Your Support in Action
HOW YOU’RE HELPING CHILDREN SURVIVE IN AFGHANISTAN
41% of children younger than five in Afghanistan are currently facing acute malnutrition.
SITUATION:
Children in Afghanistan have endured decades of conflict and humanitarian emergencies. In the two and a half years since the Taliban regained control, conditions for children have further deteriorated. A severe economic crisis, collapse of essential services, earthquakes, and consecutive droughts have led to one of the worst food crises ever recorded. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by this crisis and many of their fundamental rights are being denied.
When the October 2023 earthquakes hit in Herat, Edris and his three children saw their home crumble before their eyes. While Edris immediately built a homemade tent for his family to take shelter, he knew they wouldn’t be able to survive this way for long.
Edris explained:
After the day of the earthquake there were two big sandstorms here, it was so cold and we tied this tent with ropes all over and put heavy stones to keep it safe… The winter is approaching and it’s too cold in these places, it will be covered with snow for weeks, the ways to travel will be blocked, and these areas will be freezing.
YOUR IMPACT:
With your help, Save the Children is providing cash assistance to parents like Edris to support their families. The cash transfer allowed Edris to buy warm clothes and nutritious food to help his children survive the winter.
Save the Children is also supporting families with transportation to health clinics, where our medical teams treat children for malnutrition.
YOU’RE REACHING CHILDREN IN GAZA
SITUATION:
We have all seen the horrifying headlines and images: there is no safe place in Gaza. Millions face displacement, injury, and death. Starvation, dehydration, and disease have also been deadly, affecting hundreds of thousands. Compounding this were the cold weather and difficult conditions that children endured over the winter.
YOUR IMPACT:
Working with our partners inside Gaza and thanks to your support, Save the Children has reached more than 300,000 children and families with life-saving food, water, and medical supplies, as well as hygiene kits, blankets, and cash assistance. Your gifts have also helped set up child-friendly spaces and provide mental health support. Save the Children has been supporting children in Gaza since 1953, and we will continue to be there as long as we are needed.
If the fighting does not kill us, diseases will.
Shady, 40, who lives in a tent with his children.
YOUR ROLE IN BRINGING RELIEF TO CHILDREN FLEEING CONFLICT IN THE DRC
Seven-year-old Mbokani was at school when conflict broke out in his home village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Mbokani and his mother, Mwahami, were forced to leave everything and everyone behind, including his father, who was away working that day.
While Mbokani still does not know where his father is, he and his mother managed to escape the conflict and now live in a displacement camp.
At home there was a lot of crackling of bullets and bombs falling in our neighbourhood. I have lost many friends. Some have died. I want the war to end, so that we can go home.
Seven-year-old Mbokani
The thing we were most worried about was the lack of clean water, latrines, and showers. Now, Save the Children is providing us with safe water and latrines.
Mwahami, Mbokani’s mother
In addition to helping to prevent diseases with clean water at the displacement camp, your support is also helping children to continue their education. Mbokani has found comfort in a child-friendly safe space established by Save the Children, where he is able to learn, play with other kids, and receive psychological support. Mbokani continues to pursue his dream of becoming a school headmaster one day.
Thank you for helping to make stories like Mbokani’s possible.
YOUR GENEROSITY AT WORK: SUPPORTING CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN UKRAINE
Twelve-year-old Anton’s escape from his Ukrainian hometown was a harrowing experience.
Shelling destroyed his family’s apartment, forcing Anton, his parents, and little sister to flee in fear.
Anton’s mother, Olha, explains:
We were scared: ‘How do we drive if they shoot?’ My husband ran to the garage to get the car and we wrote ‘children’ on it. We drove through the city and were horrified by what was happening.
Anton is now finding peace through painting and candle making at a Save the Children-supported children’s club that provides mental health support. This is crucial to help children like Anton cope with the trauma caused by surviving terrifying experiences and leaving their entire lives behind.
Children in Ukraine are facing the harsh reality of missile strikes, struggling to survive in homes damaged by shelling with minimal provisions, and living with the constant threat of landmines. In the midst of these horrifying conditions, your support can be a beacon of hope.
My biggest wish is for this club to continue because it provides a rest for children. They forget about what’s happening in our world. Here, they unload emotionally.
Olha, Anton’s mother
Thank you for helping children stay safe, healthy, and learning.
Names have been changed to protect privacy.