A workshop was held on “Support the Identification and Monitoring of Conflict-Affected Children” for the members of Hajj and religious affairs Department, development council members, and staff of the Child Protection Network in Ghor Province. In total, 21 participants benefitted on the first day of the workshop.

The main pivotal objective of this program was to help and support the identification and monitoring of conflict-affected children through the workshop and discuss with members of Hajj and religious affairs Department, development council members, and staff of the Child Protection Network on children protection.

Moreover, these people are trained and familiarized with child protection risks so that they can help decline cases of violence against children and have appropriate cooperation with the relevant authorities.

Different issues including serious and critical sickness, violence, sexual abuse, exploitation, addiction, underage marriage, tough work, vital rights of children, partnership, or contribution of children were discussed.

The workshop was warmly welcomed by the participants in Ghor province and they called for such workshops in different parts of Firoozkuh.

It is worth mentioning that recently, Help in Afghanistan has launched a project from the United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) entitled “Supporting Vulnerable Children by Providing Humanitarian Child Protection Services in Herat, Ghor, and Farah Provinces through Media Awareness, Psycho-social Counseling to the children, their families, religious leaders and society against violence, abuse, exploitation, and negative dealing mechanisms.” This project is scheduled to be implemented for 10 months from June 21, 2020, to April 21, 2021, the main purpose of which is to protect children against neglecting, abusing, mistreatment as well as child care and its side effects.

Source: Help IT & Public Relations Department