Newsletter – JOFA

CHILD PROTECTION IN REFUGEE CAMPS

In this quarter, activities planned to be implemented in Mao Komo district in Ethiopia remained suspended due to increasing levels of violence.

Instead, refugees who have re-located from Tongo refugee camp (in Mao Komo district) to the Tsore camp (Homosha district) participated in the project activities.

Given this situation, it is worth taking a closer look at the project’s approach to child protection programming with refugees and in conflict-affected settings.

STRENGTHEN CHILD PARTICIPATION

Including the voices of children in advocacy work is essential to respond to their needs and to overcome structural child protection issues.

In this quarter, the consortium continued to strengthen child participation mechanisms with the aim to enable children to influence decision makers.

NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND

In Q9, JOFA teams involved associations and organisations of people with disabilities at community and national level to identify children
with disability, to strengthen their participation and to tailor the interventions to meet their specific needs.

After two years of implementation, the JOFA project has made very good progress overall towards reaching the final targets and making an impact on the reduction of violence against children. The year has seen all five countries emerge from the COVID-19
pandemic.

Join us and discover the outcomes of two years of JOFA.

JOFA has conducted several activities during the last quarter. Follow us to learn how the Learning Series on Child Participation have been evolving, engaging children, parents, and tutors to experience positive parenting techniques and learn how love and respect can defeat child abuse and neglect.

Join us and discover how child participation can really make an impact to defend children’s rights.

Child participation is an important theme that runs throughout JOFA activities, and is essential to strengthen the resilience of children, enable them to make their voices heard and to improve the quality and coverage of essential child protection services.

Join us in this new edition and discover how child participation can really make an impact to defend children’s rights

Despite challenges and restrictions related to COVID-19, the JOFA project has seen steady progress in Mali, Senegal, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Join us to follow JOFA’s progress and discover how TeamUp approach is bringing children psycho-social support

In this edition: One year of JOFA, Needs assessment and JOFA response, Outlook: learning agenda and more.

The Joining Forces for Africa (JOFA) Project newsletter provides updates on progress made by the JOFA project teams in the five target countries, news on our global events; and updates about learning and sharing experiences in a consortium.

Welcome to the first edition of the Joining Forces for Africa (JOFA) Project newsletter! In this edition we will be providing a brief update on progress made by the JOFA project teams in the five target countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal and Mali, as reported for the first two quarters of the project from August to December 2020.