For us, it's actually a central part of the programming. Primarily we have what we call our child-centred program, with protection mechanisms and so on at the forefront of that model. But built into that model are ensuring the protective environments and the points of interaction for the child. The parents are obviously foremost in that model, and are very often the entry point for War Child's programming in terms of when you start your needs assessment and understanding where some of the highest risks are.
In our particular situation, very often it's related to the home situation based on the circumstances of the conflict. So it's ensuring that the mothers and the female heads of households have access themselves to education, to livelihoods, and to the type of life-changing circumstances that we know will then have a positive impact on their children.
With fathers, it's different. Very often, for us, fathers are more a part of the advocacy work of our engagement. That's often about awareness for the men in communities, to understand the importance of the work with women and children. Afghanistan just sticks out as an example for us of such a successful program there. We really focused on the women and we focused on mothers, understanding that they are ultimately the primary protective mechanism for the children and how we then would be able to work more directly with children. But that also required significant understanding and almost approval of the men in the communities, whether it be fathers, as parents, or religious leaders.