Child Abuse Programme Grants (2005)

Eastern Africa: Ethiopia

• Action for Self Reliance Organization

  To educate children and families on the issues of sexual abuse and exploitation, to economically empower sexually abused and exploited children and their families and to build the capacity of community-based organisations, school clubs, and police to enhance the protection and level of collective action in the target project areas. (Over two years)

• African Child Policy Forum

  To strengthen the capacity of selected NGOs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to lobby for the adoption and implementation of child protection policies and procedures. To ensure that NGOs and governments in the four selected countries adopt child protection policies and procedures.

• ANPPCAN Ethiopia Chapter

  To create development opportunities for children at risk of abuse and exploitation in Addis Ababa by strengthening child protection structures in communities and schools. (Over three years)

• Children Aid Ethiopia

  To prevent child abuse, neglect and sexual exploitation in Addis Ababa and the Amhara region. (Over three years)

• Forum on Street Children – Ethiopia

  To prevent child trafficking through multi-level responses and to protect child victims of trafficking from further re-victimization through the provision of care and support services in Dire Dawa, Bahir Dar and Shashemene Towns. (Over three years)

• Organization for Prevention and Integration of Female Street Children

  To improve the hazardous and exploitative living conditions of vulnerable street girls. (Over two years)

Active Grants From Previous Years

• Children Aid Ethiopia

  To prevent sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk children. (Third year of three-year grant)

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