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PlayMatters 3.0 expands Learning through Play across East Africa

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), together with consortium partners Plan International and War Child Alliance, and with support from the LEGO Foundation, is launching PlayMatters 3.0, the next phase of a flagship education initiative supporting teachers improve holistic learning and wellbeing through Learning through Play, for pre-primary and primary school children.

From Gaza: “I wished I could put her back in my stomach". Mothers describe giving birth and fighting for survival as conflict nears 1000 days

Mothers who gave birth during the war in Gaza have shared accounts of extreme suffering – being pregnant with no food, the fear of what bombs will do to their health and the health of their children, walking to hospitals to give birth, and raising newborns in tents.

No more broken promises: Lebanon’s children need a ceasefire that is enforced

A renewed ceasefire between the government of Israel and Hezbollah was announced on Friday. According to reports citing the Lebanese Ministry of Health, Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 83 people and injured a further 141 after the announcement. This is not the first time a ceasefire has been announced followed by continued bombing. Lebanon's children do not need another announcement, they need the killing to stop, and they need someone to be held responsible when it doesn't.

VOICE network reacts to European Union’s new humanitarian aid policy

European humanitarian NGO network VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies) reacts to the joint communication on the European Union’s new humanitarian aid policy.

War Child Alliance and Can’t Wait To Learn sign joint letter calling for urgent action to protect and increase education financing

Governments named main perpretators of grave violations against children for first time in 30 years as record numbers of children affected

War Child responds to the UN Secretary-General's Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict for 2025.

The power of play: an evidence-based approach to supporting children’s development

This International Day of Play, we speak with Yara Sleiman, Research Coordinator at War Child, about the transformative role of play in children’s mental health, behaviour, and development, and how evidence-based research is reshaping the way we understand its importance.