Child Abuse Programme Grants (2005)
Grants in Other Countries
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Center for the Defense of the Child and the Adolescent of Bahia
To reduce the incidence of sexual violence against children and adolescents in the State of Bahia in Brazil, through the development of interventions that impact the social structure and through the formulation of public policies in this area. (Over three years)
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Instituto Promundo
To support three interconnected components of the NGO’s work, namely: to continue support for the Bases de Apoio project in Rio de Janeiro; to provide additional support for its work with young women, specifically support for the design and printing of programme material; and to support Promundo’s institutional development as an international reference centre for work in gender and youth and human development. (Over two years)
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National Child Protection Authority
To assess the situation of children orphaned in Sri Lanka by the December 2004 tsunami, provide them with short- to mid-term housing and care, and to train and support community volunteers to provide psycho-social counselling to children and families, particularly those in difficult circumstances.
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National Domestic Workers Welfare Trust
To support a project in India for children at risk of being trafficked for forced labour and forms of slavery, such as child domestic workers. (Over three years)
Active Grants From Previous Years
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Bayti
To provide support for a multi-faceted programme concerned with the prevention, rescue, and rehabilitation of child domestic workers and street girls in Morocco. (Third year of three-year grant)
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Centro Brasileiro da Criança e do Adolescente
To continue support for the three-phased "Passagem para a Vida" programme that promotes the rights of citizenship of girls in situations of extreme social and personal vulnerability; provides psycho-social support for girls, and encourages them to return to school or find employment. (Second year of three-year grant)
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ChildLine UK
To support the operation of a daytime telephone help line for children. (Third year of three-year grant)
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Defensa de los Ninos Internacional – Bolivia
To prevent and rehabilitate abused children by working with the personnel from child institutions and multidisciplinary teams to better address the needs of children who have been sexually abused/exploited; and to better understand the issues faced by child domestic workers, organise them, and provide them with better opportunities. (Third year of three-year grant)
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Fund for Social Change
To support the efforts of ten community-based organizations in the U.S. and aid them in providing services to parents and youth including advocacy, family support, diversion from the child protection system, and legal representation. (Second year of two-year grant)
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Nanban
To support a financially sustainable community-based reintegration programme for street and working children in Madurai in India that reinforces the resiliency of children. (Third year of three-year grant)
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National Children´s Home/The Bridge
To support the expansion of the multi-professional forensic team outside London to provide services to children and their families who are at risk of significant harm through neglect or abuse. (Second year of three-year grant)
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Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women
To continue to provide core support in the Philippines for a comprehensive programme of drop-in centres, temporary shelters, and transition (halfway) houses for women and girls who have been sexually abused and/or exploited. (Second year of three-year grant)
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World Education, Inc.
To develop and expand a programme providing non-formal education, vocational training, and materials to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of adolescent girls at high risk from traffickers in both urban and rural settings in Nepal. (Second year of three-year grant)
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Bayti
Casablanca, Morocco
To provide support for a multi-faceted programme concerned with the prevention, rescue, and rehabilitation of child domestic workers and street girls in Morocco. (Second year of three-year grant)
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ChildLine UK
London, England
To support the operation of a daytime telephone helpline for children. (Second year of three-year grant)
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Columbia University
New York, New York, U.S.
To support a collaborative research project on child soldiers between researchers and practitioners in the U.S. and Mozambique which will identify long-term impact of a psycho-social programme carried out 10 years ago to rehabilitate former child soldiers. (Second year of two-year grant)
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Defensa de los Niños International - Bolivia
Cochabamba, Bolivia
To prevent and rehabilitate abused children by working with the personnel of child institutions and multidisciplinary teams to better address the needs of children who have been sexually abused/exploited; and to better understand the issues faced by child domestic workers, organise them, and provide them with better opportunities. (Second year of three-year grant)
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Instituto Promundo
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
To build the capacity of CBOs in three locations to develop a community-driven programme providing for the safe and healthy development of children and youth and reducing the incidence of physical, sexual, and other forms of abuse in the communities. (Third year of three-year grant)
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Nanban
Madurai, South India
To support a financially sustainable community-based reintegration programme for street and working children in Madurai that reinforces the resiliency of children. (Second year of three-year grant)
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World Education, Inc.
Boston, Mass., U.S.
To develop and expand a programme providing non-formal education, vocational training, and materials to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of adolescent girls at high risk of trafficking in both urban and rural settings in Nepal. (Second year of three-year grant)