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Sri Lanka A World Vision poster educating on child abuse with its “good touch, bad touch” message is used through children’s clubs and other projects. The value of visual resources, which link image to concept to laws, cannot be overstated. The dedicated position will be further resourced next financial year, and budget allocated to assist in policy implementation. This will enable translation of relevant materials, specific training for community mobilisers, and better monitoring of policy implementation at project level. Project linkage Policy change and raising the awareness of senior staff has enabled principles to be applied at community level. The Children’s Society approach (see following section), which was in existence before the policy, has changed its focus to engage in child protection. It used to be a vehicle for child development through education but the children did not set their own agenda. Children and the wider community now know that they have rights and that World Vision wants to work with them to promote child protection. These societies are now an avenue for participation of children based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and community members have been influenced by staff to include children’s views in discussions on community planning. Guidelines have been prepared on what to do if there is an issue of child abuse in the community: “In the past, if a child was abused in the community, World Vision would urge the community leaders to make a complaint to police. Today staff take issues to the courts with families to get justice for children. World Vision now takes a vehicle to the police station and parks it there, so that the community can see that World Vision is supporting this.” – World Vision Sri Lanka CEDC specialist 67
Sri Lanka Partnership for education in Padiyatalawa As well as liaising with the National Child Protection Authority and law enforcers on cases of child abuse, World Vision Sri Lanka has worked in partnerships to tackle the issue of access to quality education, another of the five priority issues identified by children in the Children’s Challenge report. The World Vision Sri Lanka program has a valuable model, which works with education authorities to improve the situation for children at the Padiyatalawa development project. A household survey of 4,000 families showed that child abuse was a concern in the community, with many children having experienced some form of abuse. The District director of education was approached about working on this issue through 10 schools in the area. A training curriculum was developed to give orientation and training to the 10 principals and two teachers per school. More detailed training was then prepared for 30 children per school one day per week over two months. Consultants have been used in this process and one staff member coordinates and supports the child-to-child approach. The expectation was that these 30 children would then pass their training on to a further 10 children each, and in the process become youth leaders with their peers. Projects pass information on to World Vision Sri Lanka’s specialist on CEDC (Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances), who then writes an official letter to the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) to inform them of the case. Later, he follows up with the NCPA and requests follow-up if action has been slow. Cooperation with the special unit of the Women’s and Children’s Bureau in the police is strong and similar follow-up occurs. To date, two cases have been pursued in this way. Project leaders pass the information on, although they are sometimes afraid of possible negative consequences. Recently, World Vision has responded to a case where a 9-year-old girl in a community was raped by an off-duty soldier. The family was afraid to report. The girl needed to go to the hospital, which reported the case (due to mandatory reporting), but the family was still fearful and did not corroborate the report. World Vision project staff contacted the family to say that they would support the case going forward and provide financial support. The whole project team of five went to the police station to support the family when they made their report. Partners in this process Promoting child protection is a political task as well as a development priority. Sri Lanka has an effective model of gaining national attention through political advocacy using the mechanisms of government and media. Save the Children, working with other NGOs, timed the “Sri Lankan Children’s Challenge” to coincide with the UNGASS on Children. Children from different organisations’ programs were involved in the Challenge, which surveyed 11,000 children and drew up a list of priorities. While its recommendations are general, they are worthy of note with regard to program planning in the interests of children. They urge response to the following areas (which coincide with World Vision’s own country strategy): 3 Pauline Taylor McKeown, Save the Children Sri Lanka, interview, 2002 68
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