Save the Children International

We’re proud to share that our Emergency Health Unit has been verified by the World Health Organization! ❤️ This milestone enables us to deploy expert maternal and newborn care teams during health emergencies, reaching mothers and babies in their most critical moments. 🩺 In disaster zones where clean delivery rooms are scarce and paediatric care is urgent, our Emergency Medical Teams deliver life-saving interventions, sustainable healthcare, and unwavering hope to mothers and babies. 👶 Whether it’s helping newborns like Lana*, the first baby born in our maternity unit in Gaza, or supporting mothers who’ve lost everything in floods - we will be there. Becoming WHO-verified as the first NGO maternal and baby specialist Emergency Medical Team is not just a credential, it's a promise to ensuring no mother or baby is left behind🌟 Read the full story here👉 https://lnkd.in/ehyJMZrQ #HumanitarianAid #MaternalHealth

On the International Day to #EndCorporalPunishment we celebrate success and yet also recognise the work that needs to continue to end ALL forms of violence against ALL children. Corporal punishment remains the most common form of violence against children, with vast numbers frequently experiencing it in multiple settings of their lives. Worldwide around 4 in 5 children aged 2-14 years are subjected to corporal punishment in their home every year (physical punishment and/or psychological aggression). Research has found strong evidence connecting violent punishment with multiple harmful impacts for the child and society, including significant economic costs. Governments have committed to ending violence against children by 2030 in Sustainable Development Target 16.2 and yet globally, only 15% of children are fully protected by law from corporal punishment. Its widespread social acceptance means that a degree of violence in child rearing is normalised. This entrenches children’s low status in society and paves the way for other forms of violence and mistreatment. As the smallest members of society, children deserve more, not less, protection from assault. However, progress is possible and accelerating! 40 years ago, only Sweden and Finland had passed a law banning corporal punishment, but today 68 states, including Thailand in March, have taken this fundamental step in protecting children and upholding their rights. This is about changing laws and policies, but it’s also fundamentally about changing hearts and minds – and how adults view and respect children. We know what works and we have five years to #EndCorporalPunishment. #EndViolence End Corporal Punishment Save the Children International Rädda Barnen - Save the Children Sweden Inger Ashing Steve Miller Susan Nicolai Amanda Brydon Dominique Pierre PLATEAU Cecilia Chatterjee-Martinsen Mali Nilsson Bess Herbert Sabine Rakotomalala Sarah Morgan Cristina Romero-Caballero Michel Anglade Save the Children Philippines Save the Children Resource Centre Molly Simmons Lucia Zoro Barbara Voors Melina Stavrinos Alison Wright Taskin Rahman Junli Zhai Marionka Pohl

The global hunger crisis is growing and without treatment, severe malnutrition kills - it's responsible for 1 in 5 deaths of children under the age of five💔 But there's an effective way to help children recover - with special, nutrient-rich peanut paste🥜 However, aid cuts have led to a global shortage of it. We are urgently trying to raise $7 million to provide 110,000 severely malnourished children with lifesaving treatment. Donate now and help us reach malnourished children before it’s too late👉 https://lnkd.in/gmrWjQp3 #Hunger #AidCuts

Fadumo* is a lifeline for children with severe malnutrition in Somalia. She leads a team at a stabilization centre, providing them with therapeutic peanut paste— a simple but lifesaving intervention❤️ But here’s the harsh truth: due to funding shortages, only 40% of children who need it will get this lifesaving intervention in 2025. That means millions of children will be left without the care they desperately need 💔 Imagine being a child in this situation. Imagine being a parent unable to protect your child from facing starvation. Fadumo’s dedication is extraordinary, but without the resources to keep providing lifesaving treatments, children will die. We have the expertise and the track record to reach children around the world but what we urgently need now is the funding to ensure children can receive life-saving treatment. 🆘 Without it, we’re looking at a crisis on an unimaginable scale. And the worst part? It’s entirely preventable. This is where YOU come in. 👉 Like and Share this post to raise awareness. 👉 Comment and Tag someone who believes no child should be left behind. 🔗 Click to learn more about the impact of malnutrition on children and what we’re doing to help: https://bit.ly/485qJTw #Hunger #AidCuts

The impact of foreign aid cuts is being felt across Syria⚠️ The needs in #Syria are higher than ever, yet the funding needed to support children is being ripped away. 400,000 children are at risk of severe malnutrition - these are not just numbers, they are real children, real lives, being left to die. Our lifesaving work must continue so we can help children survive, learn and be protected. We refuse to turn our backs on them. But we cannot do this alone. Your donation can help protect children’s lives today👉 https://bit.ly/4ij0LzU #AidCuts #Hunger

Did you know about the secret power of peanuts? They can save a child’s life. (Seriously.) 🥜✨ In 2024, 35 children were born into hunger every minute. Yes. Every. Minute. That’s over 18.2 million children globally born into food insecurity⚠️  From Gaza to Ukraine, Haiti to Sudan, and the DRC—children are struggling just to eat. And it gets worse... ➡️1 in 5 deaths among children under age 5 is due to severe acute malnutrition.  ➡️Recent aid cuts have caused a shortage of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)—a critical treatment for malnutrition that saves lives. So… what’s in RUTF? It is a peanut-based paste packed with protein, vitamins and minerals that:  ❤️Boosts strength   ❤️Brings hope to families Just one 500-calorie sachet can bring a child back from the brink. Community-based treatment programs combining medical treatment and RUTF have a 90% success rate in treating severe acute malnutrition - so it’s one of the most powerful tools we have! At Save the Children, we’ve been fighting for children’s health and survival for over 100 years. We’re not stopping now. We’re working around the clock to ensure:  ✔️ Health clinics keep running  ✔️ Food and medicine is available when children arrive   ✔️ No child is turned away when they need help most Want to see the impact this peanut paste has on children’s lives around the world? Swipe below. 

The future of millions of children is at risk. The #ClimateCrisis is not a distant threat — it's happening now. And it's disrupting lives, schools, and childhoods. But in the middle of this crisis, there is hope✨ Children are not giving up, they are leading the fight for climate justice. Vepaiamele, 15, from Vanuatu, is one of them. She’s fighting for the rights of children, as climate disasters like cyclones destroy schools and disrupt education — a lifeline for child development. This generation isn’t waiting to be saved, it is demanding change — for their communities, their futures, and for our planet🌍 💚 We must support their fight. We must invest in their future. Not just on #EarthDay. But every day.

WE MUST NOT FORGET ABOUT AFGHANISTAN ⚠️ In 2024, 23.7 million people needed life-saving assistance. Half were children. Recent cuts to foreign aid budgets mean that even more lives are under threat 💔 We have 32 health facilities, but only 14 have enough funding to remain open for one more month. For three and a half years, Dr Hanif* and his team at a Save the Children-supported clinic in northern Afghanistan have been the only lifeline for the community—providing essential care to 2,500 patients each month: “Our clinic is the only option for this community. There is no local doctor or nurse here. The community is deeply disheartened [by the cuts]. At present, we have 135 malnourished children under treatment [at this clinic]. Should the clinic close, their families will be unable to afford the cost of taking them to either a public or private clinic, as they cannot pay for transportation to the nearest clinic" We’ve been supporting children for over 100 years and we won't stop now, even in the most challenging contexts. Help us continue to save children's lives and futures ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esYnYwq8 

Every half a second a child makes their first click online. And yet...the internet wasn’t built with children and teenagers in mind. Teenagers are online more than ever. They learn. They play. They explore. They connect. But they’re also exposed to things they’re not ready for: ⚠️ Harmful content ⚠️ Unregulated platforms ⚠️ Exploitation and coercion That’s the dark side of the internet. And as parents, carers, educators—we can’t afford to look away. That’s why we put together this practical guide, to help you keep teenagers in your life safe. 🔄 Repost this to help more parents and guardians stay informed. A question to you: What’s one tip you would give/have given adolescents about online safety? Drop it in the comments👇 #OnlineSafety #Adolescence

After 18 months of war, a staggering toll on civilians and aid workers, and now a six-week total siege, the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is facing total collapse. With the CEOs of 12 major aid organisations, we are making an urgent plea: let us do our jobs. Gaza now holds the disastrous record of being the deadliest place on earth for humanitarian workers. We cannot operate under fire or stay silent while our staff are killed. This is one of the worst humanitarian failures of our generation. Every single person in Gaza is relying on humanitarian aid to survive.⚠️ That lifeline has been completely cut off since a blockade on all aid supplies was imposed by Israeli authorities on 2 March. ➡️ Humanitarian aid must never be used as a political tool. ➡️ Saving lives should not be controversial. ➡️ Laws of war developed over centuries to govern conduct and protect civilians should not now be discarded. ➡️ We call, yet again, resoundingly, for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and for safe, unrestricted access to deliver aid. Read the full joint statement👉https://bit.ly/42OLim6