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Tiara ataii: Ukraine response

17.6 million ukrainians

need humanitarian aid in 2023

Thanks to your incredible support, in the last year we have reached 96,620 children, families and teachers and by September 2023 we will reach a further 81,000 children with early childhood development and mental health support as well as delivering psychosocial training for teachers including those in active conflict zones in Ukraine. As the war rages on, so do we.

REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Children in Conflict’s current support response in Iraq is focused on education – specifically Early Childhood Development (ECD), Protection, and Psychosocial support (PSS) programs in Mosul, Baghdad, Fallujah, Ramadi and Basra. The 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview estimates that there are 2.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Iraq. This figure is a dramatic reduction from 2021 when 4.1 million people needed humanitarian assistance. This is because OCHA has tightened its definition of humanitarian need to focus only on those with the deepest levels of vulnerability. As a result, there are countless more people in need of assistance, with a large proportion of those youth and children.

In 2022, War Child was able to reach 4,524 people - 2,764 children and 1,760 adults - within the governorates of Anbar, Baghdad, Basra and Ninewa. However, this remains just a small portion of nationals suffering from Iraq’s aggressive education crisis.

more than 3 million children remain out of school

Central african republic (CAR)

In 2022, 3.1M out of a total country population of 4.9M (63%) were reported to be in huge need of humanitarian assistance and protection. 2.2M of the 3.1M (71%) were said to be at severe risk of physical and mental health problems which was 300,000 more people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2022 than in 2021. (2022 UNOCHA Humanitarian Report).

Through donor funds, our partner was able to reach 42,091 affected persons of whom 29,396 were children, more than twice the number reached in 2021. Furthermore, WCUK continued to mobilize additional funds by establishing local partnerships, identifying potential funders and organizing fundraising activities to support programming.

80% of displaced children faced physical or psychological violence

the democratic republic of congo

The population has been significantly affected by the new armed conflict situation which started in March 2022 with an estimated 27.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and 5.7 million internally displaced. The fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 “Mouvement du 23 Mars” armed group intensified throughout 2022, leading to a variety of protection concerns including cases of intimidation, forced recruitments of children into armed groups, and rape.

In 2022 with funding from Children in Conflict, UNICEF, US DRL, FCDO, as well as other private foundations like Leri Charitable, Evan Cornish and Goeff Herrington Foundations, and Solution Fifty-Eight, the DRC program reached 19,647 participants all together, an increase of 8% from 2021.

80% of displacement is due to armed conflict

 YEMEN

12.4 million children in need of support

Throughout 2022, Yemen has remained one of the worst humanitarian crises of our generation. The latter half of 2021 saw a dramatic increase in fighting, and in October 2022, the UN-brokered country-wide truce was not renewed. As the war enters its ninth year, 21.6 million people require humanitarian assistance, of which half are children.

Many public services have been destroyed, leaving children and families with little access to education, healthcare, water and sanitation. Over 2.4 million school-aged children are out of school and over 2,900 schools have been destroyed, damaged or are now being used for non-education purposes such as providing temporary shelter to internally displaced people.

The conflict has exacerbated pre-existing food insecurity and over half of all Yemenis, 17.4 million people, are facing food insecurity. As the war continues and families’ vulnerabilities increase, children are facing high levels of malnutrition, remaining out of school and are at increasing risk of having to engage in negative coping mechanisms such as forced labour and child marriage. Despite the ongoing conflict during 2022, our partners were able to reach 15,490 children and families in Ibb, Taiz and Aden governorates of Yemen.

80% of yemenis still do not have reliable acess to food