In the wake of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which has torn across north-west Syria and Türkiye, War Child has mobilised a rapid response to meet the critical needs of children and their families now…
In the current climate of protracted crises and forced displacement, there is a growing demand for evidence-based and scalable education programmes. In 2020, War Child Holland was awarded the…
Can't Wait to Learn is a digital game based learning platform for education in emergencies. Since 2012 War Child has conducted research on Can’t Wait to Learn, not only to access its impact on…
Within multi-national research collaborations, power dynamics often shape who is involved in which parts of the research process. The analysis phase of research has historically been framed as…
Mental disorders are one of the largest contributors to the burden of disease globally, this holds also for children and adolescents, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
As a wave of missiles and rockets descended on Ukraine on Monday, thousands of children and families sought shelter underground reliving the horror they experienced back in February. Despite this…
This paper reports on a process evaluation conducted as part of a randomized controlled trial of the Caregiver Support Intervention (CSI), a nine-session preventive group psychosocial intervention,…
War Child has partnered with the government of Ukraine and non-profit Osvitoria to create a Ukrainian version of Can’t Wait to Learn, a best-in-class education app for emergency contexts. Today, an…
Since the war in Ukraine began around 2,300 educational institutions have been damaged and nearly 300 destroyed. Meanwhile, millions of children are on the move denied their fundamental right to…
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a nonspecialist delivered group-based intervention (Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE)) to improve young adolescents’ mental health.
