Child Friendly Spaces

Protection interventions (Save the Children, 2008)

Child-friendly spaces in Pakistan (World Vision, 2008)

Photo gallery:  Child-friendly spaces in disaster zones (World Vision, 2007).

Safe spaces for children in Darfur--Photoessay (International Rescue Committee, 2007)

Soloman Island safe spaces (Madfis, J., 2007)

Child and youth protection and development unit: Emergency responses (IRC CYPD, 2006)

This document highlights the work of the International Rescue Committee--Child and Youth Protection Development Unit in response to emergency situations. Global examples include Pakistan, Darfur, and Banda Aceh.

Lebanon emergency intervention:  Child friendly spaces and social protection initiatives in Tyre and Nabatiye (Relief Web, 2006)

Providing safe havens for children in Pakistan's Quake Zone (Hermoso, R., 2006)

Child friendly spaces (CFS) in crisis situations  (World Vision International, 2005) 
This document defines and explores approaches to child friendly spaces. It also highlights how to implement a child friendly space and what may be required.

IRC support for child Tsunami survivors goes beyond healing physical wounds (International Rescue Committee, 2005)

"Ready to Go" program helps youngsters displaced by Katrina (International Rescue Committee, 2005)

Safety nets, soccer-style (Barnicle, J., 2005)

Sudan:  The recuperative power of wartime recreation (Christian Children's Fund, 2004)

After war, child friendly space give Iraqi children a chance to play  (Unicef, 2003)

Child centered spaces: Safe places for healing (Nosbach, M., n.d.)

This document highlights the Christian Children's Fund approach to emergency response, as well as provides a case example of child centered spaces within Sri Lanka.

Child protection in emergencies--Child centered spaces: A safe space for children (Christian Children's Fund, n.d.) 

This document emphasizes the importance of child-centred spaces immediatly following an emergency situation.