These are the stories from Joining Forces Child Protection in Emergencies case studies in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Stories of commitment, hard work, and impact protecting children in emergencies.
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- Madame HaouaLa mise en place de dispositifs et de services adaptés au sein des communautés permet d’identifier, orienter et accompagner les enfants affectés par les violences et les déplacements en situation d’urgence. Elle favorise leur rétablissement psychologique, leur estime de soi et leur participation à la vie sociale. C’est l’histoire de Salif[i], un adolescent de 16 […]
- Jerusalem
Jerusalem, a courageous mother from kebele 04, Adigrat Town in Ethiopia, has been raising four children under 18 alone after surviving the conflict, which led to her separation from her husband. One of her daughters, aged 15, lives with a severe disability unable to walk, speak, feed herself, or control her bodily functions. Jerusalem struggled […] - Helen
Helen is 14 years old and in grade 6, living at one of ChildFund Ethiopia’s intervention kebeles. She is a participant of the Child-Friendly Space (CFS) program who faced psychological/emotional distress, limited opportunities to develop social and life skills, and food insecurity caused the outbreak of the conflict. Following the conflict, she often felt withdrawn, […] - Almaz
Almaz*, now nine years old, was only four when the conflict erupted in western Tigray, Ethiopia. Before the conflict her family lived in Humera (Baiker) where they enjoyed a stable livelihood through farming and livestock rearing. They also had a supermarket. However, the conflict forced the family to flee their home in October 2021 and […] - Selam
Selam, a 30-year-old mother of two from Wukro Town in Ethiopia, had built a stable livelihood before the conflict through a small retail shop that generated enough income to support her family. However, the outbreak of the conflict changed her life completely. Her business was destroyed, and she lost the assets she had spent years […] - Samira
Lorsque des dispositifs et des services adéquats sont mis en place pour accueillir et prendre en charge des enfants ayant vécu des évènements traumatisants dans des contextes d’urgence, cela leur permet de recouvrer leur équilibre mental, d’avoir à nouveau confiance en eux-mêmes et de prendre part, en tant qu’acteurs actifs, à la vie de leur […] - Salif
La mise en place de dispositifs et de services adaptés au sein des communautés permet d’identifier, orienter et accompagner les enfants affectés par les violences et les déplacements en situation d’urgence. Elle favorise leur rétablissement psychologique, leur estime de soi et leur participation à la vie sociale. C’est l’histoire de Salif[i], un adolescent de 16 […] - Cédric
Ce cas illustre de manière significative les risques extrêmes de protection auxquels sont confrontés certains enfants accusés de sorcellerie en RCA, ainsi que l’importance d’une réponse communautaire inclusive combinant protection immédiate, soutien psychosocial et médiation familiale adaptée au contexte culturel. Cédric, 15 ans, est orphelin de père et de mère depuis sa petite enfance. Après […] - Astede
Astede is a 15-year-old girl attending primary school in Aziba Elementary School, located in Sekota Town, Ethiopia. Due to her disability, Astede experienced isolation and was often not allowed to leave her home. She attends school irregularly and has repeated grade 8. Her mother feared for her safety and worried about the challenges she might […] - Yewag
Yewag Beyene is a 31-year-old woman living in Sekota Town, Wag Himra Zone. She is a mother of twin children and lives with her younger sister, who supports her as a caregiver. Yewag’s family has been living in extreme poverty, struggling to meet even the most basic needs. At times, she was unable to afford […] - Conflict and Drought affected children
Girma’s family was one of the Wag-Himra communities affected by the complex war and drought crises in Amhara in recent years. Due to those deplorable crises, those family members were displaced to other safe areas in order to protect their lives until the war ends. After one and a half years of staying at the […] - From Risk to Resilience: Adiye Finds to Safety and Strength
Adiye, a 14- year- old girl from a remote village in the Amhara region, Ethiopia, lived with her elderly grandmother after losing her parents at a young age. Due to economic hardship, Adiye was at risk of dropping out of school and being forced into child labor to support the household. Adiye had started missing […]Read More… from From Risk to Resilience: Adiye Finds to Safety and Strength
- Sebbits’s Journey through conflict, loss and hope
By Victor Ngbapai | Child Protection officer | World Vision South Sudan For a child that lived almost his whole life in an internally displaced persons’ camp, a day carried more weight than just hours. It meant more battles to fight and the price to live became hard work. Life was like a battlefield where […]Read More… from Sebbits’s Journey through conflict, loss and hope
- Breaking harmful traditions, building futures: child protection committee efforts in Mangala amid crisis
By Victor Ngbapai | Child Protection officer | World Vision South Sudan Mangalla Town Payam in Central Equatoria State has, for many years, faced significant challenges in protecting children from harmful cultural practices, exploitation and abuse. Families adopted corporal punishment as the best way of parenting. Boys were sent to graze cattle, while girls were […] - Zubair’s Classroom
By Sams Arefin Over a million Rohingya people live in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, having fled violence in Myanmar in 2017. In Camp 15, Mohammad Zubair’s story shows what happens when child protection programming gives young people the tools they need to build a future. Zubair with his family arrived at Jamtoli […] - The Sound of a Sewing Machine at Noon
By Tasmiah Afroze Trisha and Sams Arefin The day we came to photograph Roshida for this case study, she had a fever, yet she came to the centre anyway, sat down at the machine, and worked while we talked and pointed the camera at her. She was telling us her story little by little as […] - Restoring Rights Through Child Protection: From Labour to the Classroom
Omar Faruk, a 13-year-old boy from a poor family in Baharchora, Teknaf, lives with his mother Nurunnahar and his younger brother. Three years ago, his father passed away, leaving his mother as the sole caregiver for the family. The loss deeply affected Omar, who, as the eldest child, felt a strong sense of responsibility toward […]Read More… from Restoring Rights Through Child Protection: From Labour to the Classroom
- From a Worried Mother to a Community Protector
Halima Khatun, a 29-year-old divorced mother, lives in a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. As a single parent raising her only child, Halima faced constant social stigma and emotional hardship within the community. Neighbours often mocked her for raising a child alone, making her feel isolated and powerless. “Some of my neighbours used to mock […]Read More… from From a Worried Mother to a Community Protector
- Rebuilding Life After Displacement
A 39-year-old mother from Setit Humera town in Western Tigray, Ethiopia, once lived a stable and prosperous life with her husband and two sons, aged 11 and 9. She was a successful businesswoman, owning two large enterprises—one supplying construction materials and another manufacturing and distributing modern electric equipment to the community. Through her hard work, […] - Fatimata
Fatimata* est une adolescente de 15 ans, déplacée interne, originaire du village de Sikire, commune d’Arbinda, dans la région du Soum burkinabè. En raison de l’insécurité, sa famille a été contrainte de fuir son village pour chercher refuge à Gorom-Gorom. Fatimata et sa famille ont dû faire face à plusieurs difficultés pour pouvoir trouver un […] - Amadou
“Notre arrivée à Djibo était une épreuve à la fois physique et psychologique, marquée par les séquelles des violences subies dans notre village et durant notre fuite”. Amadou, âgé de 58 ans et père de 7 enfants, a dû fuir son village proche de Tongomayel dans la province du Soum, Burkina Faso, avec sa famille […] - Aïcha
“Nous avons dû tout quitter en urgence. Gorom-Gorom nous a offert un refuge, mais les défis étaient immenses”. Aïcha est une jeune burkinabé de 17 ans. Lorsque des groupes armés sont rentrés dans son village, situé proche de Déou dans la province de l’Oudalan, elle a dû fuir avec toute sa famille, laissant toute sa […] - Adama
“Je ne me suis jamais imaginé qu’un jour je serai appelé PDI, personne déplacée interne ; parfois je ne peux m’empêcher de couler les larmes en pensant à cela”. Adama est un jeune homme burkinabé de 19 ans originaire de la commune d’Oursi dans la province de l’Oudalan, Sahel, et qui vit actuellement dans un […] - Un déplacé interne devenu acteur de protection de l’enfance
Haoua, 32 ans, est originaire de Tongomayel, un village situé à 18 km de Djibo dans le Sahel au Burkina Faso. Comme beaucoup d’autres, il a été contraint de fuir les violences armées avec sa femme et leurs deux enfants, pour se réfugier dans le secteur 4 de Djibo. Il travaillait la terre, menait une […]Read More… from Un déplacé interne devenu acteur de protection de l’enfance
- Retrouver l’espoir grâce à la culture hors-sol
Fatou, est une femme déplacée âgée de 45 ans, vivait paisiblement avec sa famille à Bangao, un petit village de la commune de Tin-Akoff, dans la Province de l’Oudalan au Sahel, Burkina Faso. Mais en 2020, tout a basculé. Des groupes armés ont envahi son village, enlevant des leaders communautaires et imposant leur loi. Les […]Read More… from Retrouver l’espoir grâce à la culture hors-sol
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- Zubair’s Classroom
The world’s largest refugee camp is a sprawling maze of bamboo and tarpaulin shelters, a city of necessity built on resilience. It was here, in Balukhali Camp 8 East, Bangladesh, that nine-year-old Suhana arrived in 2017, having fled the violence that shattered her life in Myanmar. For Suhana, the second of six siblings, life became a daily test of survival as her parents struggled to rebuild. […] - Sebbits’s Journey
For a child that lived almost his whole life in an internally displaced persons’ camp, a day carried more weight than just hours. It meant more battles to fight and the price to live became hard work. Life was like a battlefield where survival was deemed for the fittest. Every new day seemed like punishment. […] - Tigist’s hope in education
Tigist, a 13-year-old girl from Setit Humera, was forced to leave her home with her family, like many others when conflict broke out in the area. Separated from her father who had fled to Sudan, they fled with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. After days of hardship, they finally reached Wukro Vision IDP […] - A Hero Without a Cape
The world’s largest refugee camp is a sprawling maze of bamboo and tarpaulin shelters, a city of necessity built on resilience. It was here, in Balukhali Camp 8 East, Bangladesh, that nine-year-old Suhana arrived in 2017, having fled the violence that shattered her life in Myanmar. For Suhana, the second of six siblings, life became a daily test of survival as her parents struggled to rebuild. […]
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