In developing the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, attention to social process was key for success. A reflection on this process by one of the authors, Michael G. Wessells.
Community action to reduce child marriage in Shinyanga, Tanzania. Summary report
This report summarises achievements and learnings from an independent evaluation conducted by the AfriChild Centre of Excellence for the Study of the African Child, CBO grantee-partners’ reports, reports from community dialogues conducted by grantee-partners with their communities, consultant reports, and observations and reflections by Firelight staff.
Integrating MHPSS & peace building: a mapping and recommendations for practitioners
This is the Report of a Consultancy conducted on behalf of the IASC Thematic Working Group on MHPSS & Peacebuilding within the IASC MHPSS Reference Group. The report was shared and discussed widely in four global consultations conducted July-September, 2022 with young people, grassroots practitioners, and policy and thought leaders.
Ficha de situación – Chocó: Quibdó
Ficha de situación – Chocó: Quibdó. Comunidades de Villa nueva, Wounaan Phoboor y Wounaan la Paz.
Resguardos De Paz – Módulos Del Proyecto. Maach Thuejen Khun. Estrategia guardianes del bosque, un retorno a las tradiciones
Consultoría en derecho propio de la etnia Wounaan del Chocó, Colombia.
Resguardos de Paz – Módulos del proyecto. Guardia Indígena
Una historia de resistencia y protección Guardia Indígena. Acciones para la protección comunitaria, defensa de los derechos humanos y construcción de memoria histórica en comunidades indigenas en los departamentos de Choco y Antioquia, Colombia.
Impact Evaluation of the VSI (Vijana Simama Imara) organisation and the Rafiki Mdogo group of the HUMULIZA orphan project Nshamba, Tanzania
The aims of the Humuliza Project are to develop a practical instrument to enable teachers and caregivers to support orphans psychologically and to develop the orphans’ own capacity to cope with the loss of their caretakers.
Mobilising Children & Youth into their Own Child- & Youth-led Organisations
Several decades of experience in working with vulnerable children across the planet had resulted in Kurt coming to believe that in the face of family, community and societal disintegration, the single most important supportive “intervention” that could be offered “to”, and more importantly “with” children and youth, might be the…
CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT A FIELD SCAN
This paper seeks to articulate the main trends and challenges in the field of children affected by armed conflict. Its objective is to summarize lessons learned over the last decade, provoke reflection, generate questions and suggest potential strategies to improve the lives of more than one billion children affected by…
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.