Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Six months of ceasefire. Children in Gaza are still being killed, starved, and trapped. Yesterday, the EU took no decision on the EU–Israel Association Agreement. Inaction is a choice. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. 034 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Children and teens are online every day, but are they treated fairly? The Child Participation Platform is running a survey for 12- to 17-year-olds to help shape the EU Digital Fairness Act. Please share with your networks. ⏰ Closes 26 April 2026 🔗 horizons.confirmit.eu/wix/p6670610... 010 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025✅ Strengthen the European Social Fund with dedicated resources for children ✅ Fully implement the Child Guarantee ✅ Invest in education, healthcare, housing & social protection Child poverty is the cost Europe cannot afford. Learn more in our brand new report ➡️ bit.ly/Child-Povert... 033 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Every day, 244 children in Europe fall into poverty. On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we’re asking: why is this still happening — and what can the EU do to change it? We know that child poverty isn’t inevitable — it’s a policy choice. 👇 Here’s how the EU can act. 154 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Thank you for the shout-out, we are looking forward to having you with us tomorrow 💜🧡💙 010 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025STATEMENT: Pause in hostilities a crucial relief for children in #Gaza – now it must become a definitive and lasting #ceasefire savethechildren.net/news/pause-h...savethechildren.netPause in hostilities a crucial relief for children in Gaza – now it must become a definitive and lasting ceasefireReports of an impending pause in hostilities in Gaza signals a hopeful reprieve on the horizon for families and children, but must be a turning point to secure a definitive ceasefire, said Save the Ch... 050 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025‼️No child should pay the price of inaction. Join us next week for the launch of “Child Poverty: The Cost Europe Cannot Afford” report, revealing new data from 16 countries & how the EU can lift 5M children from poverty. ➡️ Register here now info-hub.booking.europarl.europa.eu/events/child... 052 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025👋 You're invited! Join us, @eccjorg.bsky.social & @shareaction.bsky.social for a timely discussion on the Omnibus I package: how to simplify corporate rules without sacrificing human rights or the planet. 📅 30/09, 12–13 CEST 📍 Online webinar 👉 Register events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6f0852... 063 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025This moment demands decisive action. The Government of Israel must be compelled to stop atrocity crimes. Symbolic gestures & half-measures do not protect children, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu 010 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025❌Gaza’s schools have been obliterated ❌Over half of religious & cultural sites destroyed. ❌Since August we’ve run out of supplements for pregnant women & new mothers. This is the predictable result of a sustained siege on food, medicine & fuel. Humanitarian actors are blocked at every step.⬇️ 110 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 18/09/2025What we are witnessing on the ground is consistent with UN findings that a genocide is being committed in Gaza: ❌20,000+ children killed since Oct 2023 ❌Many not only by bombs & bullets but deliberate starvation ❌21,000 left disabled ❌Gaza now has the world’s highest rate of child amputees ⬇️ 144 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 17/09/2025@savethechildrenes.bsky.social @savechildrende.bsky.social @savethechildren.nl @pelastakaalapset.bsky.social @redbarnet.dk 010 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 17/09/2025"With EU member states now holding responsibility, the choice is clear: act or be complicit. History will judge this moment as a test of humanity — one we are collectively failing now." - Willy Bergogné, Save the Children Europe Director & EU representative 111 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 17/09/2025The European Commission’s proposal announced today is long overdue, but it tragically falls short in addressing what the UN has recognised as genocide. #Gaza has been deliberately made uninhabitable, and half-measures cannot reverse the engineered famine or the mass killing of children. 11012 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 17/09/2025"What we're witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe but what the UN Commission of Inquiry has now concluded is a genocide. This moment demands decisive action.” Statement of 20+ CEOs of aid agencies in Gaza 👇 www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-le...savethechildren.netGAZA: Leaders of major aid groups call on world leaders to intervene following UN genocide conclusionThe leaders of over 20 major aid groups in Gaza call for urgent intervention after a UN commission concluding, for the first time, that genocide is being committed. 173 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 11/09/2025President VDL’s #SOTEU pledged new EU measures on Gaza. Promises must become action — too many come too late for children. Save the Children Europe joins #LetChildrenLive. Every name is a child. Every child has the right to a future. 🔗 Take action: advocacy kit → bit.ly/4pofPka 021 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 10/09/2025📣 Parents & caregivers! 📣 The EU wants to hear from your 12–17-year-olds about cyberbullying. Their views will shape the new EU Action Plan. Adults can also join the consultation & feed inputs into the Plan. 📑 Survey is open until 29 September 2025: eu-for-children.europa.eu/cyberbullyin... 011 0
Reposted by Save the Children EuropeVOICE (Voluntary Organisations In Cooperation in Emergency) @voiceeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025On International Day to Protect Education from Attack, we reaffirm the crucial role of education – even in the hardest contexts. VOICE is proud of members like @planbelgium.bsky.social @savechildreneu.bsky.social @hias.org, and many more, who keep learning alive in crises. 🟠 Education brings hope. 052 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Yesterday in Brussels, Team Save Europe stood with +100k people to show EU leaders a red card. We call for: definitive ceasefire, full humanitarian access, end to arms transfers, suspend the EU-Israel deal. 📽️ Watch, share, speak out — the EU must be held accountable NOW. 024 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 05/09/2025N.B. the video shared is dated December 2024. 000 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The EU must: ➡️Demand an end to the siege ➡️Ensure aid access ➡️Stop starvation as a weapon of war Only political will can end this. 101 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Today is the #InternationalDayOfCharity. But in Gaza, charity isn’t reaching starving children — because of a near-total siege on aid. We are no longer able to support starving families in Gaza. This famine is engineered & preventable. Children are paying the highest price. 102 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Ali, 16, spent 196 days confined on #Samos — rarely leaving “safe area”, facing abuse & mental health collapse. This reflects a wider European trend. With @gcrefugees.bsky.social we urge EU & #Greece authorities to put children first 👉 resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/chi... 000 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 01/09/2025🎒 Back to school, back to work—it’s time to put children at the top of Europe agenda! In 2024 millions of children faced unparalleled challenges, but together with children, partners & institutions, we turned these challenges into real action. 📖 Read our 2024 European Activity Report: bit.ly/AAR24 000 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 27/08/2025“The Gaza Famine is here. Children are being starved to death.” Inger Ashing, @savechildrenintl.bsky.social CEO. This crisis is manmade. The EU must act now: lift aid restrictions, allow UN access, suspend arms transfers, use its leverage. Every day costs lives. savethechildren.net/news/save-ch... 021 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 26/08/2025We call on European leaders to put children’s best interests first. Policies that keep families apart are not only harmful—they undermine the values Europe claims to uphold. Excellent reporting by @ashifakassam.bsky.social 010 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 26/08/2025As our @federicatoscano.bsky.social explains in the piece: family reunification is one of the safest, most secure pathways for migration—supporting integration and reducing risks. Restricting it fractures families and pushes people towards dangerous routes. 101 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 26/08/2025“I can’t sleep, I can’t get on with my life.” These are not just words—they’re the reality for Ahmad Shikh Ali, separated from his child due to Europe's tightened reunification rules, with children paying the highest price. Full article below www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.com‘I can’t sleep, I can’t get on with my life’: how Europe’s tougher rules are keeping families apartTighter family reunification laws are causing long separations, traumatising children, and can push people towards traffickers, campaigners say 111 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @kajakallas.bsky.social and EU Member States: You promised action. But children in Gaza are still starving, still dying, still waiting. This is not about capacity. It’s about political will. The time to act is not later. It’s now. #LetAidIn #Gaza 021 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Three weeks ago, the EU announced a deal with Israel to allow aid into Gaza “at scale.” Since then: No access. No aid. No change on the ground. This isn’t a delay. It’s the continued denial of life-saving support for children. #LetAidIn #Gaza 135 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 25/07/2025“Hollow statements won't feed the children in Gaza who are starved to death before our eyes.” We are calling on EU to use every means of leverage to hold the Government of Israel accountable. “They have options, they just lack the political will to use them.” www.politico.eu/article/eu-g...politico.euEU ‘too little, too late’ on Gaza, NGOs tell von der LeyenHumanitarian groups are urging the EU to impose sanctions on Israel. 075 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025@larawolters.bsky.social @pcanfin.bsky.social @kiramph.bsky.social @arashsaeidi.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social 000 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 15/07/20253️⃣ Guarantee access to justice for children. Without EU-wide civil liability, overriding clauses, and third-party representation, most children simply can’t claim their rights. 🧑⚖️ Justice must be reachable for all. More 👇 rb.gy/7fkwds 4/4rb.gyAdvancing Child Rights in the Proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive | Save the Children’s Resource Centre 100 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 15/07/20252️⃣ Recognise civil society and National Human Rights Institutions as key stakeholders. Children have the right to be heard, but safe, meaningful engagement often requires trusted intermediaries. CSOs and NHRIs help companies understand and address child rights risks. More 👇 rb.gy/spqbe4 3/4rb.gyCharting the Course: Embedding children’s rights in responsible business conduct | Save the Children’s Resource Centre 110 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 15/07/20251️⃣ Make due diligence go beyond Tier 1. #ChildLabour and other severe abuses often happen in the lower tiers of supply chains. Limiting checks to direct suppliers means risks go unseen. More 👇 www.sustainableviews.com/to-eradicate... 2/4sustainableviews.comTo eradicate child labour, EU must not weaken corporate sustainability rulesWilly Bergogné is Europe director and EU representative at Save the Children Child labour thrives in indirect supply chains. The EU must not roll back corporate responsibility where it matters most 100 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Today, as @europarl.europa.eu discusses EU #CorporateSustainability rules, we urge MEPs: ⚠️ Don’t let #Omnibus proposal weaken protections for children. Simplification must NOT come at the expense of #ChildRights. 📘 Learn how to protect them 👇 resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/chi... 1/4resourcecentre.savethechildren.netChildren´s Rights in the Omnibus Simplification Package I: Future-proofing corporate sustainability - Policy Brief - Save the Children’s Resource CentreThe most comprehensive source of information on Child Rights 121 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025👉 Every child — no matter where they come from — deserves safety, dignity, and protection. ❤️ Show your support if you believe in their rights. 🔁 Share to raise your voice and help us amplify this call. 5/5 000 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025📢 We call on Greece to: • Reverse asylum suspension • End all child detention, including de facto detention in “safe areas” • Prioritise children’s best interests 📢 We call on the EU to: • Relocate unaccompanied children • Fund alternatives to detention • Enforce child rights at all borders 4/5 101 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025‼️This is part of a wider EU trend: using emergency laws to prioritise deterrence over protection. Our new report shows how policies in Greece, Poland, Finland & beyond are systematically violating child rights at EU borders. resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/cro... 3/5resourcecentre.savethechildren.netCrossing Lines: Realities of migrant children at EU external borders - Save the Children’s Resource CentreThe most comprehensive source of information on Child Rights 100 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Our teams in Greece have seen the devastating impact of detention on children ➡️ resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/2025-Sav... 🔴 Severe psychological distress 🔴 No access to education, healthcare or legal aid 🔴 Long stays in overcrowded, unsuitable facilities, some lasting over 120 days 2/5 100 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025🚨 Greece has suspended asylum for arrivals from North Africa & plans to detain all new arrivals in Crete. Save the Children warns: this decision violates EU and international law and puts children on the move at even greater risk. 🧵⬇️ 1/5 www.reuters.com/world/africa...reuters.comGreece suspends asylum applications for migrants from North AfricaGreece will stop processing asylum applications of people coming from North Africa, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, amid a surge in migrant arrivals. 111 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 30/06/2025💡What’s the EU’s smartest move forward? Invest in children everywhere. Kids make up half the population in many partner countries — but get only a small share of EU aid. With the next #MFF on the horizon, our new paper shows why that must change👇 resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/the... 011 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025As Europe prepares its next #MFF, the EU could become a global leader in health & solidarity — without spending a euro more. Pooling national aid budgets or boosting instruments like NDICI/ECHO could become a game-changer. The question is: do EU leaders see it too? www.devex.com/news/opinion...devex.comOpinion: The EU is an aid superpower. It just doesn’t know it yetU.S. aid cuts and withdrawal from WHO are a terrible blow for global health, but also an opportunity for the European Union to step up as a superpower: Together, EU member states spend nearly twice as... 000 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025“In a world beset by bad news, vaccines have been a shining light of hope and human progress. “To keep up global funding of Gavi should be one of the most straightforward decisions governments must make. Vaccination makes all of us safer.” #GaviSummit www.savethechildren.net/news/we-need...savethechildren.netWe need a spike in investment to boost vaccination - public health’s best buy.In a world beset by bad news, vaccines have been a shining light of hope and human progress. For more than two centuries, scientists, doctors and communities have built on knowledge and experience to ... 030 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025As the #GaviSummit starts in Brussels today, @savechildrenintl.bsky.social CEO Inger Ashing calls on world leaders and governments, including the EU, to fully fund @gavi.org — a partnership ensuring every child, everywhere, can survive and thrive. 221 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Tomorrow at @gavi.org Pledging Summit in Brussels, Save the Children joins 150+ organisations worldwide calling for urgent funding. Vaccines protect everyone. Funding Gavi is one of the smartest choices leaders can make. 🎥 Hear why from @savechildrende.bsky.social CEO Florian Westphal #GaviSummit 021 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025@eurochild-org.bsky.social @easpd.eu @eapneurope.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social @eurodiaconia.bsky.social @picumofficial.bsky.social @missingchildreneu.bsky.social @socialplatform.bsky.social @inclusioneurope.bsky.social @eurohealthnet.bsky.social 030 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025🆘 1 in 4 children in the EU grows up at risk of poverty. That’s 20 million children. 🚨 Child poverty violates rights, restricts potential & weakens democracy. We urge the EU to: ✅ Reinforce the #ChildGuarantee ✅ Strengthen EU Social Agenda 📄 👇 alliance4investinginchildren.eu/protect-chil...alliance4investinginchildren.eu 131 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Protect children, protect Europe – fund the fight against child poverty ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊ The EU Alliance for #InvestinginChildren is urging @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to make ending child poverty a core priority in the next #EUbudget. 163 0
Save the Children Europe @savechildreneu.bsky.social · 23/06/2025On 25 June, leaders meet in Brussels for the #GaviSummit — a key moment to fund one of the world’s most impactful health partnerships. @gavi.org helps get vaccines to children everywhere. With global support, millions more lives can be saved by 2030. 011 0