Humanitarian Action for Children 2021
Thanks to UNICEF, 71,229 children (35,699 girls) were reached with birth notification in 2021, almost double
the number in 2020. An assessment was undertaken of the digital birth notification system and its potential
interoperability with a comprehensive Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system.
In partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), 64,208 individuals (20,587 girls; 21,730
boys; 11,376 women; 10,515 men) living in high-risk mine areas were reached with key lifesaving explosive
ordnance risk education (EORE). A total of 2,940 community liaison leaders (1,423 women) were trained on
EORE to disseminate messages to their communities.
Implementation of the security arrangements for R-ARCSS continued. The Joint Defence Board commenced
the screening of armed forces and groups in preparation for establishing the unified armed forces. This provided
an opportunity to identify CAFAAG, allowing for 12 boys to be released in 2021. A total of 514 former CAFAAG
(127 girls) continued to benefit from UNICEF-supported reintegration programmes.
UNICEF has continued to strengthen Government capacities to deliver child friendly justice services. A total of
112 Government staff (40 women) such as judges, prosecutors, social workers, and prison and police officers,
received multidisciplinary training to strengthen awareness of child rights and the coordination and collaboration
on children in conflict with the law. Nine Government, civil society organization (CSO) and academic facilitators
were trained to cascade the trainings at the sub-national level using a new facilitators guide and participant
handbook. UNICEF supported the provision of case management services including MHPSS, FTR and referrals
for 561 children and youth (191 girls) in conflict with the law.
UNICEF continued it engagement with 10 national NGOs to scale up the localization strategy through intensive
support with focused trainings, coaching and mentoring in both institutional development and child protection
programming and service delivery.
Table 5: Key indicators table for child protection, GBV and PSEA
Indicators
# of children reached with
psychosocial support (PSS)
Cluster/sector
2021 Target
Cluster/sector
total results
UNICEF
UNICEF
2021
Total
Target
results
92,790
N/A
N/A
80,000
(43,700
female)
100,000
99,524
# of people reached by gender-
based violence (GBV) prevention
and response services
ā
Education
In 2021, UNICEF provided education support to the development and humanitarian response in the context of
multiple challenges to delivering quality education to all children.
On the humanitarian front, UNICEF provided essential EiE services and supplies to 948,428 children (435,121
girls) in humanitarian situations, allowing them to access and utilize pre-primary, primary, and secondary
education services. UNICEF constructed and rehabilitated 21 schools and 42 classrooms to provide conducive
learning spaces; provided WASH facilities; and constructed 20 climate-resilient kitchens and food stores to
support school feeding in collaboration with WFP, which assure longevity of infrastructure particularly for areas
regularly affected by seasonal flooding.
UNICEF procured and distributed essential education supplies including 43,961 dignity kits for adolescent girls,
2,101 recreation kits to support the development of social and life skills, 3,237 student kits and 2,542 teacher
kits to supplement the new curriculum materials, and 954 early childhood development (ECD) kits for preschool
children and their caregivers.
UNICEF successfully advocated for the reopening of schools that had been closed due to the COVID-19
pandemic. With the successful reopening of schools in May 2021 after 14 months of closure, UNICEF supported
schools to resume functioning by disinfecting learning premises, providing infection prevention and control
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