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A chance for a better future: Supported independent living and the protection of unaccompanied children in Greece
A chance for a better future: Supported independent living and the protection of unaccompanied children in Greece
- Report
- 15 November 2021
Rescuing futures in Greece: “I see the children transform like butterflies”
Ketty works with children who have arrived in Greece alone and sees how their hope and dignity is restored when they are given the right support.
- Article
- 26 October 2023
Children in Greece without documents, children still at risk
- Statement
- 26 October 2023
Why do most children affected by acute malnutrition go untreated?
Around the world, more than 45 million children under the age of five experience acute malnutrition annually. Between one and two million will die as a result.
- Article
- 10 August 2023
Meet the nutrition assistant changing children’s lives in Uganda
By the time mothers bring their malnourished children to the IRC health facility in the Imvepi refugee settlement, in the north-west part of Uganda, they are often deeply worried because their child is in an extremely weakened state. As the IRC nutrition assistant that meets them, Esther, 28, gives hope to these mothers, letting them know she is there to support their child and to help provide the critical care they need.
- Article
- 25 October 2023
Photo story: The puppet show teaching children in Yemen how to protect themselves from COVID-19
Learning through play can bring smiles to children living in the world’s toughest places.
- Article
- 28 June 2023
Education
During conflict and crisis, education protects children and sets them up for a better future. It provides a sense of hope and enables them to recover, learn and thrive. However, over 127 million children in countries affected by war and displacement are out of school, while many others receive only a poor quality education. Despite this great need, education has received less than 3% of all humanitarian aid in recent years.
- Outcome
What two Ethiopian mothers are feeding their children in the face of food insecurity
Bisharo and Nurad are two 35-year-old mothers living in Ethiopia, where a combination of climate shocks and conflict has deepened the food insecurity. Though different circumstances caused them to become displaced, they have come to share the same daily goal: to gain access to food that will keep their children well-nourished and healthy.
- Article
- 7 March 2024
Immediately honour commitments to relocate unaccompanied children from the Greek islands
The IRC joined 65 human rights and humanitarian organisations calling on European governments to proceed immediately with the emergency relocation of unaccompanied children from the Reception and Identification Centres (RICs) on the Greek islands, with no discrimination, giving precedence to existing family links and the best interests of the child.
- Resource
- 3 April 2020
14 million children in Sudan – half of all children in the country - need humanitarian support
- Statement
- 25 October 2023