War Child Lebanon - Calls

Context

As the Syria crisis enters its seventh year, more than 4.4 million Syrian refugees are living in neighboring countries. The refugee influx has exacerbated underlying structural tensions and aggravated political, security and social concerns. Lebanon has seen its population increase by over 30% in recent years, absorbing over 1 million registered Syrian refugees, thereby giving it the highest ratio of refugees per capita in the world. Resentment towards Syrian refugees has increased in host community in Lebanon as public infrastructure, services and resources are increasingly strained. This is of particular concern in the northern and southern areas of Lebanon (North, Akkar, Saida and Tyre) where high unemployment rates and chronic poverty are prevalent amongst host communities and the proportion of Syrian refugees is greatest.

A common goal of civil society has been to create inclusive and enabling environment for youth leaders of different backgrounds where they can have an active role in community centered programs. Adolescents aged 12 to 17 represent a critical cohort that need specific attention and investment. Youth from this age group are largely missing out on psychosocial support, education and skills building programs as they are increasingly either forced to stay indoors for their safety – the case for many adolescent girls – or to work to help provide income for the family – the case for many adolescent boys. Youth can and should be a positive force in a community with their desire for action and change, plus their importance as role models for their younger siblings.

WarChild Holland (WCH), the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) with the WorldCoaches program and Right to Play (RTP) have designed a youth leaders project, called Sport and Humanitarian Assistance (SaHA), that will tackle the issues of social cohesion, peaceful co-existence and youth development, and that will give youth leaders opportunities to engage the communities they live in.

Through the pilot intervention of SaHA in 2016 - 2017, the project partners were able to:

• Strengthen relations between the refugee and host communities using football as an entry point to engage communities while providing children and young people with a healthy outlet during their free time;
• Provide life skills and psychosocial support to Lebanese and non-Lebanese youth, using football as an entry point as well as developing and supporting youth leaders;
• Better protect children from abuse, violence, and exploitation by raising awareness within communities and by building the capacity of local actors involved in the child protection system.

War Child is an independent and impartial, international nongovernmental organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict.  Children need to be protected from violence. By using creative and involving workshops we unleash the children's inner strength. We work with children regardless of their religion, ethnicity, social background, or gender. Our work is based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We implement programmes in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, South America, and Europe. Our head office is located in the Netherlands.

Time To Be A Child (TTBAC) project addresses the need to protect Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children from abuse, exploitation, violence and provide them with skills and resources to foster their resilience and healthy development. The project adopts a community-based approach (CBA) prioritizing participation of all community members, especially children, to ensure future recovery and social stability. To do so, War Child follows the ecological model, paying attention to coping at individual level, investing in capacities and resources of children, support parents and caregivers in their protective role and strengthen communities and institutions to ensure a nurturing environment fostering healthy development and emotional well-being. Children participate in project activities, which focus – amongst others - on the provision of safe spaces where children can play, structured psychosocial support (PSS), early childhood activities (ECCD), psychosocial support to parents, awareness raising and community events as well as capacity building of child protection structures and networks in the communities.

War Child Holland would like to invite qualified candidates to apply for the consultancy of video-editing for our Sports and Humanitarian Assistance (SaHA) project in Lebanon.

War Child is seeking to engage an external designer to design our annual report for the Lebanon office.

In-line with our vision of visualising data in interesting, clear and fresh ways, and creating a user-friendly and interactive communication approach. The report should be fresh, attractive, utilise

a range of graphics and photos to effectively communicate key results, priorities and future focuses to both internal and external audiences in a clear and concise way.

Overview:

Time To Be A Child (TTBAC) project addresses the need to protect Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children from abuse, exploitation, violence and provide them with skills and resources to foster their resilience and healthy development. The project adopts a community-based approach (CBA) prioritizing participation of all community members, especially children, to ensure future recovery and social stability. To do so, War Child follows the ecological model, paying attention to coping at individual level, investing in capacities and resources of children, support parents and caregivers in their protective role and strengthen communities and institutions to ensure a nurturing environment fostering healthy development and emotional well-being. Children participate in project activities, which focus – amongst others - on the provision of safe spaces where children can play, structured psychosocial support (PSS), early childhood activities (ECCD), psychosocial support to parents, awareness raising and community events as well as capacity building of child protection structures and networks in the communities.

The project is also targeting caregivers with the aim to help caregivers reduce their own distress and find greater support, so that they feel better emotionally and they improve their parenting skills.

Overview:

Time To Be A Child (TTBAC) project addresses the need to protect Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children from abuse, exploitation, violence and provide them with skills and resources to foster their resilience and healthy development. The project adopts a community-based approach (CBA) prioritizing participation of all community members, especially children, to ensure future recovery and social stability. To do so, War Child follows the ecological model, paying attention to coping at individual level, investing in capacities and resources of children, support parents and caregivers in their protective role and strengthen communities and institutions to ensure a nurturing environment fostering healthy development and emotional well-being. Children participate in project activities, which focus – amongst others - on the provision of safe spaces where children can play, structured psychosocial support (PSS), early childhood activities (ECCD), psychosocial support to parents, awareness raising and community events as well as capacity building of child protection structures and networks in the communities.

The project aims to build the competencies of community members in psychosocial support interventions. Therefore, the training will target facilitators already trained on War Child PSS programs and will provide them with new skills and techniques.

Overview:

Time To Be A Child (TTBAC) project addresses the need to protect Syrian and vulnerable Lebanese children from abuse, exploitation, violence and provide them with skills and resources to foster their resilience and healthy development. The project adopts a community-based approach (CBA) prioritizing participation of all community members, especially children, to ensure future recovery and social stability. To do so, War Child follows the ecological model, paying attention to coping at individual level, investing in capacities and resources of children, support parents and caregivers in their protective role and strengthen communities and institutions to ensure a nurturing environment fostering healthy development and emotional well-being. Children participate in project activities, which focus – amongst others - on the provision of safe spaces where children can play, structured psychosocial support (PSS), early childhood activities (ECCD), psychosocial support to parents, awareness raising and community events as well as capacity building of child protection structures and networks in the communities.

The project aims to improve self-confidence, self-discipline, and increases the capacity of children’s memory. It also promotes better social skills. The benefits of singing in a choir are many, and its effects on children are most powerful for children’s wellbeing. Choir singing encourages concepts like living together, accepting and respecting the other, promoting peace, and grasping on to culture and heritage. Studies show that choral singing plays a big role in improving psychological health

The BLN program has been specifically designed for use with out of school children (ages 10-14) in Lebanon.

The BLN program has been specifically designed for use with out of school children (ages 10-14) in Lebanon.