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What impact can housing have on a child?
We may see a house as just that: a shelter and a space to call home. But what if that house is inadequate? If the house can’t be kept clean or it’s situated along a...Read more![boys-3111230_1920](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/boys-3111230_1920-128x128.jpg)
Global project to help youngsters support each another during emergencies
The World Health Organization (WHO) is part of a new programme aimed at giving children and teenagers the skills and knowledge needed to support their friends during traumatic events.Read more![Screenshot 2020-03-18 at 09.09.47](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot-2020-03-18-at-09.09.47-128x128.png)
Hundreds of migrant children ‘face abuse at European borders’
Hundreds of unaccompanied minors are facing violence and abuse as they travel across EU borders, and being illegally rejected from entering some countries, says the Save the Children charity. The children move on foot, hide under...Read more![earth-1617121_1920](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/earth-1617121_1920-128x128.jpg)
World leaders’ Earth Day summit must ‘hear what children have to say’
As the world today – 22 April 2021 – marks Earth Day, there is a stark warning from the Save the Children charity that drastic action is needed to ensure children and their families can...Read more![children climate voice Tom Driggers/Flickr](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/32332724371_579260944f_k-128x128.jpg)
Thousands of children speak up about their future hopes and fears
A survey of more than 10,000 children has revealed that one in five are ‘unhappy’ and ‘anxious for the future’.Read more![news-1172463_1920](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/news-1172463_1920-128x128.jpg)
Child in the City: News round-up 13 November 2020
Brain imaging ‘can predict childhood weight gain’ A greater density of cells in a key reward centre of the brain is associated with obesity in children and predicts future weight gain, says a new study by...Read more![Screenshot 2020-11-12 at 09.32.20](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-12-at-09.32.20-128x128.png)
Millions of children with pneumonia desperate for oxygen
Severe pneumonia leaves an estimated 4.2 million children under the age of five in 124 low- and middle-income countries with critically low oxygen levels each year, new analysis shows.Read more![Screenshot 2020-07-17 at 09.12.10](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-09.12.10-128x128.png)
Almost 10 million children may never return to school after lockdown
Nearly 10 million children could be forced out of school forever because of education budget cuts and rising poverty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more![Screenshot 2020-03-31 at 11.04.01](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-03-31-at-11.04.01-128x128.png)
#SaveWithStories reading scheme gets helping hand from Hollywood stars
With most US schools closed due to coronavirus, Hollywood stars Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams’s new #SAVEWITHSTORIES initiative is helping the country’s most vulnerable kids continue to learn and get the nutrition they need while...Read more![poverty boy](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/poverty-boy-128x128.jpg)
A quarter of all families with children in Spain live in poverty
Save The Children says more than a quarter of all families with children in Spain are living in poverty, with most of them in three-generation households. The Families at Risk report is based on a detailed...Read more![Screenshot 2019-11-14 at 10.21.16](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot-2019-11-14-at-10.21.16-128x128.png)
Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds
Over 800,000 children under the age of five died from pneumonia last year – that’s one child every 39 seconds. The shocking figure comes from United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), which says most deaths occurred in...Read more![Screenshot 2019-10-10 at 10.01.41](https://www.childinthecity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screenshot-2019-10-10-at-10.01.41-128x128.png)