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Save the Children Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners
The Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners (PFA) was developed by Save the Children Denmark for the Child Protection Initiative, to facilitate training in psychological first aid with a focus on children. It is aimed at developing
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Trainingshandbuch zur Psychologischen Ersten Hilfe für Kinder (PFA)
Published 2017, the German version of the Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners (PFA) is a condensed psychological first aid training based on the original two-day Psychological First Aid Training for Child Practitioners. It buil
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Key Messages for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in Fiji: A guide for public education & awareness
This DRR guide for public education provides simple and accurate advice on what to do in case of various emergencies (hazards: drought, earthquake, floods, pandemic, tropical cyclone, wildfires, infestation, landslide & debris flow, tsunami, storm surge &
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The Children's Resilience Programme: Psychosocial support in and out of schools
The Children’s Resilience Programme: Psychosocial support in and out of school was developed in 2010 by Save the Children Denmark and the Psychosocial Centre of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The programme is a noncl
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Child Protection in Emergencies: Coordinator's Handbook
A handbook developed by Child Frontiers in partnership with the Child Protection Working Group, intended for child protection specialists working in complex emergencies and disasters. It provides essential information for those professionals tasked with i
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State of Civil Society 2011
CIVICUS inaugural report 'State of Civil Society 2011' was developed by the CIVICUS secretariat in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders in the CIVICUS alliance. The report examines such key current areas for civil society as the rise of protest
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Introduction to Child Protection in Emergencies- an Interagency Modular Training Package
This document is the psychosocial module of the Introduction to Child Protection in Emergencies and Interagency Modular Training Package. This module is divided into the following sections: Part 1 presents a background to psychosocial issues including the
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Stepping up child protection: An assessment of Child Protection Systems from all countries in South Asia, including reflections from Central Asia
Save the Children launches a new report, which for the first time in a single document provides an analysis of child protection systems in South Asia. The research that this report builds upon shows that throughout South Asia and Central Asia – boys and g
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Delivering money- cash transfer mechanisms in emergencies
This report documents lessons learned from previous experiences and provides guidance for project managers needing to make choices about how best to deliver cash to people. It explores the potential for stronger partnerships with private sector providers,
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Emergency response- Violence in southern Kyrgyzstan. After the violence, shattered lives (6 month update)
On June 10, 2010, violent clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks erupted in southern Kyrgyzstan, lasting five days, and leading to major population displacements both in and outside the country. The fighting has driven an estimated 400,000 people from their ho
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Children as agents of change for disaster risk reduction- Lessons from El Salvador and the Philippines
This paper examines how children’s voices are represented and heard in disaster risk reduction policy and decision-making spaces, and by assessing the level of capacity children have for preventing disasters vis-à-vis their parents. This challenge and the
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Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools: A Groundbreaking Project
This brief report outlines the activities of ActionAid’s five-year Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) through schools project, which engages children, teachers, parents, school management and local authorities in vulnerability analyses, DRR initiatives and edu