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Yemeni mother calls on world leaders to stop children starving to death
There is an urgent need to reach hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children before it’s too late. Sukaina Sharafuddin is an aid worker for Save...
Starvation in Yemen: 85,000 children may have died of hunger
Urgent need to reach hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children before it’s too late An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from...
Orphanages are not the solution
Back in 2016 I wrote a blog about why Save the Children doesn’t support volunteering in orphanages and why we are concerned about the growing trend in...
One of the lucky ones: reuniting Rizky* with his family
Throughout the terrible suffering caused by the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami which tore through Palu, Central Sulawesi, stories of hope shine through. One...
A true story of grit, luck and unshakable motherly love
From one of Indonesia’s earthquake and tsunami affected areas, *Annisa, mother to two children, recounts the moments when life froze for her little daughter...
Five things we learned at the Labour Party Conference
Another year’s Labour Party Conference is over, and with it, it seems the whole of the nation’s fourth estate is rushing back to their desks and frantically...
Supporting children affected by conflict in Yemen
A country at war Despite so much natural beauty in Yemen there are always reminders that this is a country at war - a war which has been so devastating to 22...
Development post Brexit: Put the ambition, inclusion and development back into aid
As we watch the government being challenged by ever ongoing Brexit struggles and its political repercussions, brace ourselves for social outrage over a...
Gaza’s Children
As the ongoing crisis in my native Gaza has hit the headlines, I have found myself thinking of Gaza’s children who have been hard hit by the latest Israeli...