🧠 “Psychosocial support is a lifeline,” says FCA Ukraine Country Director.
With 1.4M children at risk of mental health conditions, FCA’s work in schools & communities is helping rebuild resilience through safe spaces, art therapy & teacher support.
🎓 On #WorldTeachersDay, we honor educators like Haneen in #Gaza, teaching amid destruction. Haneen shared with us via voice message & smartphone photo, her daily life as a teacher in Khan Younis.
With FCA & Al Nayzak, 700 children now have safe spaces to learn and heal.
🔎 Today's seminar "Geopolitical Competition and Conflict Dynamics in the Horn of Africa" addressed the multifaceted and internationalised dimensions of the Sudan conflict within the broader Horn of Africa context.
The question of who is empowered through negotiations and what the consequences of transactional peacemaking are for civilians and civic actors were high on the agenda in a seminar @fiia.fi had the honor to co-organize today with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the @finnchurchaid.bsky.social.
🌍 Africa’s digital economy is booming—but access remains uneven. FCA Ethiopia brought Nordic & EU reps together with local leaders to boost Ethiopia’s digital future.
🕊️ Peace is essential for justice and the SDGs—but it must be fair for all. In a world facing growing instability, how do we ensure peace is both sustainable and just?
🌍 With SSF III support, FCA supports women leaders in #Somalia.
🕊️ ‘Peace Mothers’ & district councillors trained in advocacy, conflict resolution & resilience 💪 Peer networks now link grassroots voices to national platforms 🤝
🇺🇦 For 148 Ukranian teens, 7 days in the historical #Chernivtsi region were not just a summer camp — they were a chance to step out of the shadow of war, catch up on learning, and rediscover the joy of being together. 💚
🎒 Today, over 700,000 students in #Gaza should be starting the new school year.
Instead of hopeful anticipation during this #BackToSchool season, the right to education is once again denied for Gaza's children. Many may never return to school.
💔 Chani Maya Lo remembers the horror brought by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake 10 years ago in Nepal. Her entire family could have died if things had been different.
With the help of FCA she rebuilt their home stronger & more earthquake resistant.
Last year, we helped 579,814 pupils back to school. 💚
Education does not just give you skills, it gives you the ability to contribute to your community & to the world. For children, schools are also safe spaces, especially when their environment is affected by crises & disasters.
“Education is not a luxury; it is a life-saving intervention. When education is funded, children survive, heal, & thrive. When not, children suffer. No child should be denied education.”
🧑🏾🏫 But education is nothing without qualified teachers.
