“Investing in the Future” – Regional Conference on Protecting Refugee Children in the Middle East and North Africa
The past 15th October 2014, the first international conference on MENA refugee children took place in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The conference aimed at developing the necessary mechanisms to ensure the protection of refugee children and youth in the Middle East and North Africa region and ensuring their most fundamental rights, such as right […]
Building Resilience Through the Child-to-Child Approach
Celine Woznica Director of Child-to-Child/Americas, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health e-mail: nanamericas@gmail.com web: www.child-to-child.org . Abstract: Resilience in children is the ability to recover from traumatic experiences and develop the skills to overcome future challenges. In dealing with adversities, children draw from personal strengths often divided into external (I have), internal (I am), […]
