Rehabilitation and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse Project
Rehabilitation and prevention of Sexually
Abused children project has been implemented since November 2002.
Rehabilitation center for sexually abused/raped children was established in
November 2002. The center provides its services to children who are under the
age of 15 and from economically weak families living in Addis Ababa. The
beneficiaries are usually referred from the Police, multi sectoral joint
project, sub city women and children affair offices, hospitals/health
institutes, Federal Court or self-reporting.
General Objective: to rehabilitate the victims
of sexual abuse children by providing medical, financial and psychological
counseling and prevent the negative impacts of rape sexual abuse among children
and youths by community mobilization.
Specific Objective:
- To recover the physical and
restore the mental and social well being of 250 rape victims in Addis
Ababa during 2007-2009 to cope with the problem through psychosocial
counseling and care, capacity building, facilitating access to basic
social services like medical treatment and financial support for the
children and their families.
- To reduce the negative impacts
of sexual abuse in Addis Ababa by creating awareness of the public about
children's and womenÕs rights & to enable them play a significant role
in the reduction of sexual violence by distributing IEC materials conduct
workshops, trainings advocacy meetings for schools, CBO, RBO, SBO, gender
and age based associations, local NGOs, government partners, the raped children
and their families on reproductive health issue in Addis Ababa.
I. Rehabilitation unit
- Target groups: Sexually abused
children below age 18 from vulnerable families
- Target area: Addis Ababa City
Administration
- Direct Beneficiaries: 208
children [192 female and 16 male]
- Type of services: Psychosocial
counseling including individual, group and family counseling, therapeutic
training [music, drama, photographic and scenery], therapeutic and
educational entertainment program, financial support, medical support, and
legal counseling. Foster care and foster homes are also provided for those
children who have no families.
- Indirect Beneficiaries:
1040 families
- Impact: Sexually Abused
children restored their mental and recover their physical and social well
being.
II. Prevention Unit
- Target group: Community members
- Target area: Addis Ababa Addis
Ketema Sub city, Kebele 10/11/12 and 13/15.
- Direct Beneficiaries: 1200
workshop participants, 22 school community members, 300 women and children
solidarity club members
- Ultimate Beneficiaries:
ChildrenÕs exposed for sexual abuse
- Type of services: Awareness
creation and community mobilization.
- Impact: created transformed
boys and protected the girls from abuse.
Major Activities:
- Rehabilitation Activities:
- Identification and selection of
New Beneficiaries
- Provide Regular sponsorship
support
- Support for Medical check ups
and Counseling Service
- Provide Skill Training
- Provide emergency support
- Provide a one-time grant
- Psychosocial Support
Activities:
- Counseling Service
- Conduct house and School visits
- Meetings
- Residential Homes/Foster homes:
- Selection and fostering
seriously affected children in homes
- Training on prevention of
sexual abuse
- Cross visit to sister CBOs
- Forum drama
Achievements:
- A total of 360 sexually abused
children (334 female and 30 male) have been provided with different
psychosocial services of the project. Among these services, 364 children
got counseling and medical services, 355 children got educational
materials support. The family members of these children were also
supported to engage in income generating activities. 69 families were
provided with one time grant and entrepreneurship training to start with
their own business. 34 school drops out youths from the families of the
children are also supported to enroll in different marketable vocational
skill trainings.
- Foster home service, where
children are provided with shelter, food, clothing, medical treatment and
educational support, arranged by the project. A total of 74 children have
been getting this service. Of these children, 47 are female and 27 are
male.
Status of Project: Ongoing
For more information on the current status of
the project in terms of different indicators such as number of children
supported by donors, medical treatment and nutrition support provided,
counseling support, provided school and home visits made, educational and
entertainment programs conducted, trainings, workshops and meeting conducted,
residential and foster homes provided, including lessons learned and problems
encountered during the execution of the project is available in the 2011 Annual Report of IFSO.