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10/02/2025
Skills for life: Empowering young people through vocational training in Badghis, Afghanistan
Oct. 2, 2025In Badghis Province, Afghanistan, War Child is working to protect and uplift children and young people impacted by severe poverty by teaching them valuable professional skills to earn their own income. This project was made possible through UK Aid Match, where every pound donated was matched by the UK government.
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09/30/2025
From Idea to Innovation: Building the Can’t Wait to Learn Phonics Curriculum
Sept. 30, 2025Designing a reading game that works with minimal teacher support isn’t just about creating fun activities – it requires translating and adjusting established literacy research into proven digital-appropriate content that children can use independently. This challenge led the Can’t Wait to Learn team to develop a systematic phonics curriculum that gives every opportunity for children to play with and manipulate sound. It has now been adapted across multiple languages and contexts.
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09/25/2025
Psychosocial support on and off the pitch: War Child’s Football Club and BeThere in the Central African Republic
Sept. 25, 2025In Ndele, a town in the Central African Republic (CAR), War Child and Peace of Mind Foundation are continuing their joint mission with the second phase of a project to improve the welfare of children affected by conflict.
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09/18/2025
How EASE is providing Sudanese refugee families in Uganda with tools to process emotions
Sept. 18, 2025As conflict forces children and caregivers from Sudan to seek refuge in neighboring countries, War Child - in collaboration with CARE Uganda - are co-leading a consortium to provide families in need with psychosocial support through the EASE methodology with funding from the European Union.
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09/17/2025
Gaza: Leaders of Major Aid Groups Call on World Leaders to Intervene Following UN Genocide Conclusion
Sept. 17, 2025The 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.
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09/15/2025
Play. Connect. Thrive: War Child, Supported by the LEGO Foundation, Launches New Initiative to Revolutionise Partnerships and Reach More Children Affected by Conflict
Sept. 15, 2025War Child is taking major steps forward with how it scales effective support for children in conflict thanks to a new iniaitiave supported by the LEGO Foundation and implemented in collaboration with Save the Children Nederland.
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09/10/2025
War Child Launches Emergency Response to Earthquake in Eastern Afghanistan
Sept. 10, 2025In the wake of the 6.0 magnitude earthquake which struck eastern Afghanistan, War Child and its partners have launched an emergency response to provide crucial child protection and psychosocial support to children and families affected by this traumatic event.
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