ERIKS Development Partner was founded in 1967 and their mission is to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting the rights of the child. They focus mainly on the child’s right to education, health and protection.
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Main Areas of Work
What They Do
Location
Global
ERIKS’ child protection approaches:
- To sensitize children and their caregivers on the rights of children to protection from neglect, abuse, exploitation and harmful practices.
- To support caregivers and communities to organize themselves for the protection of children against abuse and exploitation.
- To build the capacity of and facilitate networking between different authorities, institutions and organizations involved in child protection.
- To advocate for and promote legislation, services and minimum standards in relation to child protection.
- To raise awareness on legislation and consequences of harmful traditional practises and promote behaviour change in relation to these practises.