Location and general information
Access to Sport - 
Children with disabilities - 
Conflict victims - 
Personal developmentContext
Northern Mozambique has suffered from conflict and insecurity since 2017. Deterioration in the security situation and an increase in attacks has coincided with several emergencies: cyclone Kenneth in 2019, severe flooding in early 2020 and the emergence of COVID-19 in March 2020. Currently, 335,000 people have been displaced by insecurity, with children making up 50%. During this time, children have suffered from a sustained loss of education and exposure to traumatic situations.
Project content
Sport will be used to address the psychosocial needs of children affected by conflict and emergencies, while helping displaced children integrate into their host communities. Street Child will help schools to understand the needs of pupils and facilitate support sessions for them as they return to school post displacement and COVID-19. Community sessions will also be delivered by trained facilitators to out-of-school children.
Objectives
- Address the psychosocial needs of children who have been affected by conflict, displacement and emergency situations
- Support retention of children in school through the provision of support services
- Promote integration between displaced and host communities
- Promote children’s rights and strengthen protection mechanisms in the wider community
Project activities
- Delivery of psychosocial support sessions to in-school and out-of-school children, using recreational activities, including sport, to help them deal with trauma and build life skills
- Providing training workshops for psychosocial support facilitators in the use of play-based activities as a tool for integration and development
- Providing teacher and school council workshops on the delivery of psychosocial support in schools and creating inclusive environments
- Holding community awareness-raising campaigns on children’s rights and protection services
Expected results
- 6,000 children (3,000 girls and 3,000 boys) will receive psychosocial support and integration support through in-school and community-based activities
- 90 school educational staff will receive training in psychosocial support to promote inclusive environments for all pupils
- 12 local community facilitators will receive training on the delivery of play-based psychosocial support interventions
- 6 communities will receive awareness-raising on children’s rights and child protection services
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