Game-style video shows terror of war through the eyes of a child
Children in conflicts, Education in emergencies
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A hard-hitting new video has been launched which shows the horror of war through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl called Nima.
Made in the style of a first-person shooting game, Duty of Care has been released today by to highlight the lack of funding for child protection in conflicts.
The scenarios in the video, including witnessing the shooting of a parent, are drawn from real-life testimonies of children in War Child鶹APPs projects across Africa and the Middle East.
The charity鶹APPs United Kingdom CEO, Rob Williams, said: 鶹APPWe know that child protection interventions in war save lives. In humanitarian emergencies, tangible forms of aid take precedence over protection and education, which are chronically underfunded.
鶹APPThe truth is, while food, water and shelter are daily necessities, they do not keep a child in war safe from harm.鶹APP
Gordon Brown, the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, for children. He said there were 鶹APPrising numbers of girls and boys at risk from conflict鶹APP and emphasised the need for a humanitarian fund for education in emergencies.
Watch the video here
Last year only 1% of all humanitarian aid went to education in emergencies, which includes conflicts and natural disasters.
Led by A World at School, more than 40 of the world鶹APPs leading charities and campaign organisations calling for a public commitment for an education in emergencies fund to be made at the .
At the summit earlier this month, the Global Humanitarian Platform and Fund for Education in Emergencies was agreed. Leaders to improve how aid is provided in emergencies and urgently address the gap in funding of education in emergencies.
War Child UK鶹APPs video is part of its to urge reform to the humanitarian system which neglects the needs and rights of children in war.
The charity released another shocking statistic today 鶹APP that less than 3% of humanitarian funding is spent on protecting children in war zones, despite them making up more than 50% of those affected.
The campaign is targeting the in 2016 and War Child UK is calling on the British government to use its influence to prevent grave violations against children in conflicts.
Mr Williams added: 鶹APPThe HELP campaign aims to ensure that children are no longer by-passed by the humanitarian system but put at the centre of what humanitarianism is trying to achieve 鶹APP saving lives and ensuring a peaceful return to dignity and self-reliance.鶹APP
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