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Save the Children: Child Protection Systems for Local NGOs

'Ensuring a Child-Safe Organization (ESCO) Project' aims to help local agencies working in the Tsunami-affected areas to develop their own child protection policy and guidelines. Save the Children UK team will assist organizations in trainings, assessment and consultations, which are necessary steps to set this up. The idea is not to tell them what they should do, but to support them in developing their own policy and guidelines so that they have a sense of ownership.

A 'training toolkit' has been developed for this purpose. It contains 3 modules for trainings that SC-UK will provide to local agencies. However, if agencies wish to conduct their own trainings, they can choose to receive the toolkit and do it on their own. Alternatively, SC-UK can provide training of trainers (TOT) along with the distribution of toolkit.

The toolkit is written in user-friendly format, and includes materials that encourage active discussion among participants. Its 3 modules are:

Module 1: Awareness raising regarding child abuse/child protection
Module 2: Organization's contact with children & how well organization deals with child protection issues (good practices documented)
Module 3: What an organization can do to improve its child protection status
(Optional element: International NGO child protection standards system)

Following the 3 modules, SC-UK can also assist organizations in preliminary assessment and evaluation of implementation. Certification is available at the completion of the awareness raising module and organizational assessment. An ESCO Award, validated by Save the Children, UNICEF, and ECPAT, is granted to organizations that successfully implement their child protection system.

The first awareness raising workshop (module 1 – one day) is scheduled for the 14th of December 2005, at the Andaburi Resort, Khao Lak, Phangnga. If your organization is interested in participating in this process, please realize that this is an organizational effort, and will involved people from management to grass root levels.

For more information and to confirm your attendance, please contact:
Sinart King, Thailand Child Protection Policy Project Officer
Mobile: (66) (0)1 701-7505
sinart@seapro.or.th

Save the Children UK
14 Fl, Maneeya Center Bldg, 518/5, Ploenchit Rd.
Lumpini, Pratumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel: (66) (0)2 684 1286
Fax: (66) (0)2 684 1289