The right to feel safe.
We stand up for the rights of children and young people with disabilities, so they are protected and included in their communities.
Children with disabilities are at a higher risk of violence, abuse or exploitation. Therefore, we work to improve and support local safeguarding practices and ensure the protection of children in the countries where we work.
We have been working in East and Southern Africa to ensure the protection of children with disabilities within their communities. Over the last five years…
The need to Protect
Children with disabilities are four times more likely to experience physical violence, and three times more likely to be sexually assaulted.
Girls with disabilities are 10 times more likely to experience gender-based violence than those without disabilities, and an estimated 70% of girls with intellectual disabilities will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday.
Many children with disabilities also continue to spend much or all of their lives in institutions, away from their families, or face difficulties accessing basic services or justice systems.
When Juma was introduced to specialist caregivers who had been trained in inclusive early childhood education and who better understood the assistance he needed, he began to thrive.
