Uplifting Young Children’s Voices for Social Change

The Humanitarian Collaborative participated in a panel at the 2025 Comparative International Education Society (CIES) conference, highlighting innovative, tech-enabled approaches to amplifying young children’s voices in crisis settings. Showcasing participatory projects from Colombia, Turkey, and Bangladesh, the panel featured tools like GoPros, disposable cameras, and digital storytelling to help children aged 5-12 share their lived experiences–from forced migration and natural disasters to life in refugee camps. These efforts help position children’s perspectives to shape the policies and communities that affect them.