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Youth have the power to make change

International Youth Day falls annually on August 12th. The year commencing this International Youth Day (12 August 2010) has been proclaimed the International Year of Youth by the UN General Assembly, making it a particularly important year for...

World Humanitarian Day

In December 2008, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution that designated the 19th of August as World Humanitarian Day to honour all humanitarian personnel who have lost their lives in the cause of duty and those who have worked...

Post-trauma Rehabilitation of Palestinian Ex-detainee Children: A Glimpse of Hope for Youth Liberated from Detention

The experience of detention throughout its various stages (from arrest to interrogation to trial to imprisonment) is extremely traumatic, particularly for children and youth who are separated from their families and peers, and whose academic and personal...

Children and their Parents benefit from Group Counselling Sessions

Group counselling sessions are part of the structured programme of rehabilitation offered to ex-detainee children and their families, as part of the “Post-trauma Rehabilitation of Palestinian Ex-detainee Children programme”, which is implemented by EJ-YMCA...

Marking UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed every year on 26 June, the day on which the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, entered into force in 1987. ...

Aid flotilla incident highlights plight of Gaza’s children, says Save the Children

Save the Children is shocked and saddened by the loss of life on-board the Free Gaza Movement flotilla. This tragedy serves to highlight the urgent need to end the blockade of Gaza that means 780,000 Palestinian children are now living without...

Child Led Wall Painting Campaign

Almost 600 boys and girls of different ages participated in a wall painting campaign, as part of the Family Centres Project in the Gaza Strip. Children and youth came together with local artists to raise their voices through the wall paintings, to bring...

Even Women with Limited Formal Education Can Save Children’s Lives

To address the global shortfall of 4.3 million health care workers needed to end preventable maternal and child deaths, countries must invest in female front-line health care workers, Save the Children says in its new State of the World’s Mothers...

Brochures from Egypt: Child Protection and the Every One campaign

Save the Children’s Protection programme has been developed based on a Child Rights Situation Analysis, and is focused on children at risk; children without adequate home care and working children. Download Child Protection in Egypt Brochure ...

Protecting the rights of Palestinian children affected by armed conflicts through community-based mechanism in the Gaza Strip

Save the Children Sweden in partnership with PCDCR, for the Protection of Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Gaza, as part of Save the Children Sweden’s commitment to playing an active role in documenting six grave rights violations affecting children...

Celebrating Palestinian Child Day

Hundreds of children gathered in Gaza to mark Palestinian Child Day on April 5 2010. This is an annual event for the Palestinian community to celebrate their children and to call for action on issues and concerns affecting them. Download...

Creating a Protective Environment for Children: Save the Children Sweden and DCI-PS partner up to enhance the protection of child rights in Palestine

As part of its overall goal to contribute to the protection of child rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Save the Children Sweden has partnered up with Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI-PS) in the project “Creating...

Yemen Success Stories

Mu’taiz wanted to go to school, just like all the other children in his town. But to reach the school was one of the hardest thing to do for Mu’taiz. Download full Story . Hassan dropped out of school when he was in primary school...

Family Centres in Gaza

The Family Centres project in Gaza was launched on Sunday January 25. The family centre initiative is a UNICEF programme implemented by Save the Children Sweden in partnership with NGOs and community based organizations, and funded by CIDA, ECHO...

Family Centers Project in Gaza Strip

Save the Children Sweden implements the activities of the Family Centers project in partnership with UNICEF and carried out through 20 civil society organiztions in various areas of the Gaza Strip. read press release here (in Arabic)...

Emergency Response

Saada Emergency

The conflict in Saada, North of Yemen, which started in 2004, has continued for five rounds of armed fighting; the most recent officially ended by government announcement on 17 July 2008. Low-level fighting continued between these...

Gaza Emergency

STATMENTS, PRESS RELEASES, SITUATION REPORTS Gaza Crisis - One Year On : One year after Operation Cast Lead began, the children of Gaza continue to face enormous challenges as their families struggle to rebuild their lives. ...

Nahr Al-Bared Situation Reports

Save the Children Sweden was amongst the first INGOs to respond to the emergency in Nahr Al Bared by dealing with protection and education needs of children in both Nahr Al-Bared and Beddawi refugee camps. We created safe play areas...