Violence against humanitarian workers has grave consequences for the international community and represents a concerning disregard for civilian lives. Humanitarian workers are increasingly targeted in the Syrian conflict, and it is crucial to...
El Nino has caused the third successive rainfall failure in some areas of Ethiopia, and from the middle of 2015 onwards the country has since been in a race against time to meet the resulting food needs of 10.2 million people. This precarious...
This Crisis Modifier Operational Plan provides an overview for decision makers of two contingency plans that were developed during a 3-day Contingency Planning workshop with project staff in Aden in June 2014 as well as discussions with Save the...
This report documents the lessons from Burkina Faso in the use in of the Household Economy Approach (HEA), a livelihoods framework developed by Save the Children to manage food crisis and target aid assistance.
In 2011, in the midst of the devastating Horn of Africa drought, Save the Children launched the largest ever multi-country humanitarian response covering three countries: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, the most severely impacted by the drought....
This booklet addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) as any activity carried out by a village, community, aid agency or government that helps vulnerable communities, and especially children, to prepare for, reduce the impact of, or prevent...
Exposure to natural disasters has a devastating impact on the psychological and social well-being of children, adolescents and adults. It is now widely accepted that early psychosocial interventions that help to mitigate the effect of trauma,...
This paper was prepared as a contribution to the UN Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children (the “Machel” study). It describes the psychosocial effects of armed conflict on children and outlines principles that should be...
Save the Children (SC) in Sudan through this needs assessment aimed to identify the most urgent needs of IDPs, host communities and refugees affected by the conflict in North Darfur (Zamzam Camp, Tawila) South Kordofan (Abujubeiha, Elliri, Dilling...