Enhancing the resilience and protection of conflict affected boys and girls, adolescents and their families  caregivers in KalBalge and Damboa Local Government Area (LGAs) GOALPrime intends to target a total of 4000 people out of which 3000 (1,600 girls and 1,400 boys) will be children who may be separated or unaccompanied, or may have been recruited and used by armed actors and those facing protection risks while 1000 (600 women and 400 men) of those targeted will be parents, caregivers, foster parents and other community members in Kala-Balge and Damboa Local Government Areas (LGAs). 10% of the total number of beneficiaries to be reached will be people living with disability. 

The aforementioned target children will be reached with continuous community based psychosocial support services and community based life-skills services using already developed manuals. GOALPrime will strengthen community based referral mechanisms via which children with protection concerns shall be identified and referred to case management partners in the two LGAs as well as other complementary service partners. GOALPrime’s community based approaches shall be in compliance with all NCDC, WHO and SMoH guidelines on COVID-19 therefore, GOALPrime will deploy creative arts, storytelling and Animated Edutainment approaches.  GOALPrime will work with the Child Protection Sub Sector (CPSS) to strengthen the referral pathways in Kala-Balge and ensure linkage with other complementary services relevant for the well-being of boys and girls in both LGAs. GOALPrime will also integrate child-focused risk communication for COVID-19 and Cholera prevention and control to children accessing CFS and their parents/caregivers.

GOALPrime will undertake awareness raising activities for and with 1,400 boys, 1,600 girls, 600 women and 400 men on how, where and when to access services in KalBalge and Damboa LGAs. These activities will include awareness on Child Rights, PSEA, Child Protection, Positive Parenting, Complementary service availability amp COVID-19 community transmission prevention. Awareness creation on prevention of S/GBV shall also be integrated into the sensitization package.

GOALPrime will implement the project in the following locations in Kala-Balge: Bullamari and Ajari Host communities Boarding Primary school camp, Kilagaru camp and General Hospital camp. While in Damboa, the following locations will be covered: Unity Camp, General Hospital Camp, Old Secretariat Camp, Lowcost Camp and Hausari Host Community. GOALPrime will also work with the WaSH Partner in both LGAs to provide soaps and install handwashing points in strategic locations (Child Friendly Space -CFSs, Temporal Learning Space -TLSs etcetera) to support child focused handwashing drills. In the absence of a Wash Partner, GOALPrime will support directly through this project.

GOALPrime is currently implementing an NHF 2019 2nd Reserve Allocation supported Community Based PSS and Lifeskills project in KalBalge and Damboa LGAs. GOALPrime has used the ongoing PSS amp Lifeskills services to understand the criticality of these needs and it also conducted a rapid baseline assessment in both LGAs which reinforced the need for appeal of more support through this allocation to bridge the gap and enhance the protection of boys, girls and caregivers who are continually facing protection risks in KalBalge and Damboa LGAs.