Street Child programs run in many areas affected by ongoing conflict. A key area of focus is providing classes and WASH facilities for displaced children. Additionally, in areas such as Cameroon, Mozambique and Nigeria, we have been working to identify, support and specifically address the needs of unaccompanied and separated children.

We also work with children associated with armed forces and groups, providing specialized psychological support. The families of these children are supported with skills training and business grants. 

The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread school closures and millions of children out of school. For our response Street Child leveraged learnings from the Ebola crisis and focused on strengthening community knowledge and improving hygiene practices. We ran campaigns to provide children with schooling via audio recordings, reducing the number of lost hours of school while also mitigating infection risk.

Street Child also worked to expand our response to the most marginalized communities. In some of the most remote areas of Nepal we reached more than 250,000 people with COVID-19 prevention and preparedness information through community campaigns, print and radio, and provided 4,000 of the most marginalized households with food assistance.