From UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) The Urgent Need to Share Responsibility for Global Refugees Crises There are more people fleeing from war or persecution than ever before. Yet the political will to tackle the problem is scarce and anti-foreigner rhetoric…
Published: 2017
The harm suffered by refugee children is not limited only to traumatic experiences suffered while in South Sudan or in transit to Uganda but is also especially prevalent in the new settlements, where usual child protection systems and coping mechanisms…
Published: 2017
Author:Fredrick Luzze, Charles Kashungwa
Guidance on mental health and psychosocial programming This guidance has been developed in phases. A desk review looking at the literature relevant to faith-sensitive psychosocial programming, followed by fieldwork in LWF and IRW country offices (Kenya, Jordan and Nepal), led…
Published: 2018
Author:Lutheran World Federation, Islamic Relief Worldwide
Contemporary discussions on strengthening national child protection systems agree that community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) are fundamental elements of child protection systems.1 Because they are relatively easy to access, or perhaps are the only alternative that is available in responding…
Published: 2014
Author:Wessells, M., Kostelny, K., and Ondoro, K.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is the recommended immediate psychosocial response during crises. As PFA is now widely implemented in crises worldwide, there are increasing calls to evaluate its effectiveness. World Vision used PFA as a fundamental component of their emergency…
Published: 2016
Author:Alison Schafer, Leslie Snider and Rania Sammour
In 2005 Dybicz concluded his review with: “This is how far best practice research has reached: interventions based upon theory” (p. 768). The interventions which Dybicz wrote about were aimed at serving children and adolescents living and working in the…
Published: 2012
Author:Isabel Berckmans, Marcela Losantos Velasco, Bismarck Pinto Tapia, Gerrit Loots
At an event on June 25, 2014, USAID unveiled an action plan “Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths” to save the lives of 15 million children and nearly 600,000 women by 2020 – a milestone in President Obama’s goal to joint the world in ending extreme poverty, hunger and child death in the next two decades.
The action plan delineates how 24 priority countries will dramatically accelerate progress in maternal and child survival.
Published: 2014
Author:USAID
Over 70,000 Burmese refugees have resettled in the United States in the past decade. While Burmese adolescents quickly acculturate into American society, their perspectives on health are not well-known. The purpose of this study was to identify adolescent Burmese refugee…
Published: 2017
Author:Avika Dixit
As part of a USAID-funded global Strengthening High Impact Interventions for an AIDS-Free Generation Project, IMA’s role is to engage faith communities to increase community knowledge, and demand for and access to HIV services.
Published: 2017
Author:IMA World Health
Report conducted by Arigatou International GNRC and Goldin Institute (GI), on Experiential Stories of Former Child Soldiers (FCS), it is noted that the human race is losing close to 20,000 children daily on brutal wars. Children are conscripted against their…
Published: 2014
Author: Arigatou International GNRC and Goldin Institute (GI), on Experiential Stories of Former Child Soldiers (FCS)
The phenomenon of street children has become a focal point of the media and in academic research in recent years. It is a continuing issue and has been accepted by the international community as a serious global problem. A large…
Published: 2014
Author:Amy Stapleton
From 2011 until June 2016, the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) program worked across eleven countries in Africa (Ethiopian, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe), in three general sectors (food security, maternal and…
Published: 2017
Author:Anglican Overseas Aid
This report on the observations of field staff working in a variety of countries where girls are commonly married before they are fully physically or emotionally grown. The report illustrates the causes and human costs of early marriage in 15 countries…
Published: 2008
This article examines education policy for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, drawing on 44 stakeholder interviews conducted in March 2016. Findings indicate that the idea of children’s rights, enshrined in international conventions, combined with foreign aid, encouraged the creation of a…
Published: 2017
Author:Elizabeth Buckner, Dominique Spencer, Jihae Cha
In 2018, world leaders will come together to draft and adopt two landmark compacts that have the potential to impact the lives of millions of migrant, displaced and refugee children. UNICEF has joined the voices of many who have called…
Published: 2017
Author:UNICEF
Children in Syria live under the constant threat of violence. The blatant flouting of international humanitarian and human rights law has earned this crisis the dubious honour of being recognised as the most significant humanitarian protection crisis in living memory.1…
Published: 2018
Author:Virginia Gamba
Worldwide, the field of child protection in humanitarian settings is undergoing an historic shift toward strengthening child protection systems on a national scale (African Child Policy Forum et al., 2013; Davis, McCaffrey, & Conticini, 2012; UNICEF, UNHCR, & World Vision,…
Published: 2015
Author:Michael G. Wessells
The education sector in Dadaab includes pre-school, primary, secondary, adult literacy, special education, vocational training and scholarships for tertiary education. The schools follow the Kenyan curriculum. In the three camps, there are 22 primary schools, six secondary schools, four YEP…
Published: 2011
Early Diagnosis and Treatment for Children and Adolescents Living with HIV: Urgent Call by Religious and Faith-Inspired Organizations for Greater Commitment and Action As professionals engaged in the response to the continuing and grave challenges posed by the HIV…
Published: 2016
Author:UNAIDS, PEPFAR, Bambino Gesu
For over five decades, USAID has partnered and collaborated with civil society actors, of which faith-based, faith-inspired and local community organizations play a vital role towards achieving developmental goals. The United States writ large is an extraordinarily generous country. Faith-based…
Published: 2019
This JLI GBV Hub study funded by UK-Aid on engaging with faith leaders on harmful traditional practices follows a multi-case case study design, with each individual case study focusing on one of five organisations, four of whom are international faith-based organisations (FBOs), and their work on HTPs and with faith leaders. This document details the findings from the case study done with ABAAD through five interviews.
Published: 2017
Author:Dr Brenda Bartelink, Dr Elisabet le Roux & Mr. Wouter Levinga
People destabilized by armed conflict, including refugees, internally displaced persons, in particular, women and children are at increased risk of exposure to HIV infection (United Nation General Assembly 2001). The above quotation suggests that internally displaced persons in general and…
Published: 2018
Author:Hassan Abaker Mohammed
Channels of Hope for Child Protection (CoH CP) is a programme methodology that motivates and builds capacity in faith communities to address harmful traditional practices toward children, to support and advocate for children’s rights, to become better child protectors, and to ultimately strengthen the local child protection system.
CoH CP relies on Scripture-based guiding principles, interactive activities and scientific information. It builds on the desire of faith leaders and communities to be better parents within their own families. More than that, it aims to ensure that children can celebrate who they are and become who they were created to be with the love, respect and help of their parents and faith communities.
Published: 2012
Channels of Hope for Maternal Newborn and Child Health (CoH MNCH) is a programme methodology that catalyses faith communities and individuals to act on their God-given responsibility to honour, uphold and restore the dignity and value of every human being, to help ensure that even the most vulnerable experience fullness of life. Once catalysed, congregations work with World Vision to meaningfully engage with sustainable, community-based MNCH interventions and advocacy.
Published: 2012
Child Focused Community Transformation (CFCT) is Food for the Hungry’s (FH) model for transformational development. At the heart of the CFCT model is the welfare of the most vulnerable population in most societies - children. The CFCT model grew out…
Published: 2016
Author:Andrew Barnes, Ryan Smedes, Luis Noda, Victor Cortez, Celeste Brown
International standards, currently being developed, define a CFS program as one that “supports the resilience and well-being of children and young people who have experienced disasters through community organized, structured activities conducted in a safe, child friendly, and stimulating environment”…
Published: 2012
Author:Alastair Ager and Janna Metzler
Girls are hit particularly hard and face many forms of violence during times of conflict, disasters and displacement. Child marriage is on the rise at alarming rates in humanitarian settings. This brief summarizes what's known and needs to be done.
Published: 2018
Author:Girls Not Brides
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis is a children's emergency. Over a five-month period, 655,500 people have fled widespread violence in Myanmar, 58 percent of which have been children. Since arriving in refugee camps in Bangladesh, many of these children have reported the…
Published: 2018
Author:Save the Children
Case study of ESADER (Ensemble pour la Santé et le Développement holistique en milieu Rural et périurbain) programs in the Eastern Region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Scholastic support to war related orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Beni region…
Published: 2018
Author:Albert Baliesima Kadukima, ESADER (Ensemble pour la Santé et le Développement holistique en milieu Rural et périurbain)
End of Project Management Report September 2016 to February 2018 Children as Peace Builders in Damara Sous prefecture Locations: Gbago, Dombe, Bossele, Damara, Binima, Oumba, Tangue, Vangue, Gbozo, Guerengou Project Goal: To increase access to livelihood assistance to conflict-affected children, especially…
Published: 2018
Author:World Vision CAR
War, conflict, political uprisings and other hardships displace countless families each year. More than half of the world’s estimated 19 million refugees are children (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR], 2007). Some children grow up in refugee camps and…
Published: 2018
Author:Sinaria Jabbar and Amy Betawi
This guide book is an update of Child Care in Islam, which was previously published by Al-Azhar in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the year 1405 Hijrah (1985 AD). The previous document constituted an important advocacy…
Published: 2005
Author:Al-Azhar Univeristy and UNICEF
This page contains news articles and journals that are relevant to the Faith Action for Children on the Move Forum. For more information on the Forum see here. Below you will find links to these pages as: a) they are…
Published: 2018
The Christian Sermon Guide provides christian leaders with messages about maternal, newborn, and child health that can be incorporated into sermons and thus disseminated into local communities.
Published: 2009
World Vision's series of Church Engagement Fact Sheets to provide a learning resource that helps World Vision staff understand how we partner with churches to accelerate change in communities to transform children’s lives. The document includes a total of 66…
Published: 2017
Suggestions, Background Materials, and Templates for Consultations Introduction The views and ideas of children and adolescents are of utmost importance for the success of the “Churches’ Commitments to Children” currently being implemented. The World Council of Churches (WCC), UNICEF, and…
Published: 2017
Author:The World Council of Churches (WCC), UNICEF, and World Vision
This 2014 Progress Report details the global movement to end preventable child deaths by accelerating progress on maternal, newborn and child survival. In support of the United Nations Secretary General’s ‘Every Woman Every Child’ strategy, “A Promise Renewed” brings together public, private and civil society actors committed to advocacy and action for women, newborns and children.
Published: 2014
An Exploratory Study to Examine the Effectiveness of Community Based Ebola Virus Disease Prevention and Management Strategies in Bo District Sierra Leone World Vision Sierra Leone and Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration on World Vision's Ebola Response in Sierra Leone.…
Published: 2017
Author:Anbrasi Edward, Casey Risko, Hossein Zare, Meera Pranav, Tiffany Tran, Allieu Bangura, Michael Belmoh and Raymond Owusu
This paper examines the interplay between the destructive and healing forces within human communities, as reflected in the life of children. This work stems from over 30 years of being involved as a participant/near-miss survivor/therapist, in a society exposed to…
Published: 1998
Author:Ofra Avalon
After decades of assessing and describing the street children population, more attention is needed to evaluate the impact of street children programs on successful reinsertion into the community. The purpose of the current study was to assess the impact of…
Published: 2011
Author:Melissa S. Harris, Knowlton Johnson a , Linda Young , Jessica Edwards
In diverse contexts, community-based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) are front line efforts to protect children from exploitation, abuse, violence, and neglect and to promote children’s well-being.2 Defined broadly, CBCPMs include all groups or networks at grassroots level that respond to…
Published: 2014
Author:Kostelny, K., Wessells, M., & Ondoro, K.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifies a major protracted refugee situation as one where more than 25,000 refugees have been in exile for more than five years. Protracted refugee situations refer to those that…
Published: 2013
Author:Imogen Prickett, Israel Moya, Liberata Muhorakeye, Mark Canavera and Dr. Lindsay Stark
Faith communities and faith-based organizations have a long history of caring for children and adolescents living with and affected by HIV. However, these efforts have not been well documented and hence their contributions have not been well understood nor resourced.…
Published: 2023
The changing nature of armed conflict over the past century has seen an increasing impact on civilians. It is estimated in most current conflicts that up to 80% of those affected by displacement, injury and death are women and children.…
Published: 2010
Series 2: Resource Guide for Religious Leaders and Faith Communities Ensuring trust, mental health, spiritual guidance, and social support are essential during a pandemic, when people are coping with intensified levels of fear, uncertainty, loss, and anxiety. Based on their…
Published: 2020
Author:UNICEF, Religions for Peace, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities
Experiencias Adversas de la Niñez y Fortalezas Familiares durante la Niñez y su relación con Factores de Riesgo para la Salud La Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda y World Visión, a través de su Iniciativa Argentina se unieron para desarrollar el…
Published: 2017
The Syrian crisis has brought to the forefront the enormous challenges that families face in the context of war and displacement. To date, over 7 million people are internally displaced; at least half of those internally and externally displaced are…
Published: 2016
Author:A. El-Khani, K. Cartwright, A. Redmond and R. Calam
Adaption and innovation: meeting humanitarian needs in fragile and conflict contexts There is no simple roadmap for operating in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. The nature of these contexts requires constant learning, adaption and revision. And although contexts vary considerably, World…
Published: 2018
Author:Isis Sunwoo, Rahel Cascioli Sharp, Maya Assaf Horstmeier, and Tanya Penny
The Early Childhood Development Program is a volunteer-implemented program that improves the holistic wellbeing of children and their families living in HIV/AIDS prevalent areas. Focus areas include child health, nutrition, and livelihoods strengthening activities for vulnerable families.
Published: 2016
Religion plays a significant role in the lives of most people, including nonbelievers. Religious belief systems and institutions pervade almost every segment of human society and influence attitudes and behaviors that shape how we view and relate with the world…
Published: 2014
Author:Malia Robinson & Stephen Hanmer
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