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Training Seminar Ends With Better Understanding of Child Protection
Monday, 29 November 2010 20:12
By Abdoulie JohnA training of trainers’ seminar on child protection has resulted in a greater understanding of the scope and implications of issues of vulnerable children.
Organized by the Consortium of Organizations and Networks Working for Vulnerable Children, the seminar provided for participants a wide range of presentations and skill building essentially based on an interactive approach.
It was held at Paradise Suites Hotel, Kololi, and lasted from 25 to 26 November.
The Consortium comprises the Centre for Street Children and Children Trafficking Studies (CSCATS), Child Protection Alliance (CPA), International Social Service (ISS), and Child and Environmental Development Association-The Gambia (CEDAG).
Its Interim Coordinator/Secretary General, Sheikh E.T. Lewis, who is also CSCATS Administrator/CEO, said: “As Consortium members, we are important in the chain that has to do with the protection of children.”
Mr Lewis acknowledged the support provided for 36 months by ISS so as to redress child vulnerability through the payment of school fees, reintegration of children back to their families, etc.
The training seminar provided clear guidance and directions to Consortium members in ways and means of improving quality of services and policies by sharing and exchanging experiences. As such, participants were given the opportunity to have a clearer position in monitoring, promoting and defending vulnerable children.
In relation to how to improve advocacy skills in dealing with policy makers and media, Njundu Drammeh, CPA National Coordinator, drew the attention of participants to the need to use appropriate advocacy terms capable of bringing about change. He emphasized children participation as key in the advocacy process.
Highlighting the importance of social capital in children welfare, Ousainou Sarr, one of the presenters, noted that when we look at the social capital we come across norms and values geared towards the protection of the society. “In a traditional society, actions were taken to protect the child in reducing the severity of abuses.”
According to him, the formal social protection system is not enough to fully address the vulnerability of children. Consequently, he went on, there is need to take into consideration the social capital through adopting communities’ best practices.
The two-day training seminar will have a great impact on participants coming from different walks of life. It provided key advantages for the Consortium of Organizations and Networks Working for Vulnerable Children to use the most effective and efficient means to help children avoid being victimized.
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