{"id":49058,"title":"Displaced children in Afar reclaim their childhood through education in conflict zones","type":"actualidad","template":"","content":"<span data-teams=\"true\">\u00a0The Afar region in Ethiopia has been significantly affected by recurrent insecurity, including spillover violence from the northern conflict and intermittent clashes along regional borders, which continue to disrupt pastoralist livelihoods and heighten community vulnerability.<\/span> Forced displacement and the destruction of infrastructure have left <strong>thousands of children without consistent access to education<\/strong>, with the significant emotional and social consequences this entails.\r\nTo address this situation, Ayuda en Acci\u00f3n, in collaboration with AISDA and with funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/elankidetza.euskadi.eus\/inicio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Basque Agency for Development Cooperation (AVCD)<\/a> and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia (DFBizkaia), has launched an initiative to transform seven schools in the districts of Chifra, Ewa and Gulina into safe, violence-free learning spaces.\r\n<h2>Recreational kits to reactivate schools<\/h2>\r\nThe project has included the <strong>distribution of recreational kits<\/strong> \u2014 footballs, volleyballs, skipping ropes, storybooks and board games \u2014 which have helped restore previously damaged school grounds. According to teachers, these resources have significantly increased student enthusiasm and improved attendance.\r\n\r\nBeyond the material component, structured play activities are contributing to <strong>psychosocial recovery<\/strong>: teachers report a reduction in aggressive behaviour and an improvement in classroom coexistence. In total, 3,953 students have benefited from the intervention.\r\n<h2>The testimony of a family from Ewa Woreda<\/h2>\r\nSofia Mohammed, a sixth-grade student at Huletgna Badule school, is one of the project's beneficiaries. Her family was displaced by the conflict and, for months, her mother did not feel safe sending her back to school. Today, the situation has changed: \"My children feel safe and excited to go to school every day,\" she says.\u00a0Sofia herself confirms it: \"Volleyball and all the games at school are so much fun! I love going to school!\"\r\nEducation in conflict zones is a right that is too often suspended precisely when it is needed most. Initiatives like this one demonstrate that restoring it is possible \u2014 and that its effects reach far beyond the classroom.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49176\" src=\"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sophia-etiopia-480x589.jpg\" alt=\"Joven et\u00edope con su madre\" width=\"480\" height=\"589\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/>","excerpt":"","slug":"education-conflict-zones","image":{"alt":"Ni\u00f1as de Afar con pelota de voleybol","caption":"","height":1440,"src":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/educacion-conflicto-afar-150x113.jpg","small":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/educacion-conflicto-afar-480x360.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/educacion-conflicto-afar-1024x768.jpg","large":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/educacion-conflicto-afar.jpg","original":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/educacion-conflicto-afar.jpg"},"width":1920},"date":"2026-03-13 10:16:40","":{"actualidad_description_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualidad\/49058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualidad"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualidad"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayudaenaccion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}