Conflict & War

A conflict is a fight between armed troops. War is the hostility towards other parties issued officially by governments/states. Conflicts are part of war, though not every war sees actual conflict, nor is every conflict connected to war.

Conflict/armed conflict: when armed force is used by an organised actor against another organised actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 25 battle-related deaths in one calendar year. The definition includes three types of conflict:

• State-based conflict takes place between two states (inter-state conflict), or between one state and one or more rebel groups (civil conflict)
• Non-state conflict is fought between two organized, armed actors, of which neither is the government of a state
• One-sided violence is perpetrated by an organized armed group, either a state’s military forces or an armed group, against civilians. 

Child protection:

• Child Friendly Spaces: To give children a sense of normality and recover from distressing experiences
• Reuniting children who have been separated from their parents or guardians in the violence

Education:

• Delivering non-formal education and primary education via temporary learning centres
• Rehabilitating or rebuilding schools which have been damaged during the conflict

Health:

• Supporting or running health centres and hospitals and setting up remote outreach posts to ensure that children get the healthcare they need, wherever they are
• Running Mobile Health & Nutrition Teams that provide primary healthcare to remote communities
• Provide essential medical supplies, equipment and medicines, including solar power system equipment and fuel
• Treating moderate cases of malnutrition in the community, and severe cases in specialised stabilisation centres

Food Security & Livelihoods:

• Distributing unconditional cash and food vouchers to empower families to decide how to meet their own needs and feed their families using available local resources
• Providing livestock, such as cows, to help replenish herds and recover livelihoods
• Food distribution

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene:

• Distributing hygiene kits and dignity kits to help children stay healthy and to curb the spread of disease
• Carrying out Water Trucking to ensure that communities have access to clean drinking water
• Training communities to be able to install and repair water systems, such as hand pumps, to ensure that they can maintain a constant supply of clean water
• Constructing water points, emergency latrines, and bathing units, as well as running environmental sanitation activities, such as solid waste and drainage management to reduce the risk of disease outbreak

Shelter:

• Providing winterisation kits, fuel, blankets, and warm clothes to help families stay warm when temperatures drop
• Distributing core relief items such as new arrival kits, shelter kits, hygiene kits, cooking utensils and sleeping materials
• Technical, Vocation, Education & Training Programme for youth