Integration of Child Protection pillars on existing Education in Emergency project to ensure resilience for 18.000 boys and girls affected by the conflict in Borno, Adamwa and Yobe and their caregivers Street Child (SC) is proposing to undertake essential child protection activities in communities hosting people displaced by conflict in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The programme will be delivered in partnership with 4 national partners and aims to reach 18.000 children with psychosocial support, provide case management for 640 children and target at least 80 children for reunification. The programme will be fully integrated into SC’s current EIE programme, providing an essential layer of child protection.
SC’s local partners bring experience of grassroots community engagement in the chosen communities within 8 target LGAs that will be essential to the success of the programme. SC UK will bring its experience of implementing CP and education programmes in partnership with local NGOs in emergency contexts, as part of its investment in national/local NGO integration. A core objective of the programme is to build longer-term capacity to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the under-served North East region. A partner mentor will provide specific in-house support, to identify areas for development (e.g. organisational strategy, finance, influencing, MampE).
SC will support the creation of a CP network within target host communities, firstly by establishing 24 Community Based Child Protection Committees (CBCPCs), and training them in identification, administration of psychosocial support and first aid, referral of children at risk, follow up and community child protection mechanisms. The CBCPCs will be supported to establish sub-committees specifically for foster parents, as well as to challenge stigma against Children Working with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG).
Secondly, 24 dedicated PSS facilitators in school (one male, one female) will be recruited and trained. These will be responsible for identification, response and referral of CP issues as providing more tailored PSS support within the learning environment. Outside of learning hours the space will be used as a Child Help Desk (note that the Standard Indicator in the monitoring framework refers only to ‘Child Friendly Space/ CFS’ however this indicator relates to Child Help Desks). The PSS facilitators will be available for counselling sessions, and organise recreational activities including peer group activities. These activities will focus on priority CP issues, such as SGBV, DRR and hygiene promotion / disease prevention. The project will also provide further psychosocial training to 24 outreach workers from within the community as additional PSS facilitators, to act as a focal point between the school and the community supporting the CBCPC. In monthly meetings cases of children in need will be discussed and community initiatives will be promoted and reported to case workers. 
32 case workers will be trained and deployed in all target communities receiving EIE interventions, to provide case management, and support the development of the CP network, including the CBCPCs and PSS facilitators. They will accept and make referrals, and undertake case management of vulnerable children and children at risk. Unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), orphans and CAAFAG will be prioritised for community-based support. Family tracing and reunification (FTR) will be carried out for UASC and CAAFAG where possible by 4 specialised case workers, targeting reunification of at least 80 children through response or referral. Specialised cases, including FTR outside SC’s operational areas, will be referred to relevant and available services.
Caregivers of UASC, orphans and CAAFAG, including foster parents, will be prioritised for livelihoods support to build their overall resilience and ability to care for their children. Deploying SC’s’s proven model of training, grants and close monitoring support via an in-house savings scheme of income generating activities, the programme will target 240 caregivers, primarily women that have been identified as extremely vulnerabl