For children in Gaza, the nightmare isn’t over.
Children continue to suffer the consequences of the Government of Israel’s ongoing military bombardment. They are the most affected by this war - facing not only the immediate threat of bombings, but also the growing risks of famine, disease and displacement, fuelled by Israeli forces’ blockade on aid and essential supplies.
Children’s lives and futures are at risk – we urgently need your support to protect them. Please donate today.
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Amid this very tough situation and with help from our committed supporter community, we’ve been working around the clock to find ways to deliver aid to children. Working alongside local partners, this includes:
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Providing life-saving aid: Delivering food, clean water, medical supplies and hygiene products. We have been supporting families with supplies, including covers, blankets and mattresses. We are assisting them with cash so they can buy food and other essentials.
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Safe places and health services: Running Child Friendly Spaces and temporary learning centres, giving children psychosocial support to recover from trauma and the opportunity to learn. We’re also providing essential healthcare, including maternal and newborn care screening and treating children for acute malnutrition.
We continue to call on the international community to ensure a lasting and definitive ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian access, and accountability for violations of children’s rights.
Humanitarian aid is stuck on the wrong side of the border. Save the Children has essential supplies for children and families waiting in trucks and warehouses. Our team in Gaza continues to provide services as we can, yet we have, at best, four weeks' supply of some essential medicines—including basic antibiotics.
As needs continue to grow rapidly, we urgently ask for your support. You can help provide the critical response needed by children and families to survive this crisis and to help them recover. Together we can stand with children in Gaza.
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Children in Gaza have been paying the heaviest price for an unrelenting war they’ve played no part in. Children are meant to be off limits in war. They have specific vulnerabilities, rights and obligations owed to them. A definitive ceasefire is the only way to save lives in Gaza, end grave and other serious violations of children’s rights, and provide children with the peace, protection and fulfilment of their rights they are owed.
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