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Safeguarding Training at Amani - January 2024
Children with disabilities are at high risk of sexual abuse and there have been several cases over the years that indicate how vulnerable these children are!
Four years ago, the community workers at Amani were trained in contextualised child protection strategies. In January this year, Costansia Mselewa, one of these workers (fourth on the right) led two successful Safeguarding interactive sessions at Mikese and Cha Mwino.
These were an opportunity for staff and parents to learn more about how to keep children safe. Prevention is always better than cure and it was good to hear reports on how well attended these seminars were.
FOAT Trustee Cathy delivers Safeguarding Training - May 2022
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FOAT takes Safeguarding seriously! This is not only because the UK Charity Commission requires high standards in reducing risk for children, but because the heart of FOAT’s work is to advocate for the rights of vulnerable children and young people.
In May, one of our Trustees, Cathy Swanson ran a Child Protection Workshop in Morogoro which aimed to deliver quality training in Swahili. There were 32 delegates from across a range of NGOs, charities, churches, and projects. Eight delegates were from our very own Amani Centre, and another six came from the Ecumenical Project that FOAT supports in Shinyanga.
All in all, it was an exciting and collaborative opportunity which led to concrete action steps: each group left with a confidence in how they could make changes in their work practices that would protect children and promote their rights to a life free from exploitation and abuse.
