Strengthening of Community Based Education, Protection and Nutritional Integrated Services in Adamawa  Borno states This project will address specialised child protection and gender based violence needs and gaps across four conflict-affected local government areas: Mubi North, Mubi South, Damboa and Gwoza in North East Nigeria. It will build on ongoing and recently completed education in emergency projects in areas where Street Child has a long established presence. Through coordinating with our local partners Life at Best Development Initiative (LABDI), the Gender Equality, Peace and Development Centre (GEPaDC) and Grow Strong Foundation (GSF) we will deliver an integrated holistic set of activities that draws on our collective strengths in education, protection and nutrition programming.

GEPaDC are a long established partner of Street Child with strong education experience and leadership within the sector. LABDI are an experienced partner with good experience working across the North East on nutrition projects. Grow Strong Foundation have a strong presence within the Child Protection Sector, including leading the CP sub sector.

Drawing on our long experience managing consortia, Street Child will provide oversight and capacity building support to our partners whilst providing a range of feedback mechanisms to ensure that all our work is accountable to the local population. The consortium partners will work out of the same facilities to ensure our consortium will benefit from regular contact through sharing of ideas, information and beneficiary lists to ensure all attendees are supported and tracked whilst easing the time and cost of referrals. Street Child will also run training with staff and locally contracted volunteers on a range 

In addition to our coordination role, Street Child will provide specialized services to complement our partners activities. Through responding to our partners’ case management referrals we will provide Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) services to 80 unaccompanied children including the provision of alternative care facilities or transport to reunify with displaced family members. Parenting programmes to new foster carers or other caregivers will be built on and rolled out to new attendees of our nutrition partner’s work. 400 Children identified at risk through our partners Psychosocial Support and life skills training will be referred to our Mental Health Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) specialist who can provide support, counselling and dedicated psychological assistance. 

To ensure our partners’ case management services provided are comprehensive, referral pathways will be mapped out (if not already available) and strengthened through advocacy and coordination with the CPSS at state and LGA level. This information will be shared through our protection help desks at each project site and through our advocacy work with the broader community covering PSEA, GBV prevention, child safeguarding and referral pathways.

Finally, Street Child will use their experience of building the technical and organisational capacity of local partners to develop a strong capacity support plan. This will involve mainstreaming protection issues through training on PSEA, GBV and child safeguarding, developing responsive monitoring activities that encourage active participation from our attendees and creating shared CRM systems that hold us accountable to the local population. Through involving MoWASD representatives and social workers in all trainings and field activities will also promote government buy-in and strengthen government capacity on Child Protection.