The content gathering on children’s experiences of attacks on education and their impact on children’s mental wellbeing contributes to the objectives of the Protecting Children Affected by Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa Programme 2020-2023...
The Covid-19 pandemic did not bring a lull in the war on children. In 2020, the number of children living in conflict actually rose. There has been progress in some areas – most notably, verified incidents of children killed and maimed in conflict...
Written primarily for those working in child-focused organisations… the paper examines why the UNCRC obligations commonly grouped under participation and protection are frequently treated as oppositional and in conflict. No such binary competition...
This is the End of Project report for the USAID-funded Services de Santé à Grand Impact (SSGI) project (2015-2020), which improved the survival and nutritional status of Malian mothers, newborns, and children under five through increased and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an existing learning crisis in Sierra Leone, and has disrupted the learning of over 2.4 million children across the country. The most marginalised and deprived children, including girls, children from poor...
This success story highlights the experience of Kokebe, a 38 year old widow with a child under two, who qualified for support under Growth through Nutrition’s Most Vulnerable Households Program. Kokebe used the resources and knowledge...
As many of the implementing partners began to wrap up their activities for the project, Growth through Nutrition seized the opportunity for them to impart key lessons learned throughout the project via a webinar. This study on a nutrition...
It is important to increase awareness of the harm of corporal punishment to children, to inform about children’s right to protection and to provide an essential foundation for social norm and behavior change through educational and preventive...
The Legacy Maternal and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT) was funded by the Livelihoods and Food Security Fund from Jan 2016 to April 2019. The MCCT aimed to improve nutrition outcomes for mothers and children through the delivery of nutrition-sensitive...
The livelihoods assessment will support the design of a child-sensitive livelihood assistance program to prompt livelihoods restoration and prevent, or reduce, the use of negative coping strategies, which are potentially harmful for children. The...