Too many girls and boys in MEER, have their childhoods severely damaged by conflict, natural disaster, migration and forced displacement. On the run to seek protection and well-being, they find their way to camps, host communities, and foreign lands where they experience further violence and lack even basic support. They are unable to make up for lost education, forced to marry, suffer from preventable diseases, and even starvation. They face harsh environmental conditions including dangerous cold and scorching heat, explosive hazards, damaged water and sanitation networks, and even grave violations of their rights including sexual abuse, killing, maiming and recruitment into armed groups.