Efforts on to provide special protection to flood-affected children
An international organisation has initiated efforts to provide special protection to children in the flood affected region.
Because the children are particularly affected during disasters due to their physical, psychological and social vulnerabilities, Save the Children has recognised the immediate action required to provide children within the flood affected region with protection from potential forms of exploitation.
"Save the Children has started the process of establishing and managing 30 Child Friendly Safe Spaces throughout a number of the camps. The main purpose of the Child Friendly Safe Spaces is to create both a safe environment where children can continue learning, and an environment where they can participate in recreational activities," says a press release issued by the organisation.
"Within each of these spaces there will be two facilitators and 30 children, providing protection to almost 1000 children in total. The facilitators mainly consist of teachers, victims of the floods, and Early Childhood Development (ECD) professionals."
The press release adds that the World Vision and Plan are going to create and manage an additional 10 Child Friendly Safe Spaces with the assistance of technical support from Save the Children.
All 40 of these spaces will run with the close coordination of the District Education Office. 10 of these 40 spaces are anticipated to be in operation as of this Monday.
"In addition to mobilising 5 million rupees for the relief support in Sunsari, Save the Children Alliance has now mobilised more than thirty staff (including members of partner NGOs) to distribute relief packages containing nutritious food (sarbottam litto, biscuits) and clothes. As of the 28th of August, Save the Children had distributed relief to 2,433 children under the age of 5. It has also distributed non food items including mats, tarpaulins and blankets to more than 2,000 children. In addition, upon request from the Local Development Officer, Save the Children has provided 100 cartoons of noodles and provided Rs300,000 worth of medicine to the District Public Health Office." nepalnews.com sd Aug 29 08
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