Title:
Rapid child protection assessments in emergency contexts : a view from the Christian Children’s Fund
Authors:
Becklund, A.
,
Wheaton, W.
,
Wessells, M.
Year:
2005
Serial number:
104
Journal:
Early Childhood Matters
Pages:
12
-
15
ISSN:
1387-9553
Language:
eng
Subject:
Humanitarian Assistance
Keywords:
children
,
disasters and emergencies
,
humanitarian assistance
Abstract:
In emergency situations, the focus of humanitarian aid is typically on the delivery of food, water, shelter, healthcare and other basic necessities. However, in these circumstances one of the most vulnerable yet invisible groups is children, and they usually comprise around half of the affected population. Therefore, the question of how to collect the assessment information needed to guide programmes to protect and support at-risk children and families becomes very important. This question is in part ethical – since in an acute emergency, collecting data will raise people’s expectations of assistance without providing support – and in part practical, as the constantly changing situation imposes severe time constraints that prevent longer term epidemiological assessments, although these may be important later.
Organization:
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Category:
Practice
Right:
© 2005 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Document type:
E-article
File:
124426.pdf