Programme Description
The core goals of the programme are for each participating partner to implement a Child Protection Policy within their organisation and to appoint a Child Protection Officer at the most senior level.
The people in the organisations/structures have a deeper personal knowledge and are equipped with tools that they in turnwill be able to implement in order to protect children from neglect, physical, psychological, emotional and sexual abuse.
South Africa – Rest of Africa
GCF can assist with an understanding of how to implement this through training and further collaboration with partners, such as religious and traditional leaders.
Partners are aware that they have a strong role to play concerning the promotion of children’s rights and child protection and have taken concrete action in this direction.
Leaders within partners create and implement clear structures and procedures to deal with all Child Protection matters in their areas of responsibility, and these structures are known by, and available to, children in their areas of responsibility.
Problem Statement
Children’s rights are often misinterpreted and therefore not conformed to in families, schools, organisations and churches.
Rights remain unrealised for many of the most vulnerable children, locking them into negative cycles of poverty, poor development and inter-generational exclusion.
Target Group
It is aimed at all partners who work to create safer environments for children, allowing for the attitude towards Child Protection to be changed among key persons.