Child Protection

Project Name: Provision of child protection services, family Tracing, reunification, and psychosocial support to children on the move, IDPs and host communities.
Project Province: Kandahar & Nimroz
Donor: UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
Beneficiaries: Host Community, IDPs & Returnees
Project Start Date: 01 jan 2025
Project End Date: 31 Dec 2025
Total Directed Beneficiaries: 175000

Project Overview

Child protection efforts focus on creating safe and supportive environments for children and caregivers, ensuring their psychological and emotional well-being through structured psychosocial support (PSS). These interventions include Child-Friendly Spaces (CFSs) in homes, communities, and health facilities, where children and caregivers receive emotional and social support. Community-based sessions in schools and local gatherings further strengthen resilience. Small departing gifts for children visiting CFSs add a sense of comfort, while recreational activities and psychosocial well-being messages are delivered in schools, community-based education (CBEs), health facilities, transit centers, and communities. For those in need of specialized mental health services, referrals are made to external professionals, internal psychosocial counselors, or financial support is provided. Economic and social reintegration programs assist affected children and adults, ensuring their stable return to society. Vulnerable children receive structured case management through CPIMS+, while referrals to educational services ensure continued learning and development. These comprehensive strategies aim to safeguard children’s rights and foster their holistic growth in secure environments.

Project Key Activities

children and caregivers provided structured PSS (Child-Friendly Spaces, homes, and communities).
Small departing gifts for the children visiting CFSs.
Provide recreational activities and psychosocial wellbeing messages to children in schools, CBEs, health facilities, border transit centers and communities.
children and caregivers referred to specialized services (mental health). (To external services).
Provide economic and social reintegration services to affected children and adults.
Provide case management services to vulnerable children received case Management services through CPIMS+.
UASC/UAMs children provided with Family Tracing (FTR) services.
Number of children received post arrival package. (Clothes, shoes, etc).
Provision of two-day capacity building training on child rights, child protection, GBV to frontline workers.
Community members, leaders, and parents have become more effective in preventing violence and harmful practices against girls, boys, and women.
Formation of 15 community structures (Community based child action network (CBCPAN) in target districts and provide 2 days capacity building training to 100 CBCPAN members). Refresher training in phase II to the same members.
Women, girls and boys accessing GBV prevention and risk mitigation services.

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Children Reached with PSS

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Parents Reached with PSS

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Case Management Done

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Children Reunified

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Small Bussiness

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Funds Utilized

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Employees Working

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