No Child Left Behind: Humanitarian Aid for Children in Palestine
Focus: Emergency relief, trauma support and resilience-building
Who: 2,897+ children directly, 8,790 reached
Where: Gaza Strip and West Bank, Palestine
When: 2025
Partner: Tamer Institute for Community Education
Supported by the Danish Emergency Relief Fund/CISU
Across Palestine, children are facing one of the worst crises in recent history. Homes have been destroyed. Families are displaced. Schools have been turned into shelters – or reduced to rubble. For thousands of Palestinian children, safety and routine have vanished overnight.
No Child Left Behind responds to this crisis with more than food and blankets. We protect children’s mental health. In partnership with Tamer Institute for Community Education, we deliver emergency educational kits, basic hygiene supplies, and psychosocial support that helps children and families cope, process, and rebuild.
What we do together
This project reaches families in the middle of displacement, destruction, and fear. Working through Tamer Institute’s trusted network, we deliver support where it’s needed most – quickly, safely, and with care. Every action is designed to meet both urgent needs and long-term mental health.
Educational kits help children return to a sense of normalcy. In crowded shelters or damaged homes, these kits provide the simple tools – pencils, notebooks, books – that make it possible to learn, focus, and feel like a child again.
Hygiene kits support dignity and health. They contain essential items for daily care, helping families maintain routines that are vital for psychological stability and well-being.
Psychosocial support sessions offer space to breathe. Led by trained facilitators, these sessions use storytelling, drawing, movement, and play to help children release tension and find moments of calm. These are not luxuries, they are lifelines.
We also support parents, caregivers, and community librarians – those on the frontlines of care. Many are experiencing secondary trauma and exhaustion. This project gives them tools to support both themselves and the children in their care.
Project activities
- 920 educational kits distributed to children in shelters and emergency settings
- 917 hygiene kits delivered to displaced families across Gaza and the West Bank
- psychosocial support for 1,060 children, caregivers, frontline workers, youth, and community workers
- Inclusive outreach and follow-up, with a focus on children with disabilities and particularly vulnerable groups, ensuring access and relevance of support activities
- Local coordination and implementation led by Tamer Institute staff and community-based facilitators across 10 locations
Led by local partners, rooted in community trust
In times of crisis, speed and trust matter. That’s why this project is implemented entirely through local structures. Tamer Institute coordinates activities through its field offices in Gaza and the West Bank, relying on teams who know the communities, the challenges, and the children personally.
Local facilitators—many of whom are librarians, educators, or youth workers—carry out the support activities in ten different locations. Their presence ensures continuity, cultural sensitivity, and safe access, even in volatile areas.
This model both efficient and ethical. It centers Palestinian expertise and ensures that support is relevant, timely, and grounded in the realities of each community.
Help us ensure no child is left behind
Support our emergency response that protects not just physical survival, but also mental health, learning, and dignity. By contributing to DHIP, you help Palestinian children, youth, and families recover, reconnect, and resist despair.