Child Abuse Programme Grants (2008)

International Non-Governmental Organisations

• Approach Ltd

  To help the organisation's 'Global Initiative' project develop and publicise the growing human rights consensus supporting the prohibition and elimination of all corporal and other cruel and degrading forms of punishment of children, and to support international, regional and national campaigns in their fight against such treatment. (Over three years)

• Child Helpline International (CHI)

  To support and strengthen emerging and established child helplines, offering them a platform to communicate, network and share expertise with other child helplines and policy makers; and to facilitate the start up of child helplines in countries that do not have a strong safety net. Amsterdam-based CHI supports the development of regional approaches through consultations, providing training and customised support to individual helplines by more advanced peer helplines and lobbying the telecommunications sector so that children’s interests are taken into account. (Over four years)

• Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

  To support the Coalition's core activities, including its national and international advocacy work, policy development and capacity building of its national coalition members worldwide. The project will support international research and advocacy, as well as partnerships with national and grassroots NGOs in conflict-affected countries, in addition to strengthening the capacity of the Coalition itself. (Over three years

• ECPAT International

  To support ECPAT in organising preparatory consultations and papers for the third World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Additionally, the grant covers coordination costs and the attendance costs of various NGOs.

• Groupe Développement (ECPAT France)

  To build a coordinated network that includes local government, state police, border security police and civil institutions to prevent cross-border trafficking in children. The project will also provide direct support to children vulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitation, and will support NGOs' efforts to increase the participation of children in their programmes. (Over three years)

• Humanitarian Accountability Partnership International (HAP)

  To promote the consistent implementation of procedures, policies and expertise on complaints management with a particular focus on complaints about the sexual exploitation and abuse of disaster survivors by aid workers. The project will build the capacity of member agencies in establishing and implementing complaints-handling and investigation procedures that are effective, accessible and safe for intended beneficiaries. It will ensure that member agencies conform to the reinforcing discipline of HAP’s quality assurance certification scheme and that there is continuous improvement in HAP’s advisory and regulatory services. (Over two years)

• Save the Children – Child Rights Information Network

  To help develop an active, powerful advocacy and information network which, through monitoring, advocacy and information sharing, ensures children have the best possible protection against violence and the best possible treatment. This UK-based organisation will coordinate efforts to ensure that monitoring of violence against children becomes standard practice within the UN and other human rights systems, and furthermore, with support from the Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, that recommendations from the UN Study on Violence against Children are taken up by all states. (Over three years)

• Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development

  To provide a model that will effectively coordinate NGO and government efforts in Brazil to protect victims and children at risk of trafficking. Winrock, together with local NGOs, government and international agencies, will link together civil institutions and government organisations to combat child trafficking in Bahia in a three-year pilot project. By the end of the pilot project, Winrock expects to have tested and scaled-up this comprehensive NGO and government partnership model. (Over three years)

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