Fityaanu Sidqin Association ‘’ Child proctection, our priority’’
We recognize that protecting children is our religious responsibility and our moral obligation to ensure that children are allowed to grow up properly into responsible adults and enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms.
- We recognize the example the Prophet Muhammad (PSH) gave on child protection.
- Children can play a critical role in societal transformation. We shall seek to incorporate the children in the development work by listening to their needs and encouraging them to participate in decision–making.
- The importance of creating a conducive environment for the holistic development of the children taking action against child abusers. We shall prevent actual abuses through sensitization programs and infrastructural considerations for facilities meant for children.
- Children become vulnerable to various catastrophes affecting humanity and the communities in which they live. We seek to integrate the needs of children in our disaster assessment and in developing response interventions that will
take into account the needs of children. During disaster times, children become vulnerable to forced child labor, sexual abuse, human trafficking, early marriages, rejection, neglect, deprivation, etc. - In our educational programs, we seek to promote a safer environment for learning for all the children such as infrastructure or buildings, and social environments such as the people that are in the community in which the children learn such as teachers, fellow pupils, and parents. We will ensure that children have peered support suitable for learning and protect the vulnerability of children to bullying, harassment, or any form of peer abuse. We seek to ensure that there are adequate suitable resources for the safety and protection of children, including the resources needed to support children with
special needs and children with disabilities.
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- We will ensure the orientation of teachers and parents committees in the Fityaan Child Protection Policy. We will lobby and advocate that child protection is an integral part of all teacher training curricula in the country.
- We will encourage religious leaders to pay special attention to the needs of children during meetings and religious events, so that there is appropriate safety and security for all the children at all times.
- In feeding programs, we will seek to pay attention to the nutritional requirements of children to ensure appropriate dietary allocation that is suitable for their age, health and physical needs.
- In our physical infrastructures, we will promote the design of buildings that is sensitive and appropriate for the safety of children. Children with special needs will require appropriate support systems or resources to ensure their safety and access to their requirements without being disadvantaged.