This report, “Advocates for Change: Asia Pacific Children and Youth’s Voices & Perspectives on Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction”, is the result of the collaboration between partners from different development organizations. This project commenced in May 2024 and culminated in the launch of the report in October 2024 by the Asia Pacific Coalition for School Safety (APCSS).

Disasters pose a substantial and growing threat to children and youth's well-being, and climate change is a rising threat to the environment and livelihood, including the survival and well-being of future generations. However, children and youth continue to be on the frontlines in combating climate change and building resilience in their communities. There have been consultative and robust research on child-centred risk reduction and school safety developed globally and in Asia-Pacific. Drawing from the findings, we highlight young people’s voices and perspectives in urging governments, DRR partners, and practitioners to undertake the following actions in line with the underlying goals of the 10th APMCDRR.

New research to analyize the economic beneift of Official Development Assistance (ODA) programming that directly or indirectly targets children found that every $1USD of child-related ODA directly or indirectly results in a $10USD return and highlights that investing in children is a way to maximise the benefit that donors see from their ODA programmes. 

The Laetem Dak Kona (LDK) project, funded by the Australian Government’s Water for Women Fund, will be implemented by World Vision Vanuatu with and through its key partners in the two northern provinces of Vanuatu, SANMA and TORBA from 2018-2022.

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Bogotá, November 19, 2013. Held at the headquarters of the Francisco Palau Spirituality Center in the Colombian capital November 12 – 14, 2013 was the Latin American Meeting entitled Comprehensive Pastoral Care for Children, a proposal for communion among our peoples

Every year, almost unbelievably, violence steals the childhoods of 1.7 billion children around the world. It happens in every country, city and community. They are forced to fight in adult wars, make decisions and witness things no child should see.

Every year, almost unbelievably, violence steals the childhoods of 1.7 billion children around the world. It happens in every country, city and community. They are forced to fight in adult wars, make decisions and witness things no child should see.