… Trains CSOs on effective service delivery
In order to impact more lives and enhance service delivery, the Child Protection Network CPN, Ondo state chapter has trained civil Society Organisations in the state.
The training which was held in Akure, the state capital centered on the effects of drug abuse and strengthen their capacity for donor funding, referral and Child protection mechanism.
Speaking at the training, the state Coordinator of Child Protective Network, Mrs Olabisi Omolona said it was aimed at building their capacity with the intention to impact more lives and to expose the organisations in the CPN for more funding as well as strengthen them on the regulations of NGO compliance required by the government.
Omolona added that it was to further equip the NGOs on drug abuse so that they can further sensitize the people on the dangers which is now involving the children rather than the youths as it used to be.
“We want to go to schools to sensitise the children on the effects of drug abuse and that is why we invited the NDLEA officials to train us so that we can be effective and also on referral mechanism that we need to refer cases of child abuse and sexual abuse,” she said.
According to her, the civil defence were also engaged to train the organisations on that and also on case management where NGOs are expected to spare time and money to build their capacity.
Omolona disclosed the plan of the Network to engage parents and sensitise them on good parenting so that they can go back to the old ways of training the children for a better society.
Speaking on Referral Mechanism in Child Protection, Supritendent of Corps, (SC) Yemi Elizabeth Faboyo affirmed that if sexually abused child is not properly managed, the situation might have a long time effect on the victim.
Faboyo, who is the Head of Anti-Human Trafficking Irregular Migration at the NSCDC, encouraged the organisations to identify victims of child abuse and know what each agency or institution can offer in order to provide efficient response.
According to her, no single institution can provide all responses to a case of child abuse or violence against a child.
She however advised parents to pay more attention to their children so that they will not become vulnerable to abuses.
“It is a well known fact that the economic situation is having a negative effect on parenting, but then it is important to give attention to the children to avoid ruining the effort of their labour,” she said.
A resource person, Mrs Yetunde Jeyifous hoped that the stakeholders come together in the area of rehabilitation for those who have experimented the drugs to bring them out of the scourge, rehabilitate and counsel them, thereby integrating them to the society.
Jeyifous, who doubled as the deputy Commander of NACORTIC and Deputy state Commander in charge of drug Remand Reduction Unit for NDLEA, Ondo State, spoke on various drug abuse, its consequences and efforts on people’s lives.
” Not only the youths, we look at how it affects everybody in the society and the consequences on our economy and social response,” she said.
The Executive Director of Star Ruby Initiative and Women Development, Mrs Victoria Bola Fasuyi described the training as an insight and an educative one, regarding how to handle GBV or any abuse or violation of the vulnerable especially the children and the teens.
Fasuyi said the facilitator highlighted various stakeholders on referral and what to look out for in cases of abuse and assault as well as how to handle the situation.
” Victims must have been traumatised so our intervention is to build such person’s confidence, work on such victim’s mental health to take away stigmatisation from them,” she stated.
