Introduction
Communities are at the forefront of efforts to address and prevent the harms to children caused by violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. The objectives of this study, which was conducted from January-April 2011 in Sierra Leone, were: to learn about local beliefs and values concerning children, childhood and harms to children; to explore the actions that communities take and the mechanisms that they use for children’s protection; and to understand if and how these actions and mechanisms are linked to the government-led child protection system. This study is part of a four-year inter-agency learning initiative.
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