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Latest news coverage from Save the Children’s Global Media team sharing breaking stories, live updates from emergencies, features & spokesperson alerts 🌏 🌎 🌍

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

🚨🏆 Save the Children's Global Media Awards 2026 are open! Entries close on 31 August.

The awards are open to professional journalists whose storytelling has played a pivotal role in exposing child rights issues.

Enter here➡️https://t.co/stGD9987zD

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New research from Save the Children has found that one in 10 infants and very young children in Afghanistan is now suffering from acute malnourishment.

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Acute malnutrition in #Afghanistan increases as aid cuts shutter clinics. "Severe hunger, a staggering number of returnees, mass internal displacement & 4 years of drought are stretching limited resources to the brink" Ashish Damle @Save_Afg

https://t.co/dxxQJXWPFd

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Thousands of families in earthquake-hit #COLOMBIA urgently need of drinking water, food and emergency shelter." For thousands of children, their whole world and sense of safety have been ripped away" @save_children Colombia director Maria Mercedes Lievano
https://t.co/xNPUEIKHsY

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Shurouq, a Save the Children staff member in #Gaza: "Without electricity, we cannot operate fans, refrigeration or other basic cooling equipment, leaving children, older people and those with medical conditions particularly vulnerable to extreme heat."
https://t.co/jxOUdtitNW

[GIJN Africa @gijnAfrica]

🏆Award opportunity!

Journalists across Africa who cover issues affecting children are eligible to enter the @Save_GlobalNews Global Media Awards!

Entries must have been published or broadcast between July 2, 2025 & July 1, 2026.

Deadline: August 31. https://t.co/CFjYf13Ktc

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An estimated 2,000 child migrants remain in #Ceuta without protection or adequate support as the humanitarian crisis worsens.

"We are in Ceuta and seeing children as young as seven sleeping on the streets, without any supervision." - Jennifer Zuppiroli https://t.co/gxKhabHEs7

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Featured on #Colombia: @BBCWorld

"Communities will be needing much support even after the first days of the earthquake," María Mercedes Liévano, Country Director for @save_children, Colombia as mental health support launched in Buenaventura.

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WILDFIRES: 26 million children exposed to abnormal levels of wildfire emissions in the UK, US, Canada and Europe. “Poor air quality as a result of wildfires is hurting children," @save_children's Shruti Agarwal.

https://t.co/uXjfeY9oPF

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Children at risk after strongest earthquake in a decade strikes Colombia. "Communities are currently grappling with disruption and uncertainty.” Maria Mercedes Liévano @save_children Country Director for Colombia is available for interviews.

https://t.co/3mwuHGuEQ2

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FEATURED: @Independent

“For over a decade, children in Yemen have been blighted by one crisis after another [...],” said Rishana Haniffa, Save the Children Yemen Country Director. “World leaders must stop playing politics with children’s lives.”

https://t.co/Y1hDarbmqQ

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PHILIPPINES: At least 3 children killed in landslide following monsoon rains & floods that have suspended learning for more than 6.5 million students. "Children are the most vulnerable before, during & after disasters," Mykiel Patcho, @SaveChildrenPH. Our teams are responding.

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UKRAINE: Save the Children office in Sumy damaged last night - the second of our premises damaged by air attacks this week. "These are a devastating reminder that children in Ukraine continue to bear the brunt of this war " Sonia Khush @save_children
https://t.co/SBguR4GYoK

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SPOKESPERSON ALERT: "Ceuta’s protection system's at breaking point. Child protection must be prioritised over politics," Jennifer Zuppiroli @SaveChildrenEs

Spain's autonomous communities must urgently accept transfers of children from #Ceuta to relieve pressure on the territory.

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As attacks across #UKRAINE become more frequent and more intense, children are facing an ever-growing risk of being killed, injured and traumatized. Attacks on civilians must stop. – Sonia Khush @save_children.

Spokesperson available.

[The ICIR @TheICIR]

Save the Children is seeking entries from journalists worldwide for its 2026 @savechildrenNG Global Media Awards.
This award is for professional journalists whose work has exposed child rights issues and advanced public understanding of children’s experiences.
https://t.co/7BwWazcL8c

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🚨Calling all journalists🚨

Submissions for Save the Children's Global Media Awards is open

🗓️Deadline: 31 Aug. at 23:59 BST
🏆enter here:https://t.co/stGD9987zD

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A drone strike damaged a Save the Children warehouse in #UKRAINE. Thankfully nobody was harmed but vital supplies for children were damaged. As we assess the losses, one thing is clear: children continue to pay the price for this war " Sonia Khush, Ukraine Director @save_children

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#GAZA: We are witnessing heartbreaking scenes in Gaza today, where the families and friends of 40 children were finally able to put their loved ones to rest. Impunity for these crimes must not be allowed to continue." @AhmadAlhendawi
https://t.co/LlwCCmfrja

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“No mother should be struggling to feed her child because food, essential services and the support families need to survive remain out of reach. @AhmadAlhendawi
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek @Save_GlobalNews

https://t.co/wjZSfTc2ra

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UKRAINE: A family of 6 including 3 children reportedly killed when a home was bombed in #Ukraine overnight, with 2 more children pulled out alive. "The war in Ukraine is not going away. Attacks are more frequent, more intense & more unpredictable" Sonia Khush @save_children