Putting communities at the centre of humanitarian MHPSS response enables self-efficacy, reducing the impact of what is “delivered” and enhancing the significance of what is “built” together.
Supporting Communities’ Disaster Resilience
A cross-sector example from the humanitarian response to disaster affected populations. Global Communities partners with communities to recover after natural disasters by addressing long-term needs and rebuilding climate-resilient infrastructure. It works with communities to strengthen their environmental resilience through climate change adaptation planning and disaster risk mitigation. The approach seeks…
Reconsidering child protection systems: Critical reflections
This paper examines the most recent large-scale development in child protection work—the shift from individual child protection projects towards strengthening national child protection systems.
Community-driven systems change
The power of grassroots-led change for long-term impact, and how funders can nurture it.
A SCHOOL FOR EVERY CHILD! Story of a community-led Initiative against school absenteeism in Jharkhand
A short, illustrated story of a community-led initiative against school absenteeism in Khunti, Jharkhand, India.
CHILD BRIDES NO MORE! Story of a community-led Initiative against child marriages in Dhanbad, Jharkhand
A short, illustrated story of a community-led initiative to end child marriages in Dhanbad, Jhakahand, India.
Newsletter #3 2020. COVID-19: Let’s get technical
A LOT of guidance has been drafted on coronavirus and its impact on children since early March, including a range of “technical notes”. Here, we shine a spotlight on the technical notes which are relevant to children’s wellbeing, and how they might help guide our community-led child protection work during…
Webinar presentation: Working with communities to keep children safe (annex to the Inter-agency Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic)
Maybe you joined the webinar launch of Working with communities to keep children safe (annex to the Inter-agency Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic)? Even if you missed it, you can now access the webinar recording as well as the presentation slides. Read the PDF…
Newsletter #2 2020: Working remotely for community child protection
We had a great response to our first COVID-19 newsletter, and it’s clear that many of us are urgently looking for practical guidance and tools to help us carry out our work whilst dealing with all the challenges of COVID-19. In the last few weeks A LOT of technical guidance…
Newsletter #1 2020: COVID-19, Communities and Children
Our first 2020 newsletter focuses entirely on the current COVID-19 outbreak and unprecedented global efforts to try and contain this pandemic. As child protection practitioners, we’ve been asking ourselves how COVID-19 impacts children and communities, how we can continue to provide services and support, and how can prevention strategies be…