# War Child campaign to receive support from two newspapers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/09/07/war-child-campaign-receive-support-two-newspapers/
- Published: 2018-09-07T17:16:37+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Children’s charity War Child will this Autumn benefit from a social awareness 
campaign by the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers. The ‘Learn to Live’
campaign is aiming to raise awareness of the importance of education and mental 
health provisions for children affected by conflict.**

 

The campaign will twin schools in London with children in war zones across the world,
with the aim of promoting empathy, understanding and support, “so that students 
can learn, share and advocate for change together”.

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War Child works with children in war zones and is raising awareness of the need 
for mental health provision for children to be able to live and learn for a better
future.

 

> Our [#LearnToLive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LearnToLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> campaign with [@EveningStandard](https://twitter.com/EveningStandard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)&
> [@Independent](https://twitter.com/Independent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is live!
> It’s about making sure children affected by conflict have the education & mental
> health services they need to learn.
> Find out more here ➡️ [https://t.co/ehRcgvzdeN](https://t.co/ehRcgvzdeN) [pic.twitter.com/YET77azdzn](https://t.co/YET77azdzn)
> — War Child UK (@WarChildUK) [September 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/WarChildUK/status/1037652805220270082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

 

 

Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Evening Standard and the Independent, explained: “It
is a shocking fact that one in six children live in war zones… We will work to ensure
access to meaningful education and mental health services. Together, we will show
these children that they have not been forgotten.”

 

## Fundraising concerts

 

The campaign will culminate in three nights of live music concerts at O2 Shepherd’s
Bush Empire to highlight the campaign’s key messages and raise funds for War Child.

 

## Vanessa Kirby

 

Actor Vanessa Kirby has also joined the charity as Global Ambassador and is already
promoting the Learn to Live campaign.

 

> Our new Global Ambassador is Vanessa Kirby!
> She visited a school for [#LearnToLive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LearnToLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> our campaign w/[@EveningStandard](https://twitter.com/EveningStandard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)&
> [@Independent](https://twitter.com/Independent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to raise awareness
> of education & mental health support for children in war. And she brought a friend…
> [#EscapeRobot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EscapeRobot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> More [https://t.co/qnaE8QGIAQ](https://t.co/qnaE8QGIAQ) [pic.twitter.com/N5iGzzRBxr](https://t.co/N5iGzzRBxr)
> — War Child UK (@WarChildUK) [September 7, 2018](https://twitter.com/WarChildUK/status/1038052547645370369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

 

 

Rob Williams OBE, War Child UK’s CEO, said: “Children’s rights and voices are at
the heart of our mission and we think that working with school children and giving
them the chance to learn from each other is a brilliant way for children’s voices–
so often absent from the news – to be heard and shared.”

 

 

 

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