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One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger.
With 200,000 people, including children, displaced in Yemen within a month, our own colleague tells us about how she was forced to flee twice in this period, leaving home and beloved family members behind.
War Child’s Head of Programmes in Ukraine, Yaroslava Mozghova, and Anna Sydoruk, CEO of Osvitoria, War Child’s partner, explain how no matter where children live in Ukraine, they cannot escape the uncertainty of war.
Escalating violence in Taiz and Al Hodeidah governorates in Yemen is putting children at risk once again. Instead of recovering from years of conflict, going to school, playing, and building their futures children are being exposed to violence, displacement and fear.
Escalating violence in Yemen is once again putting children at direct risk. Instead of recovering from years of conflict, going to school, playing, and building their futures children are being exposed to violence, displacement and fear. After more than a decade of war, they deserve the chance to grow up safely and realise their dreams.
We are thinking of the people of Colombia following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Chocó province early yesterday morning local time.
When people think about Ebola, they usually think about the physical illness. But for children, an Ebola outbreak can affect almost every part of life. Here's what many people don't realise – and how War Child is helping children cope.
Mothers who gave birth during the war in Gaza have shared accounts of extreme suffering – being pregnant with no food, the fear of what bombs will do to their health and the health of their children, walking to hospitals to give birth, and raising newborns in tents.
A renewed ceasefire between the government of Israel and Hezbollah was announced on Friday. According to reports citing the Lebanese Ministry of Health, Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 83 people and injured a further 141 after the announcement. This is not the first time a ceasefire has been announced followed by continued bombing. Lebanon's children do not need another announcement, they need the killing to stop, and they need someone to be held responsible when it doesn't.
