27 June 2025

The Moving Minds Alliance (MMA) has published a new thematic brief titled “Building Resilience Through Play: Evidence-Based Approaches for Children in Crisis Settings”.

The brief emphasizes the crucial yet often overlooked role of play in supporting children affected by emergencies and protracted crises. Play fosters healing, learning, resilience, and psychosocial well-being, making it an essential part of humanitarian response.

Despite increasing awareness of play’s importance, there remains a significant gap in systematic evidence and frameworks for play-based interventions—particularly for children with disabilities.

This publication provides effective play-based models from crisis and low-resource settings, highlighting strategies to promote play in humanitarian contexts. It calls for cross-sector collaboration and evidence-based approaches to ensure lasting impact.