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Keeping Children Safe is pleased to announce a new free online forum on 29 – 30 September 2026.  This two-day event with activities in English and French will focus on sharing safeguarding practices and experiences in institutions of higher learning; which enable young people to learn, grow and thrive.  Why safeguarding matters  Africa is home to the youngest […]

Image: Eren Li/Pexels Many organisations have child safeguarding policies and dedicated teams but struggle to ensure good practices are implemented consistently across locations.  With 32 locations across the country, SOS Children’s Villages India faced a challenge to maintain a consistent and structured approach to child safeguarding across their activities.  Already aligned with the Indian legal framework and

Image: Ron Lach/Pexels  Free a Girl is a Netherlands-based organisation dedicated to preventing and combating the sexual exploitation of children. Through its work, they support children affected by exploitation and advocate for a world where every child can grow up safe and free.   The organisation joined our Network because they know that collaboration and continuous learning

Image: Noah Denhe. Pexels.com  Hatima Yetu is a community-driven and evidence-based initiative focused on promoting empowerment, safety, health and resilience.   The organisation decided to join KCS Members Network to strengthen their commitment to safeguarding and ‘be part of a global community of practice that promotes learning, accountability, and shared safeguarding standards’ – as their representative expressed.  The team at Hatima Yetu is

Recently, several stories of Cameroonian children who have been abused emerged in African and international news. We sat in conversation with Berinyuy Naomi Kibula, KCS’s Africa Programme Manager and Co-Founder of Youth Ignite Cameroon, to unpack the emotions that these stories provoke, discuss the context of child abuse and propose actions to protect all children.  ‘The crisis of sexual violence against children

Keeping Children Safe (KCS) Certification provides independent external assurance that an organisation meets recognised standards in child safeguarding, demonstrating both competence and a strong commitment to protecting children from harm.  By achieving the KCS Certification, organisations signal that children’s safety is central to their work. The recognition strengthens trust with donors, partners and the wider public, enhancing the organisation’s

For His Children is an Ecuador-based organisation dedicated to serving children and young adults with disabilities. Upon joining the KCS Network, they expressed: ‘Safeguarding is not just a legal or administrative responsibility, it is a core expression of our mission and values. We want every member of our staff to understand their role in creating

We are pleased to welcome the Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE) into our Members’ Network; an organisation working to advance agroecology, seed conservation and farmers’ rights.  The organisation decided to join the network to strengthen their commitment to holistic and ethical development work. Although their programmes focus on agriculture, children in farmer

We are proud to announce the successful completion of an initiative commissioned by the Council of the Baltic Sea States in the context of an EU co-financed project to strengthen child protection and child safeguarding in Barnahus. The initiative was implemented in close collaboration with the Barnahus Network, a leading European network dedicated to protecting

KCS is glad to welcome a new team member: Freda Kukua Hammond, the first Apprentice on the new KCS Safeguarding Apprenticeship Programme.  Freda is based in Ghana, where she studies law at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.  We asked Freda a few questions about her experience with child safeguarding and her motivation

Image: Patrika Sathi. Pexels.com  The New Life Mwangaza Rehabilitation Centre (NLMRC) has joined KCS Members Network to strengthen their commitment to protect at-risk, street-connected boys and ensuring their safety, dignity and wellbeing.  NLMRC’s director expressed that becoming a member is an important opportunity to enhance the organisation’s safeguarding systems, in line with global best practices