CHILD PROTECTION
Comprehensive School-Based Violence Prevention (SBVP) Program Model aims to enhance the skills of children, caregivers, and educators to prevent, mitigate, and respond to violence against children (VAC) by participating in a school-based violence prevention methodology and activities focused on social-emotional learning skills and self-protection. The model incorporates four components shown to effectively reduce multiple forms of violence children experience at school, at home, and in the community.
The SBVP model specifically focuses on reducing VAC to engender environments that are physically, emotionally, and psychologically healthy for children’s well-being and education.
VOICE work with Ministry of Education, National Institute of Education, Department of child probation and child care services, National Child Protection Authority, ChildFund Srilanka, AU Lanka, T field Child Development Federation, “Abimana Development Foundation”, Child Development Fund Trincomalee to curriculum adaptation and to develop other implementation strategies as a leading partner of Child Fund Sri Lanka. The SBVP program model aims to enhance the skills of 2500 children,91 parents,22 teachers, 12 volunteers in Puttlam district, and 23 National and provincial Education and Child protection officers in this pilot project.
Key Interventions:
- Parents/caregivers create a conducive home environment for the development & protection of children.
- Teachers and parents create an enabling environment for skils.
- Caregivers apply knowledge and skills to reduce parent-child behaviors that lead to violence in the school and home
- School community engaged to reduce and respond to risk factors that lead to violence in the school and community
