Access to child protection and SGBV services in Emirati Jordanian Camp. Over the course of 12 months, Terres des hommes (Tdh) will ensure that children, adolescent girls amp young women are safe, empowered and their rights are upheld in EJC. Tdh prioritized working in EJC as the camp lacks adequate protection services as very few agencies are currently operational and able to address all of the needs. The proposed project will adopt a two-pronged approach which aims to 1) prevent and 2) respond to child protection and SGBV concerns in EJC. 

Component 1 aims to ensure that children, adolescents amp youth, especially girls, are empowered to contribute to the prevention of gender based violence and child marriage. This will be achieved through a combination of developing beneficiaries Life and Employability skills (where age-appropriate), empowering youth by training them to advocate for issues of their concern in the camp and supporting Youth committees and Community Based Child Protection Committees (CBCPC) to carry out initiatives which raise awareness on child rights and child marriage issues, as well as SGBV. This will ensure that adolescent girls amp young women, and other vulnerable youth are provided with skills and support to protect themselves any form of harm and youth and child committees are supported to carryout initiatives to raise awareness on child rights and child marriage issues, and SGBV. 

Component 2 aims to respond to the widespread protection issues in EJC by ensuring that children, adolescent girls amp young women have access to life saving and supportive protection services. Safe spaces will be established under this component to ensure that people are easily able to access information and support on child rights, child marriage issues, and SGBV. Children, with a specific focus on adolescent girls, will receive case management services which pay particular attention to the issue of child marriage. Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) will also be provided to children and youth, to help support them to develop positive coping skills and encourage improved social behavior. Parents will also take part in PSS activities to encourage them to play a positive and supportive role in their children’s healthy development. Throughout the project, Tdh will detect and accept referrals of child marriage cases from actors in EJC, including Noor al Hussein Foundation and the school in the camp. Tdh will use a combination of individual interventions with a community-based approach: providing services to children affected by/at risk of early marriage by creating an environment where community stakeholders and families discourage, prevent, and aim to eradicate child marriage, SGBV and violence against children in EJC. 

A total of 1725 persons will be reached through the full length of the proposed project, including 124 men, 158 women, 568 boys and 875 girls. 

Tdh was one of the main actors responding to protection concerns in EJC camp until April 2017 and has been instrumental in raising awareness of the widespread protection concerns in EJC amongst the humanitarian community and have provided recommendations on how to address these concerns to relevant stakeholders.