About JF-CPiE
The Joining Forces for Child Protection in Emergencies (JF-CPiE) project is a global consortium project bringing together six large child rights organisations in Germany to improve the protection of children and adolescents amongst refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) as well as their host communities in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.
JF-CPiE: Key Facts
Context:
Conflict, displacement, Child Protection risks, food insecurity
Duration:
05/07/2022 – 30/06/2024 (2 years)
Countries:
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Colombia, Ethiopia, South Sudan
Budget:
€16,842,105 (€16,000,000 – GFFO; €842,105 – Consortium members)
Donor:
German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO)
JF-CPiE implementation areas
Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, Plan International works in Camps 17, 20 and 20E in Cox’s Bazar; Host community – Jaliapalong, and Ratnapalong (Ukhiya) and Baharchora and Teknaf Municipality (Teknaf) in the Chittagonj Division. World Vision works in Camps 8E, 13, 15, 16 in Cox’s Bazar and in the Ratnapalong & Palongkhaliin host communities in the Chittagonj Division.
Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, ChildFund / WeWorld works in Djibo, Soum Province and Gorom-Gorom Oudalan Province in the Sahel Region. Terre des Hommes works in Bam, Namentenga and Sanmentenga Province in the Centre-Nord Region.
Central African Republic
In Central African Republic, Plan
International works in Bria in the Hautte-Kotto Prefecture.
SOS Children’s Villages works in Bossangoa in the Ouham Prefecture.
Colombia
In Colombia, Terre des Hommes works in Caloto, Miranda, Corinto, Caldono and Toribio in the Northern Cauca Department, in Honduras, Agua Negra, Chimborazo, Nueva Horizonte in the West Cauca Department, in Buenaventura and surrounding areas, as well as Cali and surroundings, both part of Valle de Cauca.
Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, ChildFund works in North and South Wollo in the Amhara region.
Save the Children works in the Waghumera Zone in the Amhara region.
South Sudan
In South Sudan, Save the Children works in Akobo East and West County, as well as Bor South county
in Jonglei State.
World Vision works in Juba Country in Central Equatoria State and Tambura Country in Western Equatoria State.
JF-CPiE: The needs
About JF-CPiE
JF-CPiE Baseline
JF-CPiE Child Protection Risks
To support project implementation, a baseline and needs assessment was conducted between November 2022 and January 2023.
The baseline study combined simple and stepwise sampling approaches and targeted youth, their caregivers and heads of households, as well as members of the broader community, such as health workers.
JF-CPiE: Project Outcome
Improved protection of vulnerable girls and boys (<18 years) through access to quality child protection prevention, mitigation, and response services and support
Target group
Vulnerable children and adolescents living in refugee & IDP settings as well as host communities.
Beneficiaries
391,200 persons: direct, of which 260,600 are children & adolescents and 1,793,000 persons are benefited indirectly.
JF-CPiE Project Outputs
- – Improved access to responsive child-friendly feedback mechanisms.
- – Improved knowledge, skills, and capacities of (adolescent) girls and boys to protect themselves
- – Improved ability of caregivers and families to meet protection needs.
- – Strengthened community-level child protection mechanisms.
- – Access to specialized child protection services.
- – Improved child protection coordination.
- – Strengthened evidence, programmatic tools, and advocacy for integrated child protection and food security responses.
LATEST UPDATES FROM JF-CPiE
- Invitation to our global event on policy and investment in children’s participation
On 21 May, Joining Forces is hosting an online launch for the new policy brief – A Seat at the Table: Investing in children’s participation as a cornerstone of children’s rights. […]Read More… from Invitation to our global event on policy and investment in children’s participation
- Together
Sophie is a 6-year-old girl, raised by her mother alongside four brothers in challenging circumstances after her father fall victim to a rebel attack in their village (Bolamba commune, Benzambé in Central African Republic). The mother worked on the field with limited productivity and occasionally selling some goods at the local market. Additionally, she used to work as a house cleaner to complement her income. The family’s struggles intensified when Sophie suffered a sexual assault, adding more sorrow to their already difficult situation. […] - An example of leadership for the protection of children
“Migrating is crying, crying every night, abandoning your dreams, abandoning the life you had built. For me, that’s what migration is, leaving everything I had achieved.” […]Read More… from An example of leadership for the protection of children
- On the road to child protection
Claudia*, like many children in Colombia, lived and suffered the rigors of the armed conflict. When she was only 4 years old, she and her family were forced to move from their land: Apartado, one of the municipalities in northern Antioquia most affected by the war. […]
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