War Child is an independent and impartial, international non-governmental organisation that invests in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. Their mission is to protect children from violence by using creative and involving workshops that unleash a child’s inner strength. War Child Uganda enables children to build their resilience, free from trauma and violence. The projects in Uganda are designed to support and protect children and young people by improving their psychosocial wellbeing. Together with education activities, children are enabled to develop coping skills, build resilience and recover from the consequences of conflict.

With collaboration with Make 12.4% Work, War Child will place two internship positions for young persons with disabilities in 2019. In addition, Make 12.4% Work will organise a disability awareness training for the staff this January. Other plans for partnership around inclusion are on the way, strengthening cooperation with Make 12.4% Work.

War Child adopts three mutually supportive intervention strategies to realise positive change in the lives of children and young people; direct support in activities and projects with children and young people, building capacity of parents, communities, organisations and institutions, advocacy campaigns targeting national and international decision makers to ensure that laws, policies and practices support safe and healthy development of children. Their four main projects in Uganda are focused around an initiative to enhance resilience through psychosocial support and mental health services, a global programme providing quality education for all children through educational games on tablets, agribusiness skills for refugee youth, and a major consortium-led project that meets the needs of out-of-school children through accelerated education programming and psychosocial support activities. Currently, there are 6,681 child participants and 2,390 adult participants in Uganda.

Read more at: https://www.warchildholland.org