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War Child is raising urgent concerns over the growing impact of war on children across the Middle East region, warning that the systems designed to protect them are being ignored.
“I dream of quiet nights without sirens,” says 12-year-old Elizaveta from Sumy. “I dream that my school will always be a place of learning, not a shelter. And I dream of a future in which children in Ukraine will live without fear and with faith in a happy tomorrow.”
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and War Child Alliance today announced a new five-year Strategic Partnership to scale evidence-based solutions that protect children and support their wellbeing in conflict and crisis settings.
Schools play a crucial role in supporting adolescent mental health, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where young people face structural and societal challenges. This study explores the feasibility and acceptability of the Health Action in Schools for a Thriving Adolescent Generation (HASHTAG), a multilevel intervention for at-risk adolescents aged 13–14 in South Africa.
Every child has the right to safety, education and psychosocial support. Especially in times of war. War Child supports children affected by armed conflict to cope with its impact, with one clear goal: to take the war out of a child. So, there is once again space to laugh, play and catch their breath. To make this impact truly visible, War Child is working with Pipple on a smart, data-driven solution: the Attendance App.
Forced displacement heightens mental health risks for children, including psychological, environmental and economic stressors, yet few interventions address whole-family needs within humanitarian contexts.
Despite decades of critique, many global mental health studies continue to reproduce colonial dynamics, particularly through their approach to informed consent. Too often, consent is treated as a bureaucratic formality—something to be signed once and filed away—rather than a dialogical and ongoing process.
The social-ecological context of adolescent mental health, particularly adolescents living through humanitarian crises, is understudied. There is a pressing need for such research to inform the development of contextualised systemic interventions for this population.
When governments step away from multilateral systems designed to protect children, including those coordinated through the United Nations (UN), children are the first to feel the impact.
