improving access to  Child protection emergency response and prevention services in Blue Nile State This project is designed based on FPDO 2015 top rated Humanitarian Response Plan  SUD-15/P-HR-RL/74664 and 2016 SUD-16/P-HR-RL/93773, aims at improving access to improved Child protection emergency response and prevention services and enhance Child Protection capacity of national institutions and protection service providers in Al Tadamon , Baw and El Roseires localities in Blue Nile State. 

The project will enhance emergency Child response to extremely vulnerable Child with specific needs exposed to neglect, violence, exploitation and/or abuse. Support Family Tracing amp Reunification (FTR) services for Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASCs). To achieve this, FPDO will Identify and provide emergency protection assistance through provision of short term needs to 400 children with special needs including children victims of protection cases. However, FPDO will provide financial support to child existing essential needs including medical support, clothes, specialized psychological counselling as well case management and fallow up services. FPDO will support Prevention and response to 70 unaccompanied and separated children through support of family reunification of alternative care. Moreover, the project will provide special direct financial assistance to children with specific needs through conditional cash transfer for 30 families 10 per locality for six months.

The project will Contribute to the prevention of Child Protection risks faced by Children of IDPs through Provision of community based psychosocial support, establish/strengthening Community-Based Child protection Networks and educate IDPs children and their parents on the risk factors that contribute to child abuse and neglect, protection and strengthening Child protection referral mechanisms across the three targeted localities. In the way, FPDO will construction of 2 Child Friendly Species (CFSs) in El-Roseris and Altadamon localities, equip them with recreational kits and play items and rehabilitate and operate the two existing CFSs in Baw locality, organize two focused Child protection Awareness raising campaigns and help victims of protection cases gets in touch with an individual professional or institutions through referral by facilitation of efficient lines of communication and establish clearly outlined referral pathways and procedures in the targeted areas through mapping and training. 


The project will also contribute to capacity development of Child protection services providers through providing trainings related to national and international legal framework, identification of vulnerable groups and awareness of the existing protection response procedures and will also support capacity building of Child Protection sub-sector partners in Blue Nile on issues relating to Conditional Cash Transfer guidelines, roll out of the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS), newly established national Psychosocial Support minimum standards ( as well as  development of a monitoring plan on how partners use the standards. FPDO will train 80 members among Social workers, Family and Child Protection Unit, (FCPU), justice system, media personnel, Community Based Organizations health workers, teachers and inline government on Child protection system, CPMS and Child protective environment and major indicators, organize training for 26 animators on PSS manual, provide training on contextualized 9 standards for 20 child protection working group members and print and distribute 200 copies of CPMS manual for child protection partners and authorities