Cece Yara and Cummins West Africa Partner to Equip Over 600 Teachers with Essential Child Protection Training
October 30, 2024
In a significant initiative to tackle child abuse in Nigerian schools, the Cece Yara Child
Our prevention framework uses culturally sensitive and age targeted education programs to increase the awareness and knowledge about child sexual abuse so that children and adults can recognize abuse and know how to respond.
Our counselling program offers our child-clients and their families support and therapy appropriate to their needs, which are accessed through our in-house counsellors as well as partner mental health professionals.
We support children and their families throughout the investigation and prosecution of a case, by providing information and support on legal rights, the legal process and possible outcomes. We also provide forensic interviewing to help in the investigative process.
The Cece Yara Foundation is a child-centred non-profit organisation to prevent child sexual abuse and provide access to care, information, protection and emergency intervention for children who are sexually abused or at risk, and their family. The Foundation provides the ideal response to children through a 24-hour free child telephone helpline and its child-friendly Child Advocacy Centres based in Lagos and Abuja, which provide professional counselling, medical, legal, shelter, forensic interviewing, and psycho-social support, as well as referral services.
Since 2016, my team and I have committed to preventing abuse, supporting survivors, prioritizing their voices and experiences, helping them heal from the trauma of abuse, and obtaining justice. All for free.
We work to create a culture that supports and empowers through prevention and education programs, improving access to support services, and holding perpetrators accountable. By using evidence-based approaches in our work and collaborating with other organizations and experts in the field we hope to create a future in which every child will access quality mental and physical health care, support, and justice; free from further exploitation.
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In a significant initiative to tackle child abuse in Nigerian schools, the Cece Yara Child
Creating an environment where children feel empowered to speak up against sexual abuse is crucial.
The Cece Yara Foundation, in collaboration with Cummins West Africa Ltd., successfully concluded a two-day training workshop on child protection for teachers in Kosofe Local Government and educators in correctional centers in Lagos, Nigeria.
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