Key results
UNICEF is supporting Family and Child Protection Units managed by local police forces in five states in the north of Sudan with UNICEF support. A multi-focus awareness campaign on female genital mutilation (FGM) and prevention of child recruitment has so far reached over 2.5 million people. Some 240,000 vulnerable children and young people across Sudan benefited from UNICEF[-supported psychosocial services, enhanced protection, and reintegration support, including education, life-skills based activities, HIV prevention activities, recreational projects and vocational/livelihood opportunities. In the northern states, UNICEF advocacy efforts and support to the National Council for Child Welfare (NCCW) contributed significantly to the pardon by the President of Sudan of the 99 children detained following an attack by rebel groups against Omdurman in May 2008. The children were separated from adult detainees and provided care and psychosocial support as well as appropriate legal and advocacy interventions for their release. All the children including children with their families in Chad have now been reunified with their families and will benefit from reintegration activities. In support of strengthening national structures for vulnerable children, training programmes were organized by UNICEF for more than 400 professionals working with children in contact with the law. Systems were put in place to support over 4,400 abandoned babies in Khartoum, Gedaref, South Darfur and Kassala States – a partnership between UNICEF, the police, the State Councils for Child Welfare and social welfare departments now allows early identification of cases and rapid referral to relevant institutions. Mine risk education activities benefited 268,000 people including IDPs and returnees.
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