GAZA, 5 February 2025 - Children in Gaza are in desperate need of medical attention, nutrition, shelter and access to education with the pause in hostilities only revealing the true scale of devastation, said Save the Children CEO Inger Ashing during a visit to Gaza. Visiting Gaza three weeks after the pause in hostilities, Ashing met young children being supported by …

Sep 16, 2024 · Child hunger is a significant problem affecting millions of children in Africa. The crisis is compounded by large influences like poverty, conflict, and natural disasters. The solution can begin to take shape when a compassionate partner commits just $0.50 a …

Nearly one million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished. Our teams are working hard to screen children for malnutrition and help prevent the deadly diseases they are more likely to contract and die from, including measles, malaria, diarrhea, cholera and pneumonia.

May 22, 2023 · Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.

Millions of children are fighting severe acute malnutrition in the worst hunger crisis of our generation. Soaring food prices and three failed consecutive rainy seasons have forced families across Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia to leave everything behind in …

Jun 22, 2022 · Since the start of the year, the escalating global food crisis has forced an additional 260,000 children – or one child every 60 seconds – to suffer from severe wasting in 15 countries bearing the brunt of the crisis, including in the Horn of Africa and the Central Sahel.

Sep 1, 2023 · Millions of hungry children in Africa will face long-term health consequences or die if they don’t urgently get the food aid they need. World Health Organization reports that undernutrition is associated with 45 percent of child deaths in Africa.

Dec 22, 2022 · Nearly two million children across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are currently estimated to require urgent treatment for severe acute malnutrition, the deadliest form of hunger. In addition, across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia: More than two million people are displaced internally because of drought.

Today, over 10 million children are facing severe drought conditions and are at risk of dying from hunger. Now more than ever, they need immediate help from people like you to overcome these drastic conditions. The crisis in the Horn of Africa is drastically affecting children.

Jun 7, 2022 · An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the international community takes immediate action to prevent a new hunger disaster, UN humanitarians warned...