Children in Conflict

Globally, Children are bearing the brunt of the worst parts of war and disasters. With the war in ukraine and other extreme conflicts in 2022, our work continues to be critical to those whose lives are caught in crisis.working with our partner, war child uk, we are able to respond quicker with support and be one of the first ngos to arrive on scene when Conflict happens, working where we know we can have the greatest impact to educate, protect, empower and improve the livelihoods of Children and their families. And with the help of our generous donors and friends, Children in Conflict was able to reach and provide support to 256,700 Children and adults in 2022 - our greatest year ever.yemen: throughout 2022, yemen has remained one of the worst humanitarian crises of our generation. The latter half of 2021 saw a dramatic increase in fighting, and in october 2022, the un-brokered country-wide truce was not renewed. As the war enters its ninth year, 21.6 million people require humanitarian assistance, of which half are children.despite the ongoing Conflict during 2022, our partners were able to reach 15,490 Children and families in ibb, taiz and aden governorates of yemen. Education work in yemen focused on classroom rehabilitation, including provision of gender sensitive wash facilities, in collaboration with the local education authorities, providing teaching kits and school materials, providing Children with school and hygiene kits, supporting schools with recreational kits, training teachers, and establishing temporary learning spaces. All education programming focused on providing safe and inclusive education to Children affected by conflict.a large part of the work in yemen focuses on child protection. This is done through the provision of case management services and referrals of cases where needed, establishing child friendly spaces and providing structured and unstructured psychosocial support through trained facilitators, delivering positive parenting sessions.our support has also delivered mine risk education, supported Children with accessing legal documentation to enable them to attend school and access other public services, and delivered cash for protection programming. War child's community-based approach ensures that communities, and Children, remain safe, even once projects have finished.we have also continued support of cash and livelihoods support work, providing households in ibb with unconditional cash grants that can be used to support households' most basic needs while ensuring dignity and choice for the households in deciding how to spend their money.the democratic republic of congo: the population has been significantly affected by the new armed Conflict situation which started in march 2022 with an estimated 27.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. in the stable provinces of the west, the population became increasingly poor and helpless facing the inflationary economic situation caused by the covid-19 pandemic with little investments or means to enable them to acquire new income sources. Despite the kasa provinces being declared a priority for the development nexus, the populations continued to struggle in their transition from emergency to development as the nexus approach failed. Humanitarian donors left, and no development donor transitioned, as was the case before the investments in the nexus.however, in 2022 with funding from Children in Conflict, unicef, us drl, fcdo, as well as other private foundations like leri charitable, evan cornish and goeff herrington foundations, and solution fifty-eight, the drc program reached 19,647 participants all together, an increase of 8% from 2021, of whom 12,352 were Children. The drc program continued exclusively in the north kivu province to: - strengthen our contribution to community and institutional child protection efforts providing an environment that is safer, more inclusive, and more engaged towards their social, economic, and cultural reintegration. - support Children and young people to access quality protection services within their community. - equip communities and young leaders with the skills and knowledge to reintegrate Children and young people formerly associated with armed groups. - improve access to education, life skills training, and support for Children and young people affected by Conflict or at risk of exclusion.central african republic: over the past decade, the central african republic has been facing major political crises leading to unprecedented population displacements and recurring armed violence against the population. The result of recurring crises in the country has been the deterioration of socio-economic structures, slow redeployment of state authorities following those crises thereby giving rise to low presence of technical service providers outside of the capital bangui. Furthermore, the overall breakdown of social cohesion due to the recurrence of crises has had considerable humanitarian consequences.in particular, the year 2022 saw an increase in violence against civilians and humanitarian workers. The lack of, or very low resources to address the overwhelming protection issues further undermined humanitarian and state actors' efforts to restore basic services.despite the foregone challenges, wcuk was able to maintain its strategic presence in the country, operating in the north (bamingui-bangoran) and northwest (ouham-pend) where Children continue to be more and more exposed to trauma due to the negative impacts of recurring armed conflicts in the regions.the year 2022 ended with funding from unicef, and two complimentary foundation grants from stanley thomas johnson foundation and guernsey's oversea aid & development commission (goac) which were used to support unicef's actions to cover some of the unresolved protection needs of the affected populations.with those funds, our partner was able to reach 42,091 affected persons of whom 29,396 were Children, more than twice the number reached in 2021. Furthermore, wcuk continued to mobilize additional funds by establishing local partnerships, identifying potential funders and organizing fundraising activities to support programming.iraq: cic and wcuk's current support response in iraq is focused on education - specifically early childhood development (ecd), protection, and psychosocial support (pss) programs in mosul, baghdad, fallujah, ramadi and basra. The 2022 humanitarian needs overview estimates that there are 2.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in iraq. This figure is a dramatic reduction from 2021 when 4.1 million people needed humanitarian assistance. This is because ocha has tightened its definition of humanitarian need to focus only on those with the deepest levels of vulnerability. As a result, there are countless more people in need of assistance, with a large proportion of those youth and children.in 2022, war child was able to reach 4,524 people - 2,764 Children and 1,760 adults - within the governorates of anbar, baghdad, basra and ninewa.this year we delivered activities centered around quality ecd, access to education for Children and young people whose education has been disrupted by Conflict and youth empowerment and employment.ecd activities have been delivered through the provision of in-person classes for Children in idp camps and in multi-purpose community centers. These classes provide Children with basic learning skills so they are better equipped to enter the formal education system. Recognizing the need for a holistic approach, we have also been providing caregivers and parenting skills sessions so that they can provide home-learning support to their Children. Our other education centered activities have focused on making schools more accessible through infrastructure rehabilitation, catch-up classes and accelerated learning, community-led back to school campaigns, as well as protection, well-being and education systems strengthening. Through our youth work, we helped empower marginalized youth with life and job skills to support them in their future careers. This was delivered through trainings including computer skills and life skills, apprenticeship placements and the formation of youth advocacy groups.moreover, we provided psychosocial support and contextualized protection assistance to highly vulnerable Children and youth through the provision of case management, as well as the delivery of specialized psycho-social support sessions. Our teams also worked with community members, leaders, parents and caregivers, and youth to form and strengthen different community- based groups to support child protection and education within their communities.