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10/01/2019
How we supported 8,000 Burundian children to go back to school
Oct. 1, 2019War Child has come together with child protection committees and local authorities in Burundi to bring out-of-school children back into education. These efforts have seen nearly 8,000 children reclaim their right to learn. Read on to find out how we did it...
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09/24/2019
Peace Sessions: Putting Psychosocial support to the fore
Sept. 24, 2019War Child held the second edition of our ‘Peace Sessions - Expert’ event in The Hague this week - a unique opportunity to gain specialist knowledge on the impact of war on children. A number of key recommendations were generated at the event - which we will present at the International Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situations, held in Amsterdam next month…
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07/29/2019
Working to Meet Global Challenges in Education
July 29, 2019Experts from the humanitarian and academic sectors will come together in Barcelona this week for a major conference. The APPAM ‘Public Policy in an Era of Rapid Change’ event will address policy solutions to meet new and emerging global challenges - and War Child will be there.
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06/20/2019
World Refugee Day - A Brighter Future For Refugee Children in Lebanon
June 20, 2019To mark World Refugee Day we present LOST - a new MFA-funded project that sees War Child work with Nuffic - the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education. This special project is handing teachers the tools to improve the prospects and integration of refugee youth in Lebanon.
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06/12/2019
EU: €1.1 million for psychosocial support to DR Congo
June 12, 2019The European Union is providing €1.1 million to provide critical and urgent psychosocial support to 10,000 DR Congolese refugees in refugee camps in western Uganda – 6,000 of whom are children.
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06/05/2019
Games for Change nominates Can’t Wait to Learn
June 5, 2019The annual Games For Change festival celebrates technological innovations that contribute to social good. The festival takes place this month in New York - and our transformative education programme Can’t Wait to Learn is nominated for two major awards.
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05/20/2019
Our #DrawTheLine Campaign
May 20, 2019War marks children for life. But with the right psychosocial support, it doesn’t have to. 84 million children urgently need this support.
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