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The Community
Child Protection Programme
The Community Child Protection Programme is
a formal forum set up on a district wise basis
as well as at grassroots level to ensure
community development with respect to
child protection and welfare.
This programme will allow for interplay of dynamic top down and bottom up forces to provide for equilibrium in an otherwise open system.
It will act as a recipient of information, education and communication campaign as well as empowerment processes.
Objectives of the CCPP: create awareness and opportunities for appropriate “home grown” capacity building for people interested in working for the welfare of children.
encourage and enable prevention rather than reacting to cases of child abuse and neglect as well as violence against children.
act as a surveillance mechanism to identify children at risk and victims of abuse.
encourage the reporting of any suspected case of
child abuse to the Ministry where appropriate remedial
action is initiated.
arouse national consciousness on the problem of child
abuse, neglect and violence against children.
encourage solidarity and a co-ordinated approach to
the problem of child abuse.
better protect children against risks of degradation of
international environment.
involve community action in the prevention of child
abuse and rehabilitation of children, victims of abuse and
neglect.
ensure better handling and monitoring of cases
reported to the Ministry through case conferencing at FSB
level and through Area Child Protection Committees that
will feed into a National Child Protection Committee
chaired by the Minister.
ensure that the community owns child protection projects and activities and also understand the notion of accountability with respect to violence against children.
allow for interface and mediation between service provider and service user.
To enable timely evaluation of Child Protection Policies.
To inculcate a culture of non-violence as per the child rights based perspective within families and communities
The Main Components of the CCPP
The District Child Protection
Committee
The District Child Protection committee:
will have the responsibility to take cognizance, discuss,
review and monitor situations/conditions leading to abuse
and neglect in children within the district.
will work on formulating programmes, activities, and
awareness campaigns to empower the community in the
identification, referral and follow-up of child abuse cases.
will work towards enlisting the collaboration and
participation of the community in the fight against child abuse
The National Child
Protection Committee
This committee will: coordinate and monitor the work of the District Child Protection Committees and the Community Child Watch to develop
work on policies to review and monitor procedures for inter-agency work for the protection of children.
make appropriate recommendations to ensure coordinations and concrete actions including training/IEC campaigns in relation to child protection.
Composition of the National Child Protection Committee:
High level officers of Ministries
Representatives of District Child Protection Committees
The District Child Protection Committee will comprise of representatives of:
Local authorities
Citizens’ Advice Bureaus
Forces Vives
Religious bodies
Parent Teachers’ Associations
Police Department
Non-Governmental Organisations
School Social Workers
Women Associations
The Community Child
Watch
The Community Child Watch will be set up in
the immediate locality of high risk areas to
ensure early detection and reporting of child
at risk cases.
The Case Conference at
Regional Child Development
Unit level.
Review and monitoring of cases by
Officers of the Ministry to:
expediate as far as possible the lessening
of trauma.
trigger early rehabilitation of children
victims of abuse and neglect.
The Case Conference will comprise of:
Family Welfare & Protection Officers
Psychologists
Police Officers attached to the
Child Development Unit
The Area Child Protection Committee
It is an inter-agency forum comprising of regional
stakeholders who will work on the safeguard of the
interest of children through better collaboration and
coordination in the handling of cases.
It will also ensure that different services and professional
groups work effectively for the cause of the child on a
regional basis.
The Area Child Protection Committee will comprise of representatives of:
Ministry of Health & Quality of Life
Ministry of Education & Human Resources
Ministry of Social Security
The State Law Office
The Probation & After Care
The Police Department – Brigade des
Mineurs
Launching of the Community Child Protection Programme
Child development Unit
Ministry of Women’s Rights, Child Development, Family Welfare & Consumer Protection
27 August 2007