Empower Vulnerable Children in Peru and Cambodia

Child protection training in Cambodia plays a critical role in safeguarding the well-being and rights of the country's most vulnerable population - its children. Cambodia, like many other developing nations, faces numerous challenges in ensuring that children are protected from abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Child protection training initiatives aim to address these challenges by equipping individuals and organizations with the knowledge and skills necessary to create a safer environment for children.

These training programs cover a wide range of topics, including child rights, child psychology, child abuse prevention, and legal frameworks related to child protection. They are typically designed for a diverse audience, including teachers, social workers, law enforcement personnel, healthcare professionals, community leaders, and parents. By providing a comprehensive understanding of the issues and solutions, these training programs empower participants to recognize and respond to child protection concerns effectively.

Recent Activities

Our social worker, Kong, has recently joined a training course with many other social workers from Cambodia about child abuse and exploitation. Kong joined in training about how to teach children about sexual exploitation, how to recognize this and how to deal with the situation when it arises amongst the children she is responsible for. From this course, she was able to deliver 14 new classes to children aged 6 to 16 years old. The children were taught what was sexual exploitation and how to recognise and protect themselves from exploitation.

Ongoing training

We have our child protection training classes scheduled for next month where all the children will receive a one week course. The Child Protection Programme empowers and educates children. It was designed by children and parents, to combat fears regarding children's safety. Our teachers educate children about expressing feelings, self confidence, resources for reporting crimes, stranger danger, safe and unsafe touches and safety strategies, among other topics. Children will recognise potential dangerous situations and believe in themselves. Only then will we start to see a positive change in the harrowing statistics.

Such training initiatives have the potential to make a significant impact in a country where child protection is an ongoing concern, helping to break the cycle of abuse and exploitation and promote a safer and more secure future for Cambodia's children.