Emergency Capacity
Building Project
Protection of Children and other Vulnerable
Groups
Save the Children’s (SC) proposed definition
 SC defines child protection in emergencies as: actions that prevent or
address harm (that might be) caused to children –whether directly or
indirectly – by States or non-sates actors (including armed groups).
 In this context, harm describes the direct impact on children (such as
physical or mental suffering or developmental impediment) of others
’actions (such as abuse or violence). It does not refer, by contrast, to the
possible indirect impact of others’ actions (such as hunger caused by food
shortages caused by displacement caused by conflict; or ill-health caused
through unsanitary conditions caused by a collapse in government
services during a natural disaster).
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“DO NO HARM”: ensure all interventions will not have a negative
impact.
“Confidentiality”: what does this mean?
Disclosures during training
Coordination with other agencies (UN or other)
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For the purpose of this statement, “psychosocial” refers to the
dynamic relationship that exists between psychological and social
effects, each continually inter-acting with and influencing the
other.
“Psychological effects” are those which affect different levels of
functioning including cognitive (perceptions and memory as a
basis for thoughts and learning), affective (emotions), and
behavioural.
“Social effects” pertain to altered relationships, family and
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Leaders and others challenging SCUK on programme coverage
Asking to see the SPA
Display of trauma; anger etc in SPAs
Training of animators in child protection: is there ever enough
time?
Materials: appropriate?
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Separated Children: are those separated from both parents, or
from their previous legal or customary primary care giver, but not
necessarily from other care-givers/relatives. These may, therefore,
include accompanied by other adult family members
Unaccompanied Children(also called unaccompanied minors) are
children who have been separated from both parents and other
relatives and not being cared for by an adult who, by law or
custom, is responsible for doing so.
Orphans are children, both of whose parents are known to be
dead. In some countries, however, a child who has lost one parent
is called an called an orphan.