protection
Activities
of our Organization (Kurdistan Economic Development Organization) in the field of
(protection) children's rights and education in general:
1-The establishment of a center for
the care of displaced children in Sulaymaniyah in 1996 with local support, and
the support of the World Food Program. More than 300 children benefited from
it. The center continued until 2004
2- Educating the health of the
children of 10 schools in 1998 in Sulaymaniyah with the support of the British
CA and in coordination with the General Directorate of Education, benefiting
2,150 children
3 - Establishment of a special center
for working children of displaced persons for rehabilitation in 1998-1999 in
Sulaymaniyah with the support of DC Dutch and benefiting more than 100 children
4 - Establishment of a center for the
return of displaced children who dropped out of school in 1999-2000 in
Sulaymaniyah with the support of the Dutch CD, where more than 100 displaced
children benefited and 80% of them returned to school
5- Preparation, publication and printing of 250
copies of children's magazine or children's rights in Sulaymaniyah in 1999 with
the local support
6 - We were the first organization we
took part in Implementing a project to organize a advocacy campaign for
the protection of school children from violence in 2001-2002 in Sulaymaniyah
with the support of the Save Children Organization of the United
Kingdom SC-UK , where more than 30 governmental and non-governmental
organizations (civil society organizations) participated for one year following
the efforts of Campaign Activities The Ministry of Education (Green Zone) has
issued a decision to prevent the use of violence in schools towards
children.
- success story:- This decision
and implementation is a success story for our organization, all campaign
participants and for the Save Children Organization of the United
Kingdom SC-UK
7- ( 19 )television episodes
for the protection of the rights of the child were carried out through the GK
channel in 2001-2002 in the Region with the support of the United Kingdom
Save Children SC-UK and in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture.
8- Organizing a training course on the
protection of children's rights for 3 days, attended by 35 school principals in
Sulaymaniyah in 2002 with the support of the British
Save Children Organization SC-UK and in cooperation with the
Ministry of Education.
9 - Translation with the publication
and printing of 6500 copies of the book ( peacemaking skills of little
kids ) in 2003-2004 and distributed to more than 500 schools of
Khanaqin and Sulaymaniyah by the Ministry of education the
project supported by the American DAI and in cooperation with the
Ministry of Education and was trained 216 supervisors and teachers on how to
teach The book and the purpose of the project was to teach children to
live in peace and stay away from all forms of violence
10. Conducting a field research on the
use of domestic violence against children in Sulaymaniyah in 2003-2004 with the
support of the British the Save Children Organization SC-UK and in cooperation
with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. The results showed a high
percentage of families using violence against children, after publishing and
printing 250 copies were distributed to interested parties. Researchers took
the research as a source of their studies on family violence towards children
11. Again, our organization organized
advocacy campaign to prevent domestic violence against children in 2004 -
2005 in Sulaymaniyah, with the support of the British
the Save Children Organization SC-UK. And Thirty-two
governmental and non-governmental parties (Civil Society Organizations)
participated with training course for school social workers. Other
for school principals have been instructed to guide the parents of
children to get away from violence. 500 copies of the pamphlet have been
prepared, printed and distributed to guide parents to stay away from
violence towards children and have achieved impressive results. The judicial
authorities have begun to punish parents when they abuse children and others
begun to monitor the abuses against children
11-KEDO awarded a grant from Mercy Corps funded by BPRM to
implement The Advancing Adolescence program in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The
program work with refugees (50%), IDPs
and host community adolescents ages 12-19 and supportive role model youth ages
19-30 to serve as coaches and youth leaders, the program for strengthen social capital, develop
knowledge, skills will establish adolescent-friendly safe spaces for young
people to Adolescent Friendly Space and their ability to collaboratively pursue
personal and community development goals, This approach ensure that the program is addressing
underlying tensions between target communities and turning crisis into
opportunity by building relationship networks and mutual understanding in a
context where they would otherwise not exist, through participation in
psychosocial, life skills, short‐term goal setting and recreational activities,
as well as community projects to build social cohesion implemented jointly by
refugee, IDP and host community youth, adolescent girls and boys will develop
leadership and decision‐making skills while gaining greater confidence,
self‐esteem, self-efficacy and trust in those around them, and we particularly
sensitive to the markedly different challenges and opportunities faced by boys and
girls and the organization provides age and sex divided spaces, learning
materials, and experiences, to allow each young person to develop to their
fullest potential.
12- PSS activities for children and youth for social cohesion
between different IDP groups, refugee and host community: Drawing on profound
stress frameworks and attunement techniques, we consider this an essential
precursor to working with vulnerable Refugee, IDP and Host Community
adolescents affected by the crisis. As one method for reducing social
aggression, KEDO supports promoting empathy and the further development of
intellectual, social and emotional well-being – attachment to self, families,
and communities