Social Welfare & Child Rights:
Children (and their immediate family members) living in
especially difficult circumstances (CEDC), especially girls are prevented
and protected from falling victim to their situation by a community-based
safety-net of social security, welfare services, case intervention
and awareness of Child Rights among community members.
The Program promotes awareness raising and addressing on issues
specific to children and women, related to education, trafficking
and prostitution, child rights, primary health care, HIV/AIDS and
Reproduction Health education. The awareness raising is organised
through home visits and group meetings. The International Children
Day organised at community level give people living in rural areas
the chance to participate with enthusiasm and to concern more about
children's rights. The Sanitation Day encourages communities to apply
hygiene, and using of latrine.
Intervention includes legal aid facilities to child and particularly
girl victims and families in cases of child abused. Community based
Social Welfare Fund Committees (SWFC) are established in all communities,
which are enabled to provide referral services for health-related
emergencies. SWFCs are also trained in social work and loan management
to promote income-generating activities among FDCs in particularly
women house head. Loan interest is used for social welfare activities
in the village.
The project promotes annually public debates at provincial level on
the issue of child sexual abused and law enforcement through collaboration
with between Social Affairs Department and Wathnakpheap's partners.
The public debates give more opportunity to empower people especially
women at different levels discussing and suggesting with relevant
law enforcement authorities. The debate also helps people to understand
the responsibilities of the authorities and helps the authorities
to understand the needs of people.
Community-based Child Protection Network renders self-help groups to be b
enough to take care of their weaker members, especially children. Individuals
are trained in social and health work.
As the result, for the year of 2004:
- 3,100 FDCs have been aware on Child Rights,
primary health care, HIV/AIDS, child trafficking/labor exploitation
and so on.
- 1,550 FDCs have been applying their knowledge such as sending
children to school, accessing health care, improving family hygiene.
- 456 cases (6 cases sexual abused, 15 cases trafficking,
31 cases accident, 84 cases domestic violence, 320 serious sickness)
were intervened by VHVs, SWC & CYC.
- 53 CYCs, 104 SWCs, 104 VHVs have been trained in awareness
raising as well as social intervention.
- Awareness raising have been organised through home visits,
small group meeting and events at village level such as International
Children Day, HIV/AIDS Day & Sanitation Day.
- Village's fund now is available from USD3.00 to USD362.00per
village for providing social intervention
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Social Welfare |
CYC active on primary health
care & child rights awareness
Child protection network workshop
among district police
District CYC provide training to village CYC
Child Youth Club Meeting
Enjoy with village International Children Day
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