About Course

About the Program

Often, children require critical care as they grow up, to become sensible and reliable beings in the society. Occasionally, they are prone to many negative occurrences as they emerge in life. The aftermath makes them vulnerable, thus, requiring both preventive and responsive measures, to act as a remedy; to many acts of violence, exploitations, neglect, and abuses that they face in their early stages of life. Therefore, the program hereby has been generated to disseminate strong waves of information needed to sensitize all stakeholders on means and ways to go about such incidences.

Program Objectives

Upon completion, the participants will be able:

• Improve their understanding of risk factors that make children vulnerable in emergencies.
• Understand the minimum standards for protecting children in humanitarian settings.
• Be able to apply their skills to protect children.
• Develop knowledge of best practices in prevention, preparedness and response to protecting children in emergencies.
• Appreciate the role of coordination in the child protection in emergencies sector.
• Gain improved leadership and coordination skills in formal and informal cluster settings.