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We are glad to announce that SOS Children’s Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina has attained a Level 1 Certification by KCS in 2024, which highlights their determination to create environments free from abuse. As first-time recipients of this certification, they are equipping themselves with new tools and practices to safeguard the children and families they […]

In 2024, The American School in Japan (ASIJ) renewed its Level 2 certification with KCS, reaffirming their commitment to the highest standards of child safeguarding.  ASIJ, a non-profit international school in Tokyo, has been providing world-class education for over 100 years – with a holistic approach to education, actively involving students’ families in the development

This January, Alana Constenla joined Keeping Children Safe to lead our communications strategy with the goal of growing and connecting with our audiences. She will use her experience designing high-impact and engaging communication strategies to support our efforts for delivering our global mission.  In this interview, we look into Alana’s professional experiences and what motivated

Andrea Espirito Santo is our new Child Safeguarding Adviser and leads Keeping Children Safe’s Brazil programme. Her addition to the team is a key part of our plan to expand our support into Brazil and offer resources in Portuguese such as training, mentoring, certification and quality assurance.  She has advocated for child safeguarding all through her

‘Protection to Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH) is a child safeguarding issue. […] and it is not one-location issue: it is every sector, it is every programme and it is across the globe.’ Watch the recording of the webinar by USAID, From Local to Global – PSEAH and Child Safeguarding in Action

‘Conversations with partners about safeguarding can feel like a check list but it should be about more than that, it should be a partnership to manage risks’. Watch the full video by Jennifer Smith, from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, on How the Common Approach from Protection to Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and

‘Do no harm’ is the cornerstone of all ethics.’  Watch the full video by Robert Blum, from the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, on Ethical issues in research and programming with young adolescents  Understanding the implications of ethics and child safeguarding when conceptualising or carrying a research project is fundamental to ensure children’s safety and

‘Safeguarding is part of an ethical approach to communications, in particular, when working with people and want to portray their involvement in the research process or how the topic researched affects their lives. It is about having respect for the individuals and the communities that you work with, making sure you portray their lives and

We are excited to announce that Keeping Children Safe (KCS) will host International Child Safeguarding Week 2024 (ICSW 2024) from 21 to 25 October 2024. This global campaign is designed to emphasise that safeguarding children from exploitation and abuse is everyone’s responsibility.  Throughout the week, we will share resources focused on raising awareness and promoting

Keeping Children Safe (KCS) is happy to welcome the English Schools Foundation (ESF) to our global child safeguarding network. As the largest English-medium international school organisation in Hong Kong, ESF serves over 18,500 students from 75 different nationalities across 22 schools, including kindergartens, primary, secondary, and all-through schools. ESF is renowned for its high academic

On 17 and 18 April 2024, the Child Safeguarding in the Americas Summit 2024 was held in Montevideo, Uruguay and organised by Keeping Children Safe together with the National Institution of Human Rights (INDDHH) and the British Embassy in Montevideo, with the support of SOS Children’s Villages Spain and the University of Reading. The summit