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The book aims to help children stay hopeful and positive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The story is a sequel to ‘My Hero is You: how kids can fight COVID-19!’, published in April 2020.
Both books have been released by a collaboration of 60 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the MHPSS Collaborative for Children & Families in Adversity.
‘My Hero is You 2021: how kids can hope with COVID-…
In Scotland, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner’s job is to be a fierce champion for children and to protect and promote children’s human rights. During the coronavirus pandemic, the Commissioner, along with many other people, saw that both the United Kingdom Government and the Scottish Government had made lots of new laws very quickly to protect people from the risk of the virus, and to protect their human rights to life and health. But they had not completed CRIAs for many of these new laws to think about their impact on children’s human rights.
The Commissioner asked a…
This book is written for children (in Khmer) to help them understand the Coronavirus.
This book is written for children to help them understand the Coronavirus.
This one page comic has been created to help children understand more about the Coronavirus.
This version is best suited to children under 7 but may also be useful for those with learning or reading difficulties. Parents should read through it with them to help answer any questions or explain any words they may not understand.
This one page comic has been created to help children understand more about the Coronavirus.
This version is best suited to children aged 7+. Parents should read through it with them to help answer any questions or explain any words they may not understand.
This book was a project developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG). The project was supported by global, regional and country based experts from Member Agencies of the IASC MHPSS RG, in addition to parents, caregivers, teachers and children in 104 countries. A global survey was distributed in Arabic, English, Italian, French and Spanish to assess children’s mental health and psychosocial needs during the COVID-19 outbreak. A framework of topics to be addressed through the story was developed…
This comic is based on a radio story that NPR education reporter Cory Turner did. He asked some experts what kids might want to know about the new coronavirus discovered in China. The comic is also available in Chinese and Spanish.
This book is designed to help children and young people understand what abuse and neglect are, and who to ask for help if it happens to them or to someone they know. The book is written in the Serbian context and is available in English and Serbian. The book defines abuse and neglect including physical violence, corporal punishment, emotional harm, verbal violence, humiliation, peer isolation, electronic bullying, sexual violence and sexual abuse, verbal sexual violence, physical and emotional neglect, and more, and provides examples of these forms of abuse and…
This book is designed to help children and young people understand what abuse and neglect are, and who to ask for help if it happens to them or to someone they know. The book is written in the Serbian context and is available in English and Serbian. The book defines abuse and neglect including physical violence, corporal punishment, emotional harm, verbal violence, humiliation, peer isolation, electronic bullying, sexual violence and sexual abuse, verbal sexual violence, physical and emotional neglect, and more, and provides examples of these forms of abuse and…