By David Hylton, Public Relations Specialist
“Some children in our community have to get married. We know that they are not ready to get married.”
These are the thoughts of children and youth in the developing world who live in environments that do not protect them from abuse, exploitation or neglect. The children and youth are often prevented from healthy development.
We tackle these issues head on with child protection workshops for our staff to recognize the problems.
Child protection risks include: an alcoholic parent; a community with traditions that do not value girls’ participation; parents encouraging their children to engage in prostitution or to migrate to urban areas for work; and a child with a disability who is hidden indoors by his mother.
Our programs will remove these obstacles by promoting protective environments, says child protection specialist Martin Hayes. Our child protection workshops are designed to have children speak up about the issues that affect them the most.
For more information on our workshops, including what we found in our U.S. programs, click here to check out our latest news release.
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