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Urgent assistance needed in Haiti to save lives

Conditions in Haiti are deteriorating rapidly amid widespread hunger, gang violence, school closures and an ongoing cholera epidemic.
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Girls in Kenya face violence as further drought expected

Girls and young women in Kenya are facing increased risk of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) as sixth successive year of drought and crisis is feared.
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Concerns about children’s safety: conflict in Sudan escalates…

The plight of families, especially children and girls, in Sudan is cause for concern amid ongoing conflict.
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Migrants killed in fire at immigration centre in Mexico

At least 38 migrants at an INM facility in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, have been killed in a fire, while a further 29 people have been seriously injured.
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G7 a critical opportunity to fight famine and prevent life-threatening…

As the global hunger crisis continues to escalate, we call on leaders at the upcoming G7 summit to take urgent action to save lives.
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IPCC report lays bare catastrophic scale of climate crisis

Report lays bare the catastrophic scale of the climate crisis and the consequences should the 1.5-degree target not be kept alive.
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Cyclone Freddy leaves families cut off from shelter, food and…

Concerns for the safety and welfare of children and their families after Cyclone Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month.
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Migrant girls risk trafficking, kidnapping, extortion

Latest research shows migrant girls in Central America's Northern Triangle and Mexico risk trafficking, kidnapping and extortion.
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Syrian children now too frightened to sleep indoors

A father from Aleppo has spoken of how his children are too scared to sleep indoors after the devastating earthquakes which hit Syria and Türkiye.
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Syrian children must be protected at all costs

Syrian children, especially those separated or who have lost parents must be protected at all costs and given urgent psychosocial support.
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Responding to the needs of vulnerable children in Syria

Vulnerable children in earthquake-ravaged northern Syria urgently need food, water, blankets and sleeping bags to survive.
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Responding in Syria after devastating earthquakes

Plan International is working urgently to assess the needs of the hardest-hit communities in north-west Syria.
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