Child Protection : Emergency Programme Underway In NW

The 4th phase of Plan International Cameroon’s Child Protection in Emergency Programme is on course in Mezam and Momo Divisions of the North West Region with some friendly and open spaces for adolescents. The ongoing socio-political crisis is the inspiration for the project which seeks to strengthen child protection mechanisms, especially adolescents separated from their families, unaccompanied children, survivors of sexual gender-based violence, children associated with armed groups and others belonging to indigenous groups like Mbororos. 
It is all about structures that raise awareness in communities on abuse, violence and neglect. It emerged from a workshop in Bamenda to validate the programme that the 4th phase features innovations. The Child Protection in Emergency Coordinator for the North West region, Anyangwa Sylvia told community leaders at the event that Day-Care centres are available for babies of adolescents who enrol for the vocational training compartment of the programme.
In all, the programme scheduled to run from May 27, ...