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Child Protection & Child Participation

Program Goal: To help build communities where children and young people are protected and can participate, voice their opinions and take action on issues that matter to them.

Our priorities in Child Protection & Child Participation include:

  • Supporting & improving National and Provincial level child protection reporting and referral systems through capacity building and skills development including frontline and social services in partnership with government and social organisations and in piloting technology that supports the efficiency of national, provincial and community level child protection reporting and case management.
  • Strengthening community-based child protection mechanisms through capacity building in knowledge, skills, and process development for commune child protection duty bearers, teachers, parents, caregivers and children and young people.
  • Flagship program for online safety provides initiatives that prevent online exploitation and abuse of children and young people as they navigate the online world. Delivered through the Swipe Safe curriculum with children, young people, parents, and teachers, this approach is impact-driven and evidenced-based. By contributing evidence-based related to child safeguarding online and links closely to our National Child Helpline and Technology for CP system projects, the project possesses a strong potential to be replicated nationwide in Vietnam and to attract donor interest.
  • Contributing to development of child participation models through initiatives and projects led by children that can enable their voice and participation in decision-making and solve issues relating to their rights in the community and society.

You can learn more about ChildFund’s Child Protection & Child Participation’s initiatives in the Stories section of our website.

Stories from our program areas

Sex Education? Teens and their teachers are talking about it.

Sex Education? Teens and their teachers are talking about it.

Sex education may not be a subject many students would choose as their favourite, but it is one of the…
Sex Education? Teens and their teachers are talking about it.
Livelihood model creates a better future for children with disability

Livelihood model creates a better future for children with disability

Hao, 8 years old, is the eldest child of a family currently living in Quang Hoa district, Cao Bang province.…
Livelihood model creates a better future for children with disability
Thanh’s dream

Thanh’s dream

“Growing up, I did not ask my parents for much because they have always been working so hard. I also…
Thanh’s dream
Hien’s journey of independence at the semi-boarding school

Hien’s journey of independence at the semi-boarding school

Hien is a Dao ethnic girl born and raised in Ngan Son district, Bac Kan province. Hien’s parents and two…
Hien’s journey of independence at the semi-boarding school
Technology application: A breakthough in child protection

Technology application: A breakthough in child protection

“Every year, the National Child Helpline receives and supports over 500 thousand calls. Despite considerable efforts, the processing of requests,…
Technology application: A breakthough in child protection
Meet Ngoc, a young woman with disability weaving her own dreams in Cao Bang province

Meet Ngoc, a young woman with disability weaving her own dreams in Cao Bang province

When Ngoc was two years old, she got sick with a high fever that led to full-body seizures. Life changed…
Meet Ngoc, a young woman with disability weaving her own dreams in Cao Bang province