The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Early childhood education is critical for all children, particularly during a crisis like the Covid pandemic. For children who have experienced war and displacement - many of whom have lived their whole lives as refugees - it can be a lifeline, healing emotional and developmental wounds caused by years of trauma. The pandemic has hit displaced and vulnerable families the hardest, as in-person programmes have been put on hold for safety concerns. Now the IRC has adapted and uses digital tools to reach children and their families directly in their homes. It equips parents to create a nurturing and predictable home learning environment that fosters children's resilience during times of crisis and provides caregivers with ways to manage their own stress.
Iraq: humanitarian needs continue
Written by David Fletcher 26 Nov 2020Additional Info
- Pray: for these and other NGOs silently working in the background with 1.7 million Iraqis and 250,000 Syrian refugees families traumatised and displaced by war. (Psalm 27:5)
- More: www.rescue-uk.org/article/how-irc-and-sesame-workshop-continue-reach-refugee-children-during-covid-19