severe winter weather, Save the Children is warning.



14/02/2020

Statement on children injured when school hit by shelling in Myanmar

Following reports of children injured when their school was hit by mortar fire in northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, on Thursday, Save the Children has issued the following statement.



13/02/2020

Closing the gap: far better progress needed on missed targets

Save the Children stresses importance of greater Indigenous voice on matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.



13/02/2020

A school or hospital attacked every 5 hours

A new report by Save the Children reveals the shocking and deadly impact war has on children around the world.



08/02/2020

Coronavirus Face Masks

Save the Children delivers 36,000 face masks to Wuhan.



07/02/2020

Syria

Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe.



04/02/2020

Yemen

Reopening of Sanaa airport for medical flights 'a lifeline' for thousands of children.



03/02/2020

Coronavirus

Children at risk in countries where healthcare systems will struggle to cope with an outbreak.



03/02/2020

Journey of Hope

Lego to fund long term recovery program for children affected by bushfires.



29/1/2020

Save the Children launches ground-breaking impact investment fund

A changing operating environment means the charity sector must adapt its business model



24/1/2020

January 26

Save the Children supports changing the date.



21/1/2020

Australia’s leading aid agencies issue plea for urgent action to address rapidly escalating global climate crisis

The time for debate about climate change is over, it is now time for action.



17/1/2020

Australian Regional Leadership Initiative

Australian politicians to visit Rohingya camps as part of learning tour in Bangladesh.



15/1/2020

More than 20,000 children evacuated from ‘danger zone’ around erupting volcano in Philippines

Thousands of children in evacuation centres are scared and confused and need urgent support, warns Save the Children.



10/1/2020

One child dies each day during conflict escalations in Idlib, Syria

Nine children killed in the first week of 2020 as violence.



9/1/2020

Australian bushfires: Children’s mental health needs a key part of response and recovery

Save the Children warns of importance of addressing the long-term mental health needs of children impacted by the devastating Australian bushfires.



7/1/2020

Bushfires

Save the Children partners with QBE to support bushfire relief and recovery effort.



20/12/2019

Syria

Australian children plea directly to PM: bring us home from Syria.



12/12/2019

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi's address to the Hague.



16/12/2019

Needs of children must be prioritised in Family Law Inquiry

Save the Children says family law system does not adequately protect children’s best interests.



12/12/2019

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi's address to the Hague.



11/12/2019

Syria

Statement following birth of Australian baby boy born in Syrian camp.



10/12/2019

Rohingya crisis

Today marks a crucial step towards justice for all alleged crimes against Rohingya children.



9/12/2019

33 children killed or injured every month in deadliest Yemeni towns

One year after the Stockholm agreement, which should have brought stability to Hodeidah and Taiz in Yemen, children there are still victims of conflict.



9/12/2019

Save the Children deploys health workers to support Samoa measles response

Team of clinical staff to work in main hospital in Samoa to support healthcare of women and small children.



3/12/2019

Failure to resettle remaining offshore detainees to cost Australia $1.2 billion

New figures have revealed that the Australian Government’s failure to finalise resettlement for 535 offshore detainees currently in PNG and Nauru could cost taxpayers $1.2 billion over the next 3 years.



3/12/2019

Save the Children calls on Australian Government to act on climate change

As world leaders meet this week at the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25), Save the Children is urging the Australian Government to step up its action on climate change.



2/12/2019

Climate change

Natural disasters claim more than 1200 lives across East and Southern Africa.



28/11/2019

Papua New Guinea National Elementary Education Forum

National Education Forum showcases RISE program.



25/11/2019

Speech

Dr Susan Neuhaus CSC addresses Save the Children National Centenary Event in Canberra.



25/11/2019

Speech

Save the Children Australia CEO Paul Ronalds addresses National Centenary Event in Canberra.



24/11/2019

Funding to support anti-child exploitation initiative in Philippines an important step in the right direction

Save the Children has welcomed an announcement by the Westpac Bank today of funding for a program aimed at preventing online exploitation and sexual abuse of children in the Philippines.



22/11/2019

Syria

Eight children killed in attack on Idlib camp.



21/11/2019

Save the Children supports call to raise the age of criminal responsibility

Child Rights Scorecard finds no good rationale for detaining children under the age of 14.



20/11/2019

Universal Children's Day celebrated in PNG

Save the Children urges government to listen to the voices of children.



20/11/2019

Afghanistan

Many Afghan children are afraid to go outside, new survey by Save the Children finds.



19/11/2019

New partnership with QBE points the way forward for disaster mitigation and recovery

Insurance company partners with leading aid agencies faced with threat of climate change.



19/11/2019

Australia should accept US offer to extract Australian women and children from Syrian camp

US made offer to all coalition partners, including Australia, urging governments to take responsibility for their citizens.



19/11/2019

Thousands of children and families flee flooding

Save the Children supporting displaced families with clean water, hygiene kits and emergency latrines.

19/11/2019

Save the Children undeterred in fight to protect children from war.

14/11/2019

Two new international court cases offer a “glimmer of hope” for Rohingya children

Legal proceedings in Argentina and the Gambia this week bring new life to efforts to obtain justice for Rohingya.



14/11/2019

Save the Children Australia accredited in world-first for Green Climate Fund

Accreditation allows Save the Children Australia to partner with countries hardest hit by climate change and apply for funding from the USD$10 billion fund.



12/11/2019

Save the Children to provide supported playgroup for bushfire affected children in NSW

Save the Children will set up a ‘child friendly space’ to help dozens of children affected by the devastating bushfires in New South Wales.



6/11/2019

PNG delegation attends Nutrition Global Gathering in Nepal

PNG government departments and charities including Save the Children take part.



25/10/2019

Greater support needed to address mental health issues facing young people: National Children’s Week

As National Children’s Week activities take place across the country, Save the Children is raising awareness of the mental health and wellbeing challenges facing thousands of young people who are at risk of falling out of the school system in Australia.



23/10/2019

Save the Children getting Fijian communities DisasterREADY

Leading aid agency Save the Children is running emergency simulations in the Western District communities of Narewa, Vio Island and Votua this week to test the effectiveness of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) in emergency responses.



22/10/2019

Civil society resolution outlines 10 steps to tackle PNG’s malnutrition crisis

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) civil society group is calling on leaders in the Asia Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea, to implement a raft of measures to tackle malnutrition.



18/10/2019

Syria

Pause in hostilities extends window of opportunity in Syria.



17/10/2019

Afghanistan

20 children injured after explosion near school.



14/10/2019

Children at risk of deadly floods as families flee Typhoon Hagabis

The most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 60 years caused millions of families to evacuate their homes due to extreme flooding.



14/10/2019

African hunger crisis

Hunger levels soar in Horn of Africa as region faces driest summer in over 35 years.



13/10/2019

Save the Children is Preparing for Cyclone Season in the Pacific

On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, Save the Children is warning that climate change must be addressed to reduce the threat to lives and livelihoods in the Pacific.



11/10/2019

Syria

Save the Children preparing to scale up operations, warns of mass displacement of children



10/10/2019

Yemen

Fuel shortages deepen humanitarian crisis.



9/10/2019

New nutrition policy

Save the Children welcomes the launch of Papua New Guinea’s first National Nutrition Policy.



7/10/2019

18 years of conflict: Every single Afghan child affected by war

As of today, every single child born and raised in Afghanistan has experienced war and conflict in their country, Save the Children said in statement today.



4/10/2019

Save the Children supported health compound hit in Syria, seven people injured

A Save the Children supported health compound in Syria was hit by artillery shells on Thursday, injuring seven adults including a doctor at the site, and leaving one in critical condition.



1/10/2019

Pikinini Defenders

Save the Children joins new child protection campaign.



29/09/2019

Serious concerns for ethnic minorities, including Rohingya in Myanmar as internet blackout reaches 100 days

Save the Children has expressed grave concerns about the ongoing internet blackout being enforced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, which is preventing those affected from communicating with the outside world.



28/9/2019

Indonesia

One year on from devastating earthquake and tsunami two thirds of schools in Central Sulawesi remain damaged.



27/9/2019

New energy venture

A ground-breaking partnership between aid organisation Save the Children and Australian energy advisory firm, Energy Estate, aims to revolutionise the way energy is delivered in Pacific island nations.



27/9/2019

Defence industry awards

Australia must lift shield of secrecy over military exports as defence industry celebrates night of nights.



27/9/2019

Children of foreign fighters

Civil society groups call for the urgent repatriation of Australian children of foreign fighters.



26/9/2019

Australia's condemnation of Saudi Arabia human rights abuses makes weapons exports strategy untenable

Australia’s strong statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, which criticised Saudi Arabia’s systematic violence and human rights abuses, makes its strategy to export Australian made arms and other military supplies to Saudi Arabia completely untenable, warns Save the Children.



17/9/2019

Children in crisis want education more than money, food or water

Surveys from toughest places on earth reveal top priorities for children in crisis.



17/9/2019

School strike 4 climate

Save the Children supports children’s Climate Strike.



11/9/2019

Road to Recovery report

More than 24 million children affected by conflict need mental health support.



08/9/2019

Yemen War

'Unacceptable': Former Defence Secretary on Australian arms sales.



07/9/2019

Myanmar youth especially vulnerable to online abuse, hate speech and fake news on social media

New report by Save the Children and the University of Sydney.



06/9/2019

Queensland fires

Top 10 tips for keeping children safe during bushfires



04/9/2019

Atrocities in Yemen

UN report on atrocities in Yemen should act as wake-up call for Australia, says Save the Children.



04/9/2019

More than half of children in Idlib, Syria could miss out on school this year

Half of all schools in NW Syria are damaged, abandoned, unsafe or used as shelters.



31/8/2019

Hurricane Dorian

Hundreds of thousands of children in path of treacherous Hurricane Dorian.



30/8/2019

Another grim milestone: Ebola claims some 2,000 lives in DRC outbreak

The international community must release new funds to help prevent virus speading further



27/8/2019

Syria

One child killed every day in past 17 days.



21/8/2019

Rohingya crisis two years on: internet blackout in Myanmar shows repression continues

Save the Children Australia stages its own blackout to highlight continuing human rights violations



21/8/2019

Rohingya crisis: 61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar

Aid agencies call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns



13/8/2019

Climate change

Climate change commitment to the Pacific welcome, but funding shouldn’t come from shrinking aid budget.



09/8/2019

One year anniversary of deadly Yemen bus attack

Child survivors describe gruelling battle to recover: “At night I have ugly dreams. I see the carnage, I see everything”.



08/8/2019

Huge cost of detaining young people in WA reinforces need to invest more diverting from justice system

Following new reports detailing the exorbitant cost of detaining young people in WA, Save the Children has renewed its call for greater funding to divert young people out of the justice system.



08/8/2019

Children and armed conflict

Children in Somalia face highest rates of abduction, recruitment, and conflict-related sexual violence in the world.



08/8/2019

Save the Children lauds Colombian citizenship for thousands of Venezuelan children

Save the Children welcomes the decision by the Colombian government to end the statelessness of some 24,000 children of Venezuelan parents, by granting them citizenship. The measure is an important step towards ensuring children who were born in Colombia after August 18th 2015 will have the same rights as Colombian children.



31/8/2019

Afghanistan roadside explosion

Save the Children appalled by roadside explosion which killed dozens of women and children.



30/7/2019

Unseen and Unsafe: Underinvestment in ending violence against children in the Pacific and Timor Leste

New report reveals harrowing scale of child protection crisis in the Pacific.



26/7/2019

Temporary Exclusion Order Bill fails to take into account best interests of children: Save the Children

Aid agency renews calls for Australian children in camps in North East Syria to be urgently moved to safety.



25/7/2019

Australia needs to be transparent about its military exports: Australian Arms Control Coalition

Civil society organisations call on Australian Government to immediately halt the export of arms to countries involved in the war in Yemen following ABC report.



25/7/2019

More children killed in Idlib in last four weeks than all of 2018

Deadliest week since violence escalated in North West Syria in April.



22/7/2019

Temporary Exclusion Order Bill must not punish children for the actions of parents

Save the Children is urging all sides to ensure the best interests of children are upheld.



22/7/2019

Arsal demolitions

Syrian children living as refugees in Lebanon are at risk of illnesses and heat stroke as their families continue to demolish their homes.



17/7/2019

More than three million children affected by severe flooding across India, Bangladesh and Nepal

More than a week of heavy monsoon rains in South Asia has led to major flooding in three countries affecting 3.2 million children.

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Aid agency Save the Children has established a child friendly space in the bushfire-affected Huon Valley in Tasmania to support children and families impacted by the disaster.

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PM’s Vanuatu trip welcome, but funds urgently needed to protect Pacific nations from climate change

Save the Children welcomes Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s upcoming visit to Vanuatu but says it should coincide with a plan to deliver much needed climate change funding.

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Save the Children welcomes Australia’s adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees at the United Nations Global Assembly overnight.

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The Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) today celebrates the announcement of 5000 community sponsored refugee places by Federal Labor Leader, Bill Shorten, in Adelaide.

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ve the Children hosts 'Bread for Success' fundraiser.

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Save the Children recognises today's national apology to the victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse as an important step in acknowledging past crimes and ensuring a safe future for all children.

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Hundreds of thousands of Syrian children who have already been forced to flee their homes once are facing a second devastating onslaught amid reports that preparations are being made for an offensive on Idlib province.

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Save the Children welcomes the findings of the Productivity Commission’s stocktake on rising inequality and its emphasis on the complexity of disadvantage in Australia.

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Programming the future launches in Dubbo

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Save the Children staff in Laos are preparing an emergency response after at least 10 people were killed and hundreds more left missing when a dam collapsed in the south of the country.

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Time to end the uncertainty for 124 children still languishing on Nauru

Exactly five years since the Australian Government started to detain asylum seekers on Nauru, 124 children still languish indefinitely on the tiny Pacific island with little hope for the future, warns Save the Children. Exactly five years since the Australian Government started to detain asylum seekers on Nauru, 124 children still languish indefinitely on the tiny Pacific island with little hope for the future, warns Save the Children.

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Save the Children commemorates NAIDOC Week 2018: Because of her, we can!

Save the Children is proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2018 and recognise the invaluable ongoing contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made to Australian families and communities across generations. Save the Children is proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2018 and recognise the invaluable ongoing contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made to Australian families and communities across generations.

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Report confirms dramatic increase in children affected by conflict, as school bombed in Syria

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Save the Children is urging all parties to show restraint and urge all protests to remain peaceful following another devastating day for the children of Gaza.

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Save the Children is calling for the Australian government to use the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney this weekend to push for a regional solution to the Rohingya refugee crisis – described by the UN as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.

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“They sent us a notice that we had to demolish our houses. We started demolishing and the ceiling fell off…I have small children – where are they going to sleep?”First child dies of ebola in new outbreak in Uganda.21 charities have written to the UN Secretary General urging him to include those found to have committed violations against children in conflict in report.Investigate senseless killings in Mali, hold attackers to account.Three international organisations urge the government of Lebanon to halt planned move.3 in 4 Rohingya refugee babies are born in unsanitary bamboo shelters.Mozambique cyclone appeal allots less than 1% to needs of women and girls.Despite the widespread gains, war and conflict threaten progress.At least 38 children have been killed and 46 were injured in shelling on North West Syria since the 1st of April, Save the Children said today.Charter to protect children in conflict launched today at The Hague.Save the Children renews call for future Prime Minister to stop the export of Australian weapons to Saudi Arabia.Save the Children expresses outrage at conditions faced by children in Queensland Watch Houses.Save the Children welcomes Australian Labor’s announcement that they will significantly invest in Australia’s charity and not-for-profit sector, and create a dedicated Charities Minister, if elected.Save the Children has written to political parties seeking a promise to take three clear actions to Stop the War on Children.Every three minutes a child is killed by conflict, finds Save the Children as it launches chilling new campaign to mark Centenary year.Save the Children assessment team report on widespread need in area devastated by Cyclone Kenneth.Capacity building identified as key to effective cash programming in emergenciesSave the Children is calling on the international community to commit additional resources to the emergency relief efforts in the wake of Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth, which have battered parts of Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi and left hundreds of thousands homeless.Save the Children has welcomed today’s announcement by the Australian Labor Party of a $107 million package to address the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system.As cyclone Kenneth hits the north of Mozambique, the number of acutely malnourished children under five in cyclone Idai-hit parts of the country is expected to jump from nearly 60,000 to 115,000, after crops and livelihoods were swept away by the storm, Save the Children warned today.More than 100,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported among children under the age of 15 in Yemen since the start of the year – more than twice the number during the same period in 2018.New wave of shelling in north west Syria hits schools, displaces thousands.Save the Children has spoken to dozens of foreign children it supports in Al Hol camp in north east Syria, where conditions are overcrowded and humanitarian aid is insufficient to meet all needs.With dozens of Australian children of foreign fighters continuing to languish in dangerous camps in North East Syria, Save the Children has written to the Prime Minister seeking greater transparency around Australia’s repatriation efforts.Save the Children expands its services in northern Tasmania with new Launceston office.Ahead of a Four Corners interview with the children of Australian Khaled Sharrouf tonight, Save the Children has reiterated its call for the leaders of both major political parties to commit to a policy of repatriation.Children talk of death and destruction while world looks away.Children of Australian foreign fighters must be brought home immediately to ease their suffering in war ravaged Syria.The perfect time to commit to national roll out of acclaimed program helping young people stay in school.A Save the Children child protection worker who rushed to the scene of the school where several pupils were killed yesterday described scenes of devastation, and children bleeding heavily while aid workers tried to reach them.Record numbers of new cases reported two weeks running – 57 followed by 72.Save the Children Australia has renewed its call for the immediate repatriation of all Australian children stranded in north east Syria.Just a day after the Federal budget revealed a sixth straight year of brutal cuts to aid, Save the Children today welcomed a report from the Joint Standing Committee which has unanimously recommended the Government dramatically increase Australia’s aid funding.An estimated 6,013 babies are due to be born this month, or 194 a day, in areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique and are at increased risk of being affected by cholera and malaria, Save the Children warned today.While the Australian Defence budget continues to grow, the aid budget suffers sixth consecutive cut.Budget confirms Pacific infrastructure funding will come from Australian aid.Australia must help Australian children stranded in North East Syria.A program praised by parents for keeping their children in school should be fully funded in Tuesday’s Budget and rolled out nationally, Save the Children has said.Save the Children is urging the Australian Government to use the 2019-20 Budget to revitalise the significantly weakened foreign aid budget, not increase investment in weapons manufacturing.Save the Children is urging the federal government to avoid slashing $500m from the foreign aid budget to finance a new infrastructure facility in the Pacific, which now looks set to go ahead.Thousands of children are still in need of permanent housing six months on from the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit Central Sulawesi in Indonesia in September 2018.An alarming spike in suspected cholera cases in Yemen is infecting 1,000 children every day, Save the Children is warning.Four children were among seven people killed yesterday when a hospital supported by Save the Children in Yemen was hit by an airstrike. Two other adults are unaccounted for.On the 4th anniversary of the war in Yemen, Save the Children is demanding a change of policy on defence exports.Save the Children calls on Australian Government to end defence exports to Saudi Arabia and UAE.Save the Children is scaling up operations, including increased staffing and a third child friendly space in the wake of Cyclone Trevor.Nine out of 10 parents say Hands on Learning improves their children’s sense of belonging at school.Save the Children to open child friendly spaces as Northern Territory declares state of emergency.Save the Children has delivered 51 metric tons of vital aid to Mozambique at the start of an operation to help hundreds of thousands of children and families in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.Yemeni children call out for peace.Save the Children has thrown its support behind the thousands of young Australians attending today’s Climate Strike.The war in Syria has now lasted longer than WWII, and children are suffering the consequencesThere are now estimated to be at least 3,580 children of foreign nationalities living in three camps for displaced people in North-East Syria, Save the Children revealed today.Save the Children Australia welcomes Labor’s commitment to increase foreign aid and calls on the Coalition to at least match the promise ahead of the Federal election.Children surveyed for Save the Children report often feel scared and sad. They demand peace and a return to education.The upcoming Brussels pledging conference is an opportunity for Australia to step up as an already dire humanitarian crisis worsens.Thousands of Syrian and foreign children who have recently moved from ISIS-held areas into displacement camps show signs of psychological distress, and many will likely need long term mental health and psychosocial support to recover from their experiences.Australia will attend a high-level pledging conference on Tuesday in Geneva where it must commit more funding to the humanitarian response in Yemen.Save the Children and Child Wise welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement of a uniform national approach to child protection and safety, agreed by Commonwealth, state and territory governments.More than 2,500 children from more than 30 countries, including Australia, are living in three camps for people displaced in North-East Syria, Save the Children has revealed.Stop Australian defence exports to war-crime accused Saudi Arabia.Report reveals $36m taxpayer funded weapons system deal destined for Saudi Arabia.In a statement issued today, Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision called on international governments to generously fund the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis.Save the Children calls on Australia to halt the export of military assets to countries involved in Yemen war, where up to 85,000 children have died from extreme hungerSave the Children calls for unacceptable overrepresentation of Indigenous children in out of home care to be acknowledged as a crucial gap to be closed.Communities in Vanuatu are bracing for destructive winds nearing 100kmh and heavy rainfall as slow-moving Tropical Cyclone Oma approaches the Pacific nation, warns Save the Children.Save the Children is urging members of the Australian Parliament to work together to deliver an outcome for sick refugees and asylum seekers today.Almost one hundred children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have lost their lives to the Ebola virus since the outbreak started in August last year.Save the Children has set up three ‘child friendly spaces’ in Far North Queensland to help children and families impacted by floods in and around Townsville.Save the Children is excited to announce the appointment of Meshel Laurie as the organisation’s new Head of Community Building.Following an alarming spike in Aboriginal youth suicides in recent weeks, Save the Children is calling for greater coordination and funding for programs that address underlying issues.Save the Children is calling on federal politicians to pass the Urgent Medical Treatment Bill which is scheduled to go before Parliament on February 12.Half a million children displaced by fighting in Hodeidah in just six months.Save the Children welcomes the establishment of the Office of the Pacific and the announcement of its Head, Ewen McDonald, as a positive step forward in improving Australia’s engagement with the PacificNew tool to help hold Australian Government to higher standard in protecting children in conflict.Syrian refugees in camps in neighbouring Lebanon also struggling to keep warm amid snowstorms.Save the Children Australia has today warmly welcomed a commitment from Federal Labor to rebuild and grow Australia’s aid budget, if elected.Warring parties in Yemen agree to a ceasefire in Hodeidah.Save the Children Australia welcomes the adoption overnight in Marrakech of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration by the overwhelming majority of UN member states.More than 1,200 child migrant deaths have been recorded between 2014 and 2018, but the real figure is likely to be much higher.Famine or not 120,000 children in Yemen are in a catastrophic condition.Save the Children supports Urgent Medical Treatment Bill.Australian Government funds largest ever NGO grant under the Australian Humanitarian Partnership to support recovery and stabilisation in Iraq.Orphanage trafficking recognised as modern slavery in world first.Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards.Increasing insecurity and a significant rise in school attacks puts almost two decades of progress at risk for Afghan children.Save the Children joins global 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women and children.Future leaders demand young Australians be heard.An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger or disease since the war in Yemen escalated, according to new analysis by Save the Children.Save the Children Australia welcomes the release of the Independent Review into the Practice and Response of Australian Council of International Development (ACFID) Members in the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct conducted by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM).New analysis conducted by Johns Hopkins University and Save the Children reveals predicted pneumonia toll.On anniversary of deadliest cyclone on record, thousands of lives at risk during Bangladesh storm season.Save the Children is calling on the Australian Government to join international efforts seeking to bring an end to the brutal conflict in Yemen.Futures of nearly 1,000 children shot by live ammunition hang in the balance amid strained health system.ReThink Orphanages wins award for work in responsible tourism.Aid agency calls for an immediate end to fighting to avoid any further civilian casualties.Save the Children welcomes the Prime Minister’s commitment to the Pacific, but more aid is needed.Australia must follow the UK and US lead and call for an urgent ceasefire.Disaster ravaged Sulawesi drenched by heavy rains, more than 220,000 still homeless.Failing economy is as big a threat to children as bombs and bullets, warns Save the Children.Time to listen to children and get kids off Nauru.Save the Children Australia welcomes Australian Government sanctions on Myanmar military officers.Child Wise, one of Australia's leading not-for-profit child protection and safeguarding agencies, is proud to announce its services will now be available in Tasmania.Save the Children calls on the Australian Government to come to the table and negotiate to get kids off Nauru as soon as possible.SaSave the Children welcomes moves to get kids off Nauru as soon as possible.New report highlights alarming lack of oversight of Afghan child returns from Europe.Save the Children warns of long term psychological damage unless more support provided.Innovation in addressing the digital divide booming in Central NSW.Save the Children calls on Prime Minister to get kids off Nauru.Save the Children statement on government decision to call off search and rescue operation in earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi.If all girls completed secondary school, more than 50 million child marriages could be prevented.More than 2,700 schools badly damaged or destroyed in disaster-hit Sulawesi as children return to class.Save the Children scales up aid delivery to communities devastated by tsunami-earthquake disaster.Contamination widespread, one week after Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, fears of looming health crisis.Save the Children, working through its partner Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik (YSTC), has delivered vital aid on a military plane to Palu, the Indonesian city devastated by Friday’s earthquake and tsunami.Save the Children warmly welcomes the commitment to fund two years of preschool announced today by Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten, and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews in Melbourne.Urgent need to identify children who are lost, shocked and alone six days after tsunami, warns Save the Children.Café program selected for global innovation spotlight.Children in earthquake and tsunami-hit communities face growing risk of disease outbreak and water-borne illness, warns Save the Children.Save the Children launches appeal.Surge in suspected cholera cases in Hodeidah.Fears grow for separated and unaccompanied children in the wake of tsunami.Hundreds of thousands of children affected by catastrophic Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami as landslides, power outages hamper relief efforts.Australia needs to guarantee military exports are not used in unlawful attacks in Yemen.As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, the international community has a unique window of opportunity to stand up for Yemeni children, and children in conflict everywhere, who need protection.Save the Children statement on the final report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission in Myanmar.Philippines: More than a million children missing out on education as thousands of schools remain shut following “super” Typhoon Mangkhut.Philippines: Millions of children at risk as country braces for potential devastation from Super Typhoon Mangkhut.Devonport residents will now have access to vital family and education services with the opening of Save the Children’s first office dedicated to North West Tasmania.More than half a million children in conflict zones could die from extreme hunger before the end of the year, new research by Save the Children shows.Save the Children statement on the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar released today.Save the Children launches innovative new tool kit to help combat orphanage tourism.New research by Save the Children revealed ahead of the one-year anniversary of the crisis on Saturday.Save the Children is putting its Tasmanian programs on show in a practical and interactive illustration of the breadth of our work.Aid agencies ready to scale up humanitarian response after lombok hit by two more earthquakes in a day.Save the Children Australia joins campaign to free 119 children trapped on Nauru.Civilians, including aid workers, too frequently attacked, warns save the children.The annual Save the Children UWA Branch book sale starts today!Save the Children calls for immediate and independent investigation into recent attacks on civilians.Save the Children and its partner organisation raise concerns for Indonesians in isolated makeshift camps on earthquake-devastated Lombok.Programming the Future is a joint project of Save the Children Australia and Dubbo Regional Council to deliver digital skills to local children and young people.A year since ISIS was expelled from Mosul, the city’s children are living in near constant fear for their lives, and are often reliving memories of devastation, displacement, bombing and extreme violence, a new report from Save the Children reveals.Save the Children is calling for an urgent and significant scale up of education programming for Rohingya children living in Bangladesh’s overcrowded refugee camps, ahead of the UN leadership’s most high-profile visit to Cox’s Bazar to date.In the lead up to Refugee Week, Save the Children Australia is calling on the Australian Government and the Australian community to embrace innovative ways to tackle the global refugee crisis.An estimated 300,000 children stuck in Hodeidah city are risk of being killed or maimed by the fighting. Families and children could be caught in the crossfire, unable to leave but in grave danger from bombs and bullets if they stay, trapped beyond the reach of humanitarian aid or medical care.Save the Children welcomes the continued support of the IKEA Foundation which this week announced an €8 million global grant (more than AUD$12 million) to train aid workers.Feelings of depression, hyperactivity, a preference for being alone, and aggression were reported by 95 per cent of children in Gaza, new research released by Save the Children has shown.Save the Children Australia’s Mooroopna Kindergarten renovation is complete!Announced today, the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities program aims to promote healthy lifestyles and address obesity in Australia by bringing nutrition education, active play and fresh foods to at-risk children and their families.The 2018-19 Federal Budget is a missed opportunity for Australia to fulfil its commitment to help ensure the poorest children in our nation and overseas are not being left further behind.The Youth Partnership Project, supported by Save the Children, took out the category for outstanding commitment to collaborative place-based service or solutions at the WA Community Services Excellence Awards.Somali families displaced by drought and near-famine conditions last year are now on the move again, with catastrophic flash flooding forcing 175,000* people out of their homes, leaving them more vulnerable to malnutrition and diseases such as Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) and cholera.A tool will be launched this week to help schools and other organisations involved with kids understand the practical steps they can take to provide safe places for children.Launched today, the Community Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (CRSI) is calling on government to create a system that allows the generosity of ordinary Australians to flourish, welcoming refugees into our communities.The latest Wellbeing of Children and Young People Report shows that East Gippsland children are less vulnerable in 2015 than in 2012, but there is still more work to do to ensure our region's children have the best start in life.Save the Children is warning up to 9,000 school-aged children risk having their education ruined or severely disrupted because of the devastating earthquake in PNG nearly two weeks ago.Children aged 12 to 16 from Murrumbidgee, Far West and Western NSW will be matched with local volunteer adult mentors and work collaboratively on a community project of their own choosing.Save the Children is urging the Federal, State and Territory Governments to work genuinely with Aboriginal communities in the Closing the Gap refresh process to institute a national target to reduce the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in out of home care.Families in the Dampier Peninsular will get a boost to children's services through a partnership between Save the Children Australia and Aarnja Empowered Communities.It is with profound sadness that we can confirm three Save the Children staff members were killed on Wednesday in an attack on our office in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. All other staff have been safely rescued from the office. Four were injured in the attack and are receiving medical treatment.Rohingya children in the camps and makeshift settlements in Bangladesh urgently need warm clothes and blankets as overnight temperatures drop with the onset of winter, Save the Children is warning.Save the Children Australia welcomes the final report from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and calls for urgent resourcing and funding to implement the recommendations.Save the Children health workers are on high alert for cases of the deadly disease diphtheria, which has so far claimed the lives of at least 15 Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh.Save the Children Australia and Child Wise have today announced their intent to merge. Child Wise is one of Australia's leading not-for-profit child protection and child safeguarding agencies.Save the Children has submitted a landmark report highlighting the opportunities and challenges children face growing up across the Solomon Islands.Save the Children Australia welcomes the news that orphanage tourism will be included within the modern slavery definition.The number of evacuees from the base of Mt Agung in Bali is growing as the volcano continues to erupt, raising concerns that children may be separated from parents.Save the Children is celebrating International Day of People with Disabilities and rallying to raise awareness for women and girls with disabilities who live in developing countries and face the triple discrimination of gender, poverty and disability.Save the Children welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to promoting prosperity, security and peace in the Indo-Pacific region, outlined in its Foreign Policy White Paper, and its recognition of the role of overseas aid in achieving these aims.Save the Children Australia is calling for urgent and collective action to prevent children from being exposed to the serious harm inflicted at the Don Dale Detention Centre.Save the Children urges foreign ministers at Myanmar meeting to step up pressure to end violence.Save the Children Australia has today welcomed the launch of the ABC’s joint appeal with humanitarian agencies to support the escalating Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh.Nearly one million children a year are dying from pneumonia even though it can be treated with antibiotics costing as little as 52 cents, Save the Children reveals today.An inspiring teacher working with Save the Children Australia has been named Early Childhood Teacher of the Year at this week's Victorian Early Years Awards.Save the Children Australia has today welcomed $400,000 of Australian Government funding to help manage the aftermath of the Ambae volcano evacuation in Vanuatu, as part of the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP).Save the Children has welcomed an Australian Government announcement of a further $10 million in funds to help aid agencies respond to the growing humanitarian crisis on Bangladesh's border with Myanmar.Save the Children is warning of a malnutrition crisis in the Bangladeshi district of Cox’s Bazar, where more than half a million Rohingya have arrived in the past six weeks after fleeing horrific violence and bloodshed over the border in Myanmar.A volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae Island continues to erupt rocks and ash, as Save the Children staff help authorities evacuate the last residents.After more than four, long years, Save the Children welcomes reports that at least 27 refugees on Nauru may finally have the chance to resettle in the United States.A coalition of NGOs is calling on the Australian Government to lead the way in protecting child refugees and migrants, when two ground-breaking compacts are discussed at the United Nations General Assembly this week.Save the Children applauds today's announcement by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop of up to $15 million funding to be released to aid displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh.Save the Children is seeking greater leadership from the federal government to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care.At least 18,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed by South Asia’s worst flooding in years, which is putting children’s education and long-term wellbeing at risk, warns Save the Children.The child rights agency that formerly supported children and families on Nauru, Save the Children, has expressed alarm at the prospect of asylum seeker and refugee children living in Australia being returned to Nauru.Save the Children has today applauded one of its youth ambassadors for challenging a government decision to exclude 16- and 17 year-olds from participating in the same-sex marriage postal ballot.Three months on from the deadly siege in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, tens of thousands of children continue to face a grim daily struggle since first escaping the violence.Save the Children warns that the ability of aid agencies to respond effectively to the hunger crisis threatening millions of lives in four countries is being heavily impacted by violence directed at frontline humanitarian workers, leaving vulnerable communities at increased risk of starvation.Save the Children and the University of Melbourne have joined forces to create a transformational change program with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples called First 1000 Days Australia.The latest Wellbeing of Children and Young People Report shows that East Gippsland children are less vulnerable in 2015 than in 2012, but there is still more work to do to ensure our region's children have the best start in life.Save the Children welcomes today's $20 million announcement by the Australian Government to help tackle extreme hunger in Somalia and South Sudan where famine has been declared in parts of the country.