May 2019 Newsletter
A quarterly compilation of the latest news and resources on early childhood in crisis and displacement
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Baytna: Early childhood development for refugees in Greece
Refugee Trauma Initiative, May 2019
Baytna delivers psychosocial support and early years education to children age 0-6 and their caregivers. Baytna not only provides a nurturing environment for children, it also gives families a place to take a breath, regroup, and refocus their energies on the development of their children and rebuilding their lives.
Read the case study >
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Little Ripples: Community-based refugee-led preschool in Chad
iACT, May 2019
Little Ripples delivers preschool in home-based settings in the community, and employs refugee women to manage in-home preschools and improve the social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development of refugee children. The program has also enabled refugee women to advocate for themselves more effectively.
Read the case study >
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A Declaration to Accelerate Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings
Save the Children, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, and
HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, May 2019
This declaration is a call for the dignity, health and wellbeing of every woman, every child and every newborn – in humanitarian and fragile settings – to be urgently upheld and prioritized. Read the document >
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Leaving the Youngest Behind: Declining aid to early childhood education
Theirworld, Apr 2019
New report reveals the international community has decreased funding to pre-primary education by 27% since the adoption of the SDGs, even as aid to education generally has increased. Read the report >
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A World Ready to Learn: Prioritizing quality early childhood education
UNICEF, Apr 2019
UNICEF’s first-ever global report on pre-primary education provides a comprehensive analysis of the status of ECE worldwide and urges governments to commit at least 10% of their national education budgets to scale up pre-primary programs.
Read the report > Read the advocacy brief >
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Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit
Global Breastfeeding Collective, Mar 2019
This toolkit is intended to ensure stakeholders are able to easily access and use advocacy tools aimed at improving policies and financing for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding.
Access the toolkit >
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Education: needs, rights and access in displacement
Forced Migration Review, Mar 2019
In FMR issue 60, authors from around the world debate how better to enable access to quality education both in emergency settings and in resettlement and asylum contexts. A number of articles address early childhood. Access the issue > Listen to the podcasts >
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Early Childhood Development Education and Care: The Future Is What We Build Today
Think20, Mar 2019
Submitted to the Think20 (T20) Summit in Japan, this policy brief calls for G20 governments to re-conceptualise ECD as a common good and collective responsibility, and a contribution to achieving sustainability on a global scale. Read the brief >
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Stop the War on Children: Protecting Children in 21st Century Conflict
Save the Children, Feb 2019
This report argues that children suffering in conflict today are not primarily suffering from a deficit of identified rights, but a crisis of compliance with those rights. It calls on governments to take steps to ensure that perpetrators of atrocities against children cannot walk away with impunity. Read the report >
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Resources for Safe Spaces for Children in Humanitarian Settings
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Jan 2019
This brief provides an overview of various resources that cover psychosocial elements key to safe space programming and have detailed activities to support their implementation. They can also be used to complement and reinforce one another. Read the brief >
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Barriers from birth: Undocumented children in Iraq sentenced to a life on the margins Norwegian Refugee Council, Apr 2019
Data collection and evidence building to support education in emergencies NORRAG Special Issue, Apr 2019
Complicated Delivery: The Yemeni mothers and children dying without medical care MSF, Apr 2019
Reducing Violence Against Children: Parent and Caregiver Support in Conflict Settings The Evaluation Fund, Apr 2019
Unlock Education for Everyone: How the UK can ensure children affected by crises get an education UK Civil Society, Apr 2019
The culture, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Rohingya refugees: a systematic review Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Apr 2019
The Time to Act Is Now: Addressing Risks of Exploitation for Venezuelan Women and Children Seeking Refuge Women's Refugee Committee, Apr 2019
How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education Brookings Institution, Apr 2019
Signature Programme in DRC: The Difference We've Made Save the Children, Mar 2019
What Is Early Childhood Development? A Guide to the Science Harvard Center on the Developing Child, Mar 2019
“The more children you have, the more praise you get from the community”: exploring the role of sociocultural context and perceptions of care on maternal and newborn health among Somali refugees in UNHCR supported camps in Kenya Conflict and Health, Mar 2019
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Utilization of primary health care services among Syrian refugee and Lebanese women targeted by the ICRC program in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study Conflict and Health, Mar 2019
Child Immigration Detention in the EU Initiative for Children in Migration, Mar 2019
Child marriage of female Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon: a literature review Global Health Action, Mar 2019
Health examinations of child migrants in Europe: screening or assessment of healthcare needs? BMJ Paediatrics Open, Mar 2019
Water under Fire: For every child, water and sanitation in complex emergencies UNICEF, Mar 2019
Child Morbidity and Disease Burden in Refugee Camps in Mainland Greece Children, Mar 2019
Jordan Population and Family Health Survey 2017-18 Department of Statistics, Mar 2019
Displacement, deprivation and hard work among Syrian refugee children in Lebanon BMJ Global Health, Feb 2019
Improved outcomes in education, nutrition, wellbeing for refugee children in Lebanon UNICEF Innocenti, Feb 2019
Toolkit: Gender-Responsive Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education VVOB, Feb 2019
The Promotive Effects of Social Support for Parental Resilience in a Refugee Context: a Cross-Sectional Study with Syrian Mothers in Lebanon Prevention Science, Jan 2019
How Early Experience Shapes Human Development: The Case of Psychosocial Deprivation Neural Plasticity, Jan 2019
Children on the move in Europe: a narrative review of the evidence on the health risks, health needs and health policy for asylum seeking, refugee and undocumented children BMJ Paediatrics Open, Jan 2019
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Four short films explore young children’s lives in Azraq
Bernard van Leer Foundation, Apr 2019
Four short films explore aspects of the challenge of meeting the particular needs of young children and families in Azraq, Jordan: the lack of play areas, difficulties in getting around safely, limited availability of health services and the need for more kindergartens.
Watch the videos >
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#WriteTheWrong Because #EarlyMomentsMatter
Theirworld and UNICEF, Apr 2019
Theirworld and UNICEF held a joint launch event in Washington, DC, for their respective reports focusing on early learning and pre-primary education. Both organizations called on countries and international donors to increase and prioritise their spending on early childhood education. Watch the launch event >
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Moving in the Right Direction: Child Refugee Symposium
Children's Rights Alliance, Apr 2019
In October 2018, the Children’s Rights Alliance held five events on responding to the needs of refugee children in Ireland. The events featured presentations from international experts focusing on key areas including: Early Childhood Education and Care, Mental Health, Community Integration, Education and the Rights of Child Refugees. Watch the presentations >
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Addressing Trauma in Young Children in Immigrant and Refugee Families through Early Childhood Programs
Migration Policy Institute, Apr 2019
During this webinar, speakers discussed the intersection of trauma and early childhood development, exploring how migration-related trauma and stressors can influence the wellbeing of young children of immigrants.
Watch the webinar > Read the policy brief >
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Supporting Community-Led Child Protection
Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Apr 2019
This webinar introduces a "Toolkit for Reflective Practice in Supporting Community-Led Child Protection Processes" developed by the Child Resilience Alliance, and explores some challenges in humanitarian contexts. Watch the webinar > Access the toolkit >
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Keeping up with the Kassabs
War Child UK, Mar 2019
This interactive article features a young family who escaped Syria in 2013, when their youngest daughter was still a toddler. They now live in Za'atari refugee camp. Scroll through the story >
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Refugee Children and Resilience
Refugees Deeply, Mar 2019
On this Deeply Talks call, child development experts discuss the psychological and physical effects of toxic stress on children, how to care for displaced children with special needs, how lack of nutrition affects children's development, and educating children who’ve experienced trauma. Listen to the episode >
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Trauma at the Border
Harvard Law School, Mar 2019
Cindy Zapata, Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, discusses the impact of trauma on refugees' ability to navigate the legal system. This presentation was part of an event bringing together scientists and lawyers to start a dialogue on neuroscience, trauma and justice.
Watch the presentation >
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Promising Futures for Young Children of the World: Insights from ECE Leaders in 105 Countries
Early Childhood Investigations, Feb 2019
In this webinar, leaders of the World Forum Foundation highlighted some of the most serious issues impacting young children in 105 regions across the globe, including children traumatized by armed conflict, and unregistered/stateless children.
Watch the webinar >
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Improving SEL Measurement for Children in Crisis
Education in Crisis and Conflict Network (ECCN), Feb 2019
In this webcast, representatives from ECCN, IRC, and NYU Global TIES for Children shared results from a scoping study on research; new SEL measurement tools being developed and tested by research-practice partnerships; and a resource to guide decision-making in SEL measurement selection, adaptation, use and analysis. Watch the webcast >
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Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Feb 2019
A series of six podcast discussions with professionals and academics on various topics, including approaches to psychological assessment, as well as individual-, family- and school-based interventions that can positively impact a child’s mental health outcomes.
Listen to the podcast series >
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"They Returned My Daughter But She Never Truly Came Home."
BRIGHT Magazine, Jan 2019
This graphic essay retells the true story of Adayanci Pérez, a six-year-old girl from Guatemala who came to the US with her father and was separated for more than three months. Before being returned to her family, she was diagnosed with acute trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. Read the story >
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For Sri Lanka's Children, the Deepest Scars Are Not Physical NY Times, 29 Apr 2019
'We just want to be heard': Woman in Gaza builds app to help support fellow mothers The Independent, 27 Apr 2019
The Importance of Play after Hurricane Florence Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, 24 Apr 2019
MacArthur Foundation Program Leader Reflects on Lessons From 100&Change Grant Competition Stanford Social Innovation Review, 23 Apr 2019
Young mothers in war-torn Yemen Norwegian Refugee Council, 21 Apr 2019
‘Does the world have eyes? Tell the world we are humans, not animals’ The Irish Times, 20 Apr 2019
For Refugee Children, Reading Helps Heal Trauma NY Times, 17 Apr 2019
Inside India’s ambitious effort to provide early care and education to 400 million kids Quartz India, 14 Apr 2019
The Future of Internally Displaced Children Begins Now Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, 11 Apr 2019
Sesame Workshop, Winner of 100&Change Grant Competition, Discusses What’s Next Stanford Social Innovation Review, 9 Apr 2019
Immigrant children’s health declines rapidly after arrival in Canada The Conversation, 9 Apr 2019
UNICEF: Venezuelan children on the move need help AP News, 5 Apr 2019
Opinion: We Fled the Gangs in Honduras. Then the U.S. Government Took My Baby. NY Times, 3 Apr 2019
Cyclone Idai: The girl who was born in a mango tree, above the floods Mail & Guardian, 3 Apr 2019
Many Pregnant Women Are Among Those Leaving Venezuela NPR, 30 Mar 2019
To help refugee kids, give their parents space to heal Apolitical, 27 Mar 2019
In Jordan, Some Refugee Fathers Find a Place to Be Vulnerable Refugees Deeply, 26 Mar 2019
Giving birth as bombs are falling Save the Children, 26 Mar 2019
Catastrophic Cyclone Idai leaves pregnant women vulnerable in three countries UNFPA, 25 Mar 2019
Childhood trauma may affect brain structure, predisposing adults to recurring major depressive disorder Science Daily, 21 Mar 2019
Face to Face with the Fellows: Zarlasht Halaimzai Obama Foundation, 19 Mar 2019
A network of clowns brings laughter to Rohingya camps Devex, 15 Mar 2019
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Inside the Continued Crisis in Venezuela PAPER Magazine, 15 Mar 2019
Responding to the Psychosocial Needs of Gaza's Preschoolers Anera, 11 Mar 2019
“11”: Four decade-old songs renewed in album from children in Syria and the Middle East UNICEF, 11 Mar 2019
Why a Venezuelan Girl Wants Her Dad To Send Money So She Can Buy A Helicopter NPR, 8 Mar 2019
The Stress of a Natural Disaster Can Take a Toll on Babies in Utero The Atlantic, 6 Mar 2019
The midwives at the forefront of the birthing crisis in Cox's Bazar Devex, 28 Feb 2019
UNICEF and the LEGO Foundation Team Up To Build Better Futures for Children Forbes, 27 Feb 2019
Lebanon’s ‘Fun Bus’ offers kids a respite from street work UNHCR, 27 Feb 2019
What’s Early Childhood Development Like in Palestine? Inter-American Development Bank, 25 Feb 2019
In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth UNFPA, 21 Feb 2019
More than 2,500 Foreign Children are Living in Camps in North-East Syria Save the Children, 21 Feb 2019
The nightmares of a Yemeni mother Al Jazeera, 20 Feb 2019
Life at the border: Church volunteers fill the humanitarian gap to help migrant asylum seekers in Arizona Deseret News, 16 Feb 2019
Opinion: Refugee children need more than water, food, and shelter Devex, 15 Feb 2019
UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness UNHCR, 14 Feb 2019
Covering the Syrian Refugee Crisis – highlights from the Dart journalism training workshop in Amman Bernard van Leer Foundation, 14 Feb 2019
Tunisia: Scant Help to Bring Home ISIS Members' Children Human Rights Watch, 12 Feb 2019
Home visits to boost children's learning and well-being in Ethiopia International Child Development Initiatives, 11 Feb 2019
Jeffrey Sachs: Ending child poverty is within reach The Irish Times, 8 Feb 2019
How to Design Playgrounds for the World’s Most Vulnerable Kids CityLab, 7 Feb 2019
Nigeria’s ‘Flying Midwives’ Are Helping Save Moms and Babies, TIME, 7 Feb 2019
Can play save a displaced generation? BRAC, 3 Feb 2019
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We are pleased to welcome two new foundation members!
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Children
Date: Self-paced
Organization: Humanitarian Leadership Academy
Location: Online
MOOC: Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children
Date: 27 May 2019
Organization: The Caring for Children Moving Alone MOOC Taskforce
Location: Online
Call for Applications: Reporting on Refugees and Migration Through the Eyes of Children
Deadline: 7 June 2019
Organization: Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, Columbia University
Location: New York City, USA
Webcast: Evidence for Empowered and Informed Practice in Pregnancy and Parenting
Date: 10 June 2019
Organization: Center for Global Development
Location: Washington, DC and Online
Nurturing Environments for the Well-Being of Young Children and Their Families
Dates: 18-19 June 2019
Organization: International Step by Step Association (ISSA)
Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
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Second Preparatory Meeting for the Global Refugee Forum
Dates: 25 June 2019
Organization: UNHCR
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Early Childhood Development Challenge
Deadline: 1 July 2019
Organization: MIT Solve
Location: Online
Request for Proposals: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge
Deadline: 16 July 2019
Organization: Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge
Location: Online
Call for Applications: 100&Change Competition
Deadline: 16 July 2019
Organization: MacArthur Foundation
Location: Online
MOOC: Mainstreaming early childhood education into education sector planning
Date: 30 September 2019
Organization: UNICEF, UNESCO and GPE
Location: Online
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