Stopping police violence against children:Ethiopia

Summary

The United Nations expressed concern at the increasing police violence against street children in Ethiopia. CSC is asked to train the 36,000 police in child protection and non-violent communication progress report read updates from the field

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Thanks to donors like you, a total of £103 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In 2006, the UN highlighted a high level of police violence against street children including unprovoked beatings and rape. There are an estimated 600,000 street children in Ethiopia with over 100,000 of those in Addis Ababa: the project aims to prevent violence against ALL street children in Ethiopia.

Activities

In 2008 & 9, CSC trained 50 police trainers of the Ethiopian Police University College in child rights and child protection. However, the training MUST now be rolled out to the 36,000 police officers throughout Ethiopia to reduce violence.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £103

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £103. The original project funding goal was £322,096.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.streetchildren.org.uk)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project is to give the 600,000 street children in Addis Ababa greater safety on the streets and to have positive relationships with the police who can support them to access education, healthcare and government/NGO services.

Project Message

“The police took us to an alleyway... we were so scared... we begged the police not to throw us from the bridge”
- Selam, aged 16

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Leonora Borg,

Unit 210 Bon Marche Centre
241-251 Ferndale Road
London, England SW9 8BJ
United Kingdom
(0044)2072740087
Email:

Organisation

Consortium for Street Children
The Oasis Centre
75 Westminster Bridge Road
London, England SE1 7HS
United Kingdom
(0044) 207 921 4560
http://www.streetchildren.org.uk/

Learn more about Consortium for Street Children and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ethiopia and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Ethiopia, read the Human Development Report on Ethiopia or the Wikipedia entry for Ethiopia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 18, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 27, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

Stopping police violence report January 2011

By Leonora Borg - Fundraising and Partnerships Manager, February 02, 2011 01:00 PM

A bid has been put into UNICEF Ethiopia to add their support to phase two of the project so that the training can reach the 36,000 police officers in Ethiopia. The aim of phase two is to work with the police officers who were trained in phase one and highlight them as street child champions who take on the role of training and supporting their peers.

We will be using the International Day of the Street Child to work more closely with UNICEF and encourage more police training. These measures will enable CSC to improve child protection measures in Ethiopia, which is the first step to reintegrating street children into mainstream society.

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