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Anywhere But Syria: How 10 Years of Conflict Left Syria’s Displaced Children Without a Sense of Home
Being forced to flee your home is a life-changing event that often results in negative impacts that persist long after the conflict or disaster that triggered it has ended. To support progress towards a safe and fulfilling future for displaced children, S
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Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and Displacement
This Manual aims to facilitate mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) experts and managers in designing, implementing and evaluating community-based MHPSS (CB MHPSS) programmes, projects and activities for emergency-affected and displaced populati
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Hope under the Rubble: The impact of Israel's home demolition policy on Palestinian children and their families
Homes are fundamental for children to grow, thrive, and feel protected. As the Occupying Power, Israel has the duty to protect children’s rights. [1] However, since Israel’s occupation of the West Bank in 1967, authorities, so far, have demolished an esti
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Guide to Violence Prevention and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Resources
This guide will help you identify key resources for violence prevention and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and put the protection and wellbeing of children at the forefront of Safe Back to School work. Safe Back to School
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Save with Stories: Reaching over 7.5 million people in Egypt through celebrity engagement and online mobilisation
On International Children’s Day in November 2020, Save the Children Egypt launched its own edition of the global Save with Stories campaign. With 25 celebrities in Egypt throwing their weight behind the campaign, Save the Children has reached over 7.5 mil
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Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People Seeking Asylum: The case for evidence-based and trauma-informed care and support
The high rate of psychological vulnerability and trauma among young displaced people is well-established, commonly caused by compounded traumas from their home countries and migration journeys characterised by painful separations and physical danger. Youn
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Mental Health Matters: Protect children's well-being in Hong Kong
This report is a component of a larger research initiative by Save the Children Hong Kong, assessing the changing dynamics of Hong Kong children’s most significant needs for support. The report examines the current mental health needs for children in Hong
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Lugna, Lyssna, Stärk: Psykologisk första hjälp för barn i akut kris
Lugna, lyssna, stärk är en vägledning för hur du som vuxen kan stötta barn efter allvarliga händelser i samhället. Den ger konkreta råd och tips på hur du kan möta barn i kris. Rädda Barnen arbetar för att fler vuxna ska få större kunskap om krisstöd, för
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Five Years of Fear and Loss: The devastating impact of war on the mental health of Yemen’s children
Over the past five years, the war in Yemen has had a devastating impact on the children in Yemen, including on their mental health. Save the Children interviewed over 1,250 children, parents and other adult caregivers across three governorates in Yemen in
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Living in Chains: Shackling of people with psychosocial disabilities worldwide
Hundreds of thousands of people, both adult and children around the globe with mental health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives. Inadequate support and mental health services, as well as stigma concerning people with psychosocial d
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Cross-Sectoral Strategic Framework in Humanitarian Settings
This strategy has been developed with the purpose to lift the scale and quality of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programming in order to promote and respond to critical gaps concerning Save the Children’s response to children’s mental he
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Road to Recovery: Responding to children's mental health in conflict
The briefing paper sets out the scale of mental health effects on children living in conflict zones and the role of education in responding to them. Latest figures reveal that 142 million children are living in high intensity conflict zones. As set out in