War Child is a global voice on issues relating to children and conflict. We ensure the voices and experiences of children affected by war are heard. You can reach us for press enquiries, comment, interviews and analysis on issues relating to children and conflict.
Our experts are available for comment on our work across Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine and Yemen, and on:
The impact of war on children and families
Mental health
Education
Child protection
Humanitarian response
Research and advocacy
We are also able to connect you with the staff of our local partner organisations, who can speak to their first-person experience living within communities affected by conflict.
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.
Every child deserves support, the chance to be heard, and a future they can look to with hope. The Beyond Trauma consortium is providing evidence-based psychosocial and mental health support to children and young people affected by the war in Ukraine.
One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger.
With 200,000 people, including children, displaced in Yemen within a month, our own colleague tells us about how she was forced to flee twice in this period, leaving home and beloved family members behind.
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.
