About this topic
Sexual abuse of children occurs in every country across the world, yet it remains a largely hidden problem. It has profound and devastating long-term impacts on children’s physical and mental health and social wellbeing.
At Family for Every Child, most of our Members address child sexual abuse in their work, and its links to children’s care. In this first How We Care series we have worked with three of our Members to present the work they are doing to help combat child sexual abuse in their regions. Please click through to read, watch and listen to learn more about this work and the organisations themselves.
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Model 1: Awareness-raising storybook
Organisation: Butterflies – working to protect and empower street and working children since 1989.
Location: New Delhi, India
Model: ‘You Love Me, You Love Me Not’: an awareness-raising storybook for children about sexual abuse of boys and girls.
Model 2: Guide to prevention of sexual abuse
Organisation: Paicabi – working across Chile since 1996 to address the most serious rights violations that affect children, with sexual abuse at the forefront.
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
Model: Guide to the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse – for those working with children and young people between the ages of 6 and 11.
Model 3: Personal safety lessons
Organisation: CPTCSA – working in the Philippines since 1994, providing therapeutic support to young perpetrators and survivors of child sexual abuse.
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Model: Personal Safety Lessons: a programme of lessons for children aged 4 to 18 and training for adults.
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