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The Universality of playing
Following a recent trip to a refugee camp in Niger, our Senior Conflict Advisor Sarah Pickwick reflects on how our Child Friendly Spaces give children a sense of normality and allow them to be children again.
Escaping Boko Haram: “I no longer feel afraid.”
Mohamed escaped captivity from Boko Haram and was reunited with his family in Niger at a camp. There he attends school and plays with his friends at our Child Friendly Space.
Program Officer for the Lake Chad Basin response While the world focuses on the
Water of life
One-year-old Aicha is one of 1.4 million vulnerable children in the forgotten Lake Chad Basin crisis, who need safe water.
Aichatou, 30, is Aicha’s mother. She was forced to flee her village with her seven children due to Boko Haram attacks. They’re staying in a settlement along with others forced from their homes:
“My village is near a river and if you stand by its shore, you can see the town of Damasak. On the days of the attacks, you could see bullets and rockets flying towards our village from Damasak. After several attacks, our village became a very insecure place, so my husband decided that we should leave.
million vulnerable children in the forgotten Lake Chad Basin …
Case study: Borehole brings hope to schoolchildren
As experts in water, sanitation and hygiene in emergencies, we're drilling and restoring boreholes, building emergency latrines, distributing soap, hand wash kits and organising hygiene sessions with children. We’ve drilled two boreholes in Chad and two in Niger and water testing is currently underway. A further borehole in Niger is being repaired.
in need of safe water in the forgotten Lake Chad Basin crisis. We call on donors and humanitarian …
Caring for children in conflict: Child's play
All children love to play, whether at home or away. Children in the Lake Chad Basin are no different.
whether at home or away. Children in the Lake Chad Basin are no different. Ibrahim and …
Children of the Lake Chad Basin: The vulnerable, looking after the vulnerable
In crisis, children regularly miss out on opportunities. They are forced to drop out of school, thrown out of home, and find themselves struggling in ways they had never imagined.
million vulnerable children affected by the Lake Chad Basin …
Lake Chad Basin's forgotten children: Urgent action required to save lives as conflict drives hunger and exploitation
World Vision is urging international donors attending the Oslo Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region to take swift and sustained action to help end the suffering of millions of vulnerable children and mitigate economic and social devastation in the Lake Chad Basin.
economic and social devastation in the Lake Chad Basin. 2.4 million people have been forcibly …
Identity Crisis in the Lake Chad Basin
With no home, family or jobs refugees in the Sayam Refugee and Displaced People’s Camp in the Lake Chad Basin struggle with their sense of identity. World Vision spoke to three refugees to hear what the crisis has taken from them and how they are trying to cope.
Nelly’s family found shelter in one of Armenia’s remote communities, which also happens to be supported by our child sponsors in the UK – Stepanavan, located in the northern part of the country. In Stepanavan, the mayor helped to find the family a small house to live in, and our office provided the family with a cow, as well as the necessary bedding for the new house, and helped to register them in the local schools. Today Nelly and her four siblings are all sponsored children.
Camp in the Lake Chad Basin struggle with their sense of identity. World …
9.2 million people require urgent humanitarian support as West African conflict intensifies
World Vision is urging the international community to respond to the worsening humanitarian crisis caused by fighting in the Lake Chad Basin of West Africa, as latest figures show that over 21 million people are facing food shortages.
crisis caused by fighting in the Lake Chad Basin of West …
Lake Chad Basin Update
humanitarian assistance across the four Lake Chad basin countries …