"When children lose their homes, they lose almost everything: their access to healthcare, education, food, and safety," a spokesperson for the organisation said.
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00:00 More than 10 million children were forced to flee their homes last year in the world`s
00:07 10 largest crises, according to new analysis by Save the Children.
00:13 This has likely pushed the number of children displaced globally to more than 50 million,
00:17 the highest number ever, more than doubling since 2010.
00:23 Last year, an additional 29,000 children a day were estimated to be newly displaced inside
00:29 their own country or had fled to another country, with children in Sudan and Somalia the most
00:35 affected.
00:37 Save the Children says a displaced child has most likely witnessed the kind of violence
00:42 or destruction that no young person should ever have to see, and they have to leave everything
00:47 they know behind.
00:50 It says that when children lose their homes, they lose almost everything, their access
00:54 to health care, education, food and safety.
01:00 In the Gaza Strip, as of the end of 2023, the proportion of the population displaced
01:06 within the enclave in just 10 weeks was one of the highest recorded globally.
01:11 With these latest figures, Save the Children is underlining the need for children around
01:15 the world to be supported.
01:17 It says they need not only vital supplies, but also security, education, shelter, health,
01:22 a place to play, laugh and learn, just a few things many of us take for granted.
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