Emergency response teams from Plan International have deployed to Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra as floods and storms have left thousands of families, including children, women and people with disabilities, living in emergency shelters.

We are horrified by the numerous reports of systematic targeting and killings of hundreds of civilians and humanitarian responders in El Fasher. The brutality of the siege that has led to starvation, the denial of access to humanitarian aid and the deliberate targeting of civilians and humanitarian workers, and other violations is just too much. All warring parties should immediately commit to a ceasefire as the only way to save lives.

“We are deeply alarmed by reports of civilian casualties and forced displacement amid further escalation of fighting in El Fasher. We are urging all armed actors to protect all civilians in the city, including children and girls by guaranteeing access to humanitarian aid and safe passage for civilians trapped by the escalation.

Plan International is deeply shocked and saddened by reports of a drone strike by Russian Forces on a kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine, which has killed one adult and injured several others.

The announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a long overdue moment of hope for children in Gaza but humanitarian need in is immense.

Famine has taken hold in Gaza Governorate and will expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis without urgent action, according to a new report from the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today, Friday 22 August.

Plan International trucks have now delivered food to approximately 9000 people inside Gaza, with more trucks on the border waiting to deliver lifesaving supplies that must now be allowed to flow into the region.

Five children were killed in their homes during the latest airstrikes on Kyiv. Plan International is deeply saddened by the devastating loss of life following the drone and missile strikes on Kyiv in the early hours of July 31, 2025. This was one of the most lethal attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months, and the consequences for children and their families are staggering.

Plan International fully opposes the reports of an Israeli planned camp in Gaza, which has been described as a ‘humanitarian city’ for Palestinians, warning it could not be further from a humanitarian project.

Plan International Australia is honoured to welcome Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, as Patron of the leading humanitarian organisation dedicated to child rights and girls’ equality.

Plan International welcomes the Australian Government’s newly announced sanctions against Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

The attack on a joint UN humanitarian convoy near Al Koma, North Darfur on June 2, 2025 is an unacceptable violation of International Humanitarian Law that will have grave consequences for hundreds of thousands of civilians in El Fasher, many of them children, that are facing malnutrition and starvation.