Beginning in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women and children fleeing violence, the destruction of their homes and persecution in Myanmar, arrived on the beaches and paddy fields of Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. The scale and speed of the refugee influx was overwhelming...
The number of countries with violent conflicts is the highest it has been in the last 30 years. An estimated 535 million children — one in four — live in countries affected by conflict or disaster. As of early 2018, nearly 31 million children including 13 million children refugees had been forcibly...
This booklet offers parents, caregivers, and other adults suggestions on how to help children cope with the effects of disaster, as well as how to be prepared before a disaster strikes. Children can feel very frightened during a disaster and afterwards some children will show temporary changes of...
Biography: Dr. Robert Henley is a clinical psychologist who has researched child protection and psychosocial support. He has extensive experience in the field abroad and lived in Switzerland for several years, working at two renowned universities where he focused on the benefits of post-disaster...
Biography: Mr. Saji Thomas is the current Chief of Child Protection in UNICEF Egypt. Mr. Thomas joined UNICEF in 2005 in India. After working across India and Sri Lanka, Mr. Thomas transferred to UNICEF HQ in NYC, where he worked as a Child Protection Specialist in Mental Health and Psychosocial...
With the closing of schools due to the spread of COVID-19, nearly 1.3 billion students are out of in-person education systems and now rely on remote learning. In recognizing the increasing demand for at-home resources for students, different countries and governments address these concerns through...
Effectively translating science into both operational and policy action is a nearly universal challenge; in an emergency, aligning the interests of scientists and policy makers can be especially difficult. In an effort to minimise uncertainty and harness existing knowledge, scientists often focus on...
Background The novel coronavirus pandemic represents the biggest threat to lives, livelihoods and economies since the Second World War (WWII). It is already rapidly reshaping societies and economies, changing the way people interact, the way they work and the fabrics of their lives. In April this...