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• Mental health and psychosocial support

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.

7 Oct 2026

• Child protection
• Mental health and psychosocial support

Uganda remains Africa’s largest refugee host country, sheltering over 2,000,000 refugees and asylum seekers as of September 2026. As these vulnerable communities continue to grow, the critical services needed to support them are experiencing severe funding shortages.

1 Oct 2026

• Education

This study aimed to develop an intervention to improve consistent school attendance in participation with caregivers, teachers, and other stakeholders, in refugee settings in Uganda.

31 Aug 2026

• Education
• Mental health and psychosocial support

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), together with consortium partners Plan International and War Child Alliance, and with support from the LEGO Foundation, is launching PlayMatters 3.0, the next phase of a flagship education initiative supporting teachers improve holistic learning and wellbeing through Learning through Play, for pre-primary and primary school children.

3 Jul 2026

• Advocacy

Last month, War Child accompanied a group of four youth advocates to an international conference on Children and Armed Conflict in Malta where they designed and hosted their own session. The youth presented recommendations of over 100 child and youth participants from War Child’s VoiceMore programmes in Colombia and Uganda to UN Member States, agencies, and civil society.

10 Jun 2026

• Education

With Can’t Wait to Learn, digital personalised learning makes teachers work simpler, children’s learning more engaging, and support education officials in the use of data to inform policy making. We are excited to share the steps we’re taking to bring Can’t Wait to Learn even closer to achieving these goals, beginning in Uganda.

11 Dec 2025

• Education

War Child is proud to be part of a consortium delivering PlayMatters in Uganda - a project that aims to integrate the Learning through Play (LtP) methodology into pre-primary and primary schools to improve the psychosocial well-being of refugee and host community children.

23 Oct 2025

• Mental health and psychosocial support

As 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.

18 Sep 2025

War Child Alliance is raising the alarm as Uganda’s refugee settlements face a deepening crisis. Sweeping aid cuts are driving up hunger, school dropouts, and mental distress – with children particularly at risk.

12 Aug 2025