CFS have been used widely since 1999 . They began as a rights-based approach developed by UNICEF to guarantee children 's rights to survival , development , participation and protection , especially at times of crisis or instability . UNICEF launched the first CFC during the Kosovo crisis in Albania in April 1999 . Subsequently , CFS were used in the camps for the survivors of a 1999 earthquake in Turkey . They then became a common part of the humanitarian response and have since been used in Angola , Chad , Colombia , Denmark , East Timor , El Salvador , Ethiopia , Finland , Germany , Greece , India , Iran , Iraq , Iran , Jordan , Lebanon , Liberia , Mali , Russia , Occupied Palestinian Territories , Pakistan , Paraguay , Philippines , Serbia , Somalia , Spain , Syria , Tanzania , Turkey , and Uganda , among other countries
1999 earthquake in Turkey
1999 Düzce earthquake
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