Highlights Usalama

The CivFund received funding from the Global Children Fund (GFC) to establish and pilot a Safeguarding Fund christened the Usalama Fund1. The Usalama Fund supports the development field to build awareness, learning, and infrastructure to ensure that the projects implemented by various development partners do no harm to the communities they seek to serve. During the 15-month pilot, the fund focused on three sectors women, children, and persons with disabilities in the Northern and Eastern subregions of the country.

Safeguarding means to protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure. There is increasing awareness of the need for safeguarding among development and humanitarian organisations the world over. Organisations have adopted safeguarding practices albeit to varied degrees. The CivFund under the Usalama[1] fund is contributing to efforts to raise awareness on safeguarding of women, children, and persons with disabilities and ensuring that these practices become lived experiences.