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Five global hotspots for child hunger—and how you can help 

July 1 2025 - Imagine that instead of watching your child grow stronger, proudly noting each inch of growth on a closet doorframe with a pencil-marked date, you helplessly see the opposite: your child slowly shrinking before your eyes as hunger wastes away their developing body. 

Gaza

Baby’s first birthday: How one child brings hope to displaced children and families in Gaza

June 5 2025 - Unmistakable sounds of joy broke through the quiet, grueling struggle for survival as laughter echoed through the makeshift shelter in Khan Younis. Children sang, danced and clapped.

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Caring for children in conflict zones 

May 31 2025 - Armed conflict and war forces families to flee for their lives at a moment’s notice. In the ensuing chaos, many children are accidentally separated from their families. They find themselves alone, far from home, and often without any legal identification. 

Gaza

"Conditions are worsening by the day" - SOS Children’s Villages protects children amid deepening crisis

May 26 2025 - The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached a new level of catastrophe, with children bearing the brunt of a crisis that shows no signs of ending. In Khan Younis and northern Gaza, thousands of displaced families are living in overcrowded camps with little or no access to essential services. Food, clean water and fuel are critically scarce. Amid the chaos, SOS Children’s Villages continues to provide care to children, even as conditions grow increasingly dire.

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SOS Children’s Villages: Committed to family tracing and reunification in Syria 

May 13 2025 - SOS Children’s Villages remains committed to children without or at risk of losing parental care in Syria. 

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Gaza: Separated and starving - children urgently need protection and support 

May 9 2025 - As Gaza plunges deeper into humanitarian collapse, children are not only being killed in war - they are now at risk of dying from starvation.