Child Protection Training & Advocacy
Ensuring Every Child’s Safety and Rights
Our Child Protection and Advocacy program works to prevent child abuse, support schools and communities, and create a safer environment where children can thrive and reach their full potential.
The child protection program was started in 2015. This came about due the demand and need to face the rise in child abuse cases in Gulu located in the northern part of Uganda.
Since 2015, the project has trained more than 50 schools before the COVID-19 outbreak and over 80 schools after. Each school has atleast 300 children that have benefited from the project and over 30 school staff in each school.
The program mainly targets;
1. Schools
Under schools, the program focuses on; school-going children, school staff, i.e., teachers, non-teaching staff, the Parent and Teacher Association (PTA), school management committees (SMC), head teachers, senior male and female teachers, and deputy heads.
2. Community
In the community, The program extends its activities towards; local councilors, children who do not go to school, parents, village savings and loan association groups (VSLA), and police.
Activities
- Child Protection and Behavior Management Trainings.
- Case management
- Community dialogues
- Collaboration and partnership with other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and Community Based Organizations (CBO), Police, Gulu District Local Government (GDLG) and Gulu City