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SELL NIGERIA ENGAGES TEACHERS OF ICSS ON CHILD PROTECTION

11/2/2022

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The Sharing Education and Learning for Life Foundation was at Immaculate Conception Secondary School Bauchi where they conducted workshop on Child Safeguarding and Protection for teachers and staff of the school.
The workshop aims to empower the teachers with the knowledge of identifying what constitute abuse of children and how to develop alternative corrections to erring students rather resort to capital punishment and other forms of abuses.
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​Highlights of the workshop was the brief review of the School’s child safeguarding policy and the need to implement the contents of the policy in order to create a safe learning space for the students and staff.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING OFFICER ON MONITORING/OVERSIGHT VISIT TO SELL FOUNDATION
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​The child safeguarding officer to St Patrick’s Missionary society Mr. Raphael Okusaga was at the SELL foundation for a monitoring/oversight visit from the 26th to 28th September, 2022.
During the visit Raphael visited SELL partners in Bauchi to consolidate on the already existing relationships between SELL and its partners especially on the areas of child protection and prevention of gender based violence in Bauchi.
Speaking during the visit Raphael appreciated the stakeholders and partners for the efforts they are making to ensure the child right law is domesticated and implemented in Bauchi and for their interventions around domestic violence and child related issues.
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​Mrs. Yacit Dala Director human rights commission appreciated Raphael and SELL foundation for the visit and the efforts the foundation is making to ensure they create awareness on any form of abused against children and vulnerable in the society and prevention of domestic violence. She added that the commission is also doing everything possible to reach out to the local communities through advocacy and awareness on domestic violence which she also affirmed that from the existence of the commission in Bauchi to this very moment people are more informed of their rights and the commission from January to September 2022 alone have recorded over six thousand complaints, she encouraged the Foundation to keep up the good work as they continue to partner together.
Alhaji Usman Sale Director Ministry of Religious affairs, community relation and social welfare department also applauded SELL for its effort on child protection and prevention of gender based violence. Usman added that the ministry frowns at anything violence and they will continue to pledge their support to SELL in every aspect they can to curtail any forms of abuse and violence in Bauchi through religious tolerance and prosecution of perpetrators.
Alhaji Ali Mohammed Director Child development ministry of women affairs also affirmed that they are working hand in hand with Civil society organizations, government agencies and other committee set by the government through the office of the wife of the governor Her Excellency Dr Aisha Bala Muhammed which SELL happens to be part of the committee to see that the child right law and other related laws are domesticated in Bauchi. He assured the team during the visit that in few months time the child protection law will be passed in Bauchi State.
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Facilities/Stakeholders visited include: Safe home for victims of sexual and gender based violence, Sexual assault and referral centre (SARC), Director Child Development, Ministry of Women Affairs, National Human Rights Commission,  Ministry of Religious Affairs, Community Relations and Social Welfare department among others.
As part of the visit, Raphael also met with the SELL resource team and the SELL volunteers in Jos, Plateau State where he evaluated the Child Safeguarding aspect of the just concluded three year multi-annual Misean project.

 
SELL CHARGED BAUCHI CITIZENS TO CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Citizens of Bauchi state have been urged to imbibe the culture of Tree Planting to avoid desertification, climate change and flooding in the state.
 
The call was been made by the Hausa program officer of Sharing Education and Learning for Life foundation Nigeria, SELL foundation, Mr. John Sebastian Jiddere while featuring in a special BRC  programme.
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​Mr. John Sebastian said the attitude of some citizens in deforestation for making charcoal and which affect environment is one of the reasons for disasters in the society.
 
He said, people must adopt the habit of ensuring clean environment to avoid spread of diseases like cholera, Malaria, diarrhea, Lassa fever among others and advised them to consider their personal hygiene with all seriousness for a healthy living
 
Earlier in her contribution in the programme, Miss Emily Ranna Yinala, the SELL Foundation communication officer mentioned some of the activities of SELL Foundation to include, creating awareness on Peace and conflict resolution to promote reconciliation among diverse ethnic groups and individual in society, Self awareness, Gender reconciliation, Trauma consciousness and resilience, environmental protection among others to sensitize the youth in the society.
 
The SELL Foundation communication officer, pointed out the importance of seeking professional advice before building houses in the community to avoid flooding and reiterated the commitment of SELL foundation to foster peace and unity among individual in the society for better Nigeria, and called for the citizens to consider the type of soil before planting a tree in the environment.

WORKSHOPS IN THE SELL COMMUNITIES
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Workshops in the SELL communities are still ongoing, the SELL community in Yola, Adamawa State and Tafawa Balewa Local Government of Bauchi state have conducted  Child Safeguarding and protection workshop  to the teachers of Executive Child Academy while that of Tafawa Balewa with Youth groups.
The workshop aimed at empowering the teachers and the youth groups with necessary skills on how they handle children especially those entrusted in their care.
 
Equally, Jalingo SELL team facilitated a peace building session at the stakeholder’s engagement organized by Jalingo peace project.
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​Maiduguri SELL community also stepped down workshop on conducted a workshop on Countering Violent Extremism/strategic communication to the youths of St John's Barracks, Postiskum, Maiduguri Diocese.
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