Technical Materials

Working with Communities to Keep Children Safe, v.1.1

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Annex to the Inter-agency Technical Note on the Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic
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The Alliance

Infectious diseases like COVID-19 can disrupt the protective environments in which children grow and develop. Disruptions to families, friendships, daily routines and the wider community can have negative consequences for children’s well-being, development and protection. COVID-19 also has a direct impact on the ability of child protection actors to engage with communities, as well as on the ability of communities to self-protect and support each other. Learning from past infectious disease outbreaks has taught us that community members act to protect children from the onset of the crisis, and are best placed to identify both child protection and COVID-19 related risks and respond effectively and appropriately.  

This guidance aims at supporting child protection actors working with communities to keep children safe to adapt their programming to the contagious environment of COVID-19. It builds upon Standard 17 in the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and includes key actions and hyperlinks to additional resources, links and tips aimed at:  

  1. Understanding how communities organize themselves to protect children in times of COVID-19
  2. Working with communities to implement safe and effective ways to protect children in times of COVID-19
  3. The health, safety and wellbeing of community member.  

This technical note is an annex of the Technical Note: Protection of Children during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Find the corresponding webianr to this Technical Note Annex here. 

Publication type
Guidance and technical materials
Topics
Child Protection system strengthening
Community-level child protection
COVID19
Tags
Protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Level Child Protection Task Force
COVID-19
Community-based care
Child protection
Mental health and psychosocial support