COMMENT: 60+ people killed in #Afghanistan ’s second flash flood in a week. “Children are always the most vulnerable & the most affected in any disaster. Our mobile health clinic is heading to support families, working with local partners to assess other needs.' - Save the Children in Afghanistan.

MEDIA RELEASE: Children and their families are living under trees or in the ruins of their homes after the recent #afghanistanfloods . 'Now everything is ruined. You want to put your head in your hands and shout and cry,' said 12-year-old Firoza* who survived but lost her home.

MEDIA RELEASE: Many families are being forced to flee for the fifth time in seven months while supporting elderly relatives and injured children in Gaza. A Save the Children staff member said: 'This is destroying us mentally. It feels like we are being killed slowly.'

MEDIA RELEASE: 'Children are scared. Many have lost everything – not only their homes, but their schools and the places where they play. They have lost everything that’s familiar,' said Save the Children in Afghanistan Country Director, Arshad Malik.

MEDIA RELEASE: In the face of climate change & related environmental crises, an increasingly volatile world order and the cost-of-living crisis, Save the Children Australia is calling on the Federal Government to prioritise the future of children in tomorrow night's budget. #auspol

MEDIA RELEASE: Flash floods in Northern #Afghanistan have killed at least 200 people including children. ‘Lives & livelihoods have been washed away. The flash floods tore through villages, sweeping away homes. Children have lost everything.' Arshad Malik @Scafghanistan

VLOG: 'People in #Rafah are terrified, have to make extremely difficult choices to stay & face potential conflicts on their doorstep, or to leave and face an uncertain future where there is no land nor safe space for children.' Rachael Cummings, Save the Children International Team Leader #Gaza .

MEDIA RELEASE: Risk of Australian-made weapons being used to commit grave violations against children in #Gaza . 26,000 children have been killed or injured in seven months of war.Save the Children Australia calls for Australian Government to officially ban all military exports to Israel.

MEDIA RELEASE: Hunger's driving children in #Haiti to join gangs, with Save the Children receiving reports of some children killing for food. “A hungry belly does not have ears - it will go where it can get food, even if that means killing & looting for it.”

MEDIA RELEASE: The takeover by Israeli forces of the Rafah crossing and the closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing are blocking the last remaining entry points for aid and lifelines for children in #Gaza .

MEDIA RELEASE: The full bench of the Federal Court in Melbourne will today hear an appeal from Save the Children Australia seeking to compel the Federal Government to urgently repatriate a group of Australian children and their mothers from Northeast #Syria .

MEDIA RELEASE: Children are facing increasing levels of physical, sexual, emotional and online violence at home, school and their communities in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Tonga, according to new research from Save the Children.

MEDIA RELEASE: Time has run out to protect children in #Rafah . 'We hoped this day would never come. For weeks, we have been calling for preventive action. Instead, the international community has looked away. They cannot look away now,' said Inger Ashing, Inger Ashing.

NEWS ALERT: Artillery shells hit displacement camp in eastern #DRC , with reports of about 20 killed & children injured. “Our staff & partners urgently left after a shell exploded by their car. They're safe but the situation's rapidly deteriorating,” said Greg Ramm @Save_Children.

MEDIA RELEASE: Nearly one in five children born this year will enter the world without a doctor, midwife or nurse present, putting them and their mothers in danger, as conflict and climate change place critical maternal health services out of reach.

MEDIA RELEASE: 'The life of 13-year-old Solave* changed when doctors had to amputate her leg. Thousands of injured children in #Gaza are struggling to recover without adequate pain relief, said Save the Children emergency medical staff.'

MEDIA RELEASE: QLD takes backwards step by removing detention as last resort for children. “This kneejerk response threatens to cause further harm to children, communities & hamper progress on youth justice reform in the state,” Save the Children Australia's Mena Waller.

Most of #Gaza lies in rubble.

Childhoods have been obliterated.

Children’s safety has been stolen.

This violence has to end.

We need a #CeasefireNOW

HAITI: 600 children daily have fled Port-au-Prince since early March due to deadly gang violence. “They are risking their lives & witnessing things no one should - heavy gunfire, dead bodies, rape,” Chantal Imbeault, Country Director Save the Children in Haiti

TANZANIA: Three weeks of devastating rains have killed 58 people including four children. “More children likely to be affected as rains near their peak in coming days. We need more resources to provide food and other essentials,' Save the Children Tanzania Country Director, Angela Kauleni.