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North West Syria: Severe floods kill one child and force at least 20,000 from their homes

A six-year-old boy has died and more than 20,000 children have been displaced by heavy flooding in North West Syria, Save the Children said….

The doctor who helped children to smile in Kenya

When the surgeon, one of the top specialists in western Kenya, contracted the virus and his condition worsened there were no intensive care (ICU) beds available at his hospital – the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret….

Report provides data on out-of-school children in Jordan before COVID-19 pandemic

A new report released jointly by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education has shown that the numbers of children not attending primary education in Jordan has remained steady despite the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis, with 4.7 per cent of children aged 6 to 11 years out of school….

Sesame Street creates Rohingya muppets for refugee children

Noor and Aziz are six-year-old twins who will feature in a series of educational videos for children living in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar.

Iraq: Children Forced To Live Among Corpse, Unexploded Bombs And Rubble After Camp Closures

Thousands of children and their families are forced to live in badly damaged houses in abandoned areas with unexploded bombs, dead bodies and rubble, after the sudden closure of several camps for displaced people in Iraq, Save the Children has witnessed….

Afghanistan war: 26,000 Afghan children killed or maimed since 2005

An average of five children have been killed or wounded every day for the past 14 years in war-torn Afghanistan, a charity has found….