The International Rescue Committee understands how vital education can be for creating stability and reducing trauma for children affected by conflict. Through the Children of Peace initiative the IRC and the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) are training teachers, rebuilding classrooms, providing a quality education, as well as leisure activities, and helping children have a normal childhood. The IRC is also working closely with parents and the community to invest in the futures of their children through education.

Ebalo is just one of thousands of refugee children the International Rescue Committee is helping to educate in Nyarugusu camp.

“I call the children one by one to see what it is inside the box,” explains Amer,* an educator with the International Rescue Committee. “I explain to them that they will find the picture of a very important person inside the box, someone who set up his or her goals and achieved them.” Amer is one of IRC's educators who provide street and working children in Beirut, including Syrian refugees fleeing from war, with psychosocial support, recreational activities and basic literacy and numeracy classes. Educators facilitate a number of games, such as the mirror box, to help children improve confidence, creativity and thinking skills.

This resource contains daily and weekly lesson plans that can be used by educators to support social-emotional learning.

Children who lived under ISIS rule have spent years out of the classroom. Meet Sabhah, a 10 year old who refuses to give up on her education.

This IRC resource is a bilingual Ukrainian-English worksheet for parents/caregivers to work through with their child. The focus of this worksheet is 'Physical Education (PE)'.

This IRC resource is a bilingual Ukrainian-English worksheet for parents/caregivers to work through with their child. The focus of this worksheet is 'Physical Education (PE)'.

These top tips will ensure that educators are well prepared in providing safe, secure environments where, students can thrive because their social and emotional needs are being met.

Syrian mothers at Arbat camp in Iraq wouldn’t sit by as their daughters lost an education. Instead, they took action.

In partnership with ECHO the International Rescue Committee is supporting over 21,000 displaced Malian, Nigerian and Nigerien children aged 6 to 11 to access a quality education, and is meeting the ever growing need for schooling resources.