Advocacy
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Our work is dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children affected by war. Drawing on 30 years’ experience, we reach children as quickly as possible when conflict breaks out, and we stay as long as we’re needed.
Being a first responder is about selflessly serving humanity, preserving people’s dignity, and giving them hope for a better tomorrow.
Developed together with children, expert partners and local communities, our evidence-based methodologies (EBMs) deliver support within key thematic areas:
Repairing and upholding child protection structures.
Improving psychological wellbeing.
Delivering quality education in resource-constrained settings.
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Violence against children (VAC) is a global problem, and the development of empirical methods to better understand its nature is a step towards tackling this challenge.
Globally, about one billion children experience violence, affecting individuals, families, communities, and society. In Colombia, ongoing conflict and drug-related armed violence drive high violence rates.
Strategies to promote mental health care help-seeking among children are needed, especially in lowincome and middle-income countries and in complex settings. The aim of this trial was to compare a vignette-based, community-level, proactive case detection tool (CCDT) against standard awareness raising for promoting mental health help-seeking among children and adolescents.
