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My Hero is You: Storybook for children on COVID-19
This is a storybook for children on COVID-19. It was developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. The project was supported by global, regional and country-based experts,
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Safe Back to School: A practitioner's guide
Save the Children, together with other agencies of the Global Education Cluster Strategic Advisory Group, has developed a Safe Back to School practitioners guide which aims to provide guidance to program teams on how to plan an integrated, participatory p
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Save the Children's Global Response Plan to COVID-19: Protecting a generation of children
Unprecedented in scale, COVID-19 is a global crisis that poses immediate threats to children’s rights to survival, development, learning, protection, and to be heard. Unless mitigated, the pandemic risks undermining progress made on achieving the Sustaina
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COVIBOOK: Supporting and reassuring children around the world
This is a child-friendly book that can be used by parents and teachers when talking to children about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). It was created for families and educators all over the world, and is intended to support and reassure children under th
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Save the Children's COVID-19 Program Framework and Guidance and Companion Pieces
COVID-19 is a global pandemic which threatens children’s rights in countries around the world and exposes them to potentially massive disruption to their healthcare, education, access to basic needs and services like food, protection and social interactio
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Save the Children's Global COVID-19 Response: Situation Report no. 2, 18 May 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic poses immediate and long-lasting risks to the rights of children including the disruption of access to education, the potential for reduced access to primary and secondary health services, and increased protection risks. Save the Chi
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10 Things You Should Know about COVID-19 and Persons with Disabilities
Prepared by Save the Children's Disability Inclusion Working Group, this brief shares 10 things you should know about COVID-19 and persons with disabilities. In several countries and at a global level, persons with disabilities have spoken out that gover
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COVID-19 and Gender Equality
Previous pandemics have shown us that gender inequality is not a side issue and that recognizing factors that can marginalize individuals in different groups can save lives. We also know that crises exacerbate gender inequalities and lessons that we have
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How to Speak with Children About Coronavirus?
It is very important to remember that children look to adults for guidance on how to react to stressful events. If parents, caregivers, teachers seem overly worried, children’s anxiety may rise. Adults should reassure children that health, school, social
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Helping Children Cope With Stress During the 2019-nCoV Outbreak
It is important to talk with children about the coronavirus (COVID-19). This document provides guidance on how to help children cope with stress during the virus outbreak.
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Applying the 9 basic requirements for meaningful and ethical child participation during COVID-19
This document is intended to provide guidance on safe, ethical and meaningful child participation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Stress Busters
School closings, sick friends and family members, isolation at home – these and other factors can cause anxiety and stress for children during this coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As the world’s leading expert on childhood, we’re sharing these drama-base