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We are thrilled to welcome Afrikindness to the KCS network, a dedicated organisation that has become a beacon of support for minority ethnic communities through Africa and the UK by partnering with schools and parents.  Afrikindness’ work is driven by a mission to create awareness, provide training, and empower communities to recognise and prevent safeguarding […]

eLiberare, a Romanian organisation focused on preventing and combating human trafficking and sexual exploitation, has joined Keeping Children Safe’s network. This will help them promote strong safeguarding policies as they continue to build a social movement against human trafficking.  ‘As we are focusing on children and adolescents in both our prevention work and our assistance

Keeping Children Safe (KCS) is proud to announce that next month we will be celebrating eight years of building the safeguarding capacity of organisations throughout the Middle East and North Africa, making sure that tens of thousands of children and young people are better protected from harm and exploitation.  Our work in the region has

We are glad to announce that SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina has attained a Level 1 Certification by KCS in 2024, which highlights their determination to create environments free from abuse. As first-time recipients of this certification, they are equipping themselves with new tools and practices to safeguard the children and families they

In 2024, The American School in Japan (ASIJ) renewed its Level 2 certification with KCS, reaffirming their commitment to the highest standards of child safeguarding.  ASIJ, a non-profit international school in Tokyo, has been providing world-class education for over 100 years – with a holistic approach to education, actively involving students’ families in the development

This January, Alana Constenla joined Keeping Children Safe to lead our communications strategy with the goal of growing and connecting with our audiences. She will use her experience designing high-impact and engaging communication strategies to support our efforts for delivering our global mission.  In this interview, we look into Alana’s professional experiences and what motivated

Andrea Espirito Santo is our new Child Safeguarding Adviser and leads Keeping Children Safe’s Brazil programme. Her addition to the team is a key part of our plan to expand our support into Brazil and offer resources in Portuguese such as training, mentoring, certification and quality assurance.  She has advocated for child safeguarding all through her

‘Protection to Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH) is a child safeguarding issue. […] and it is not one-location issue: it is every sector, it is every programme and it is across the globe.’ Watch the recording of the webinar by USAID, From Local to Global – PSEAH and Child Safeguarding in Action

‘Conversations with partners about safeguarding can feel like a check list but it should be about more than that, it should be a partnership to manage risks’. Watch the full video by Jennifer Smith, from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, on How the Common Approach from Protection to Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and

‘Do no harm’ is the cornerstone of all ethics.’  Watch the full video by Robert Blum, from the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, on Ethical issues in research and programming with young adolescents  Understanding the implications of ethics and child safeguarding when conceptualising or carrying a research project is fundamental to ensure children’s safety and

‘Safeguarding is part of an ethical approach to communications, in particular, when working with people and want to portray their involvement in the research process or how the topic researched affects their lives. It is about having respect for the individuals and the communities that you work with, making sure you portray their lives and