Projects and activities 2005-2009

The work of ANPPCAN Zambia revolves around policy advocacy, community mobilisation and engagement, HIV, child labour, recreation and educactional support. Since 2003, ANPPCAN Zambia has had three (3) donors namely;

1) International Labour Organisation/International Programme on Elimination of Child Laboour (ILO-IPEC 2005-2009)

Under ILO support, ANPPCAN Zambia has contributed towards community mobilisation as well as partner organisation in elimination of child labour through different project components as provided for by ILO Convention 182 on child labour.

a) Policy advocacy and community mobilisation

Since the year 2006, ANPPCAN Zambia working with other implementing partners for ILO supported  interventions on policy advocacy and community mobilization towards elimination of worst forms of child labour in Zambia. Policy change has been through commemoration of World Day against Child Labour (WDACL), through the line ministry namely Ministry of Labour and Social Services (MLSS). This is an annual event held on 12th June every year with financial support from ILO and the government through MLSS.Activities and the type of advocacy, community sensitization and awareness  are tailored on the global theme.

Prior to the actual day, children and other key players are involved in a number of activities in schools and communities as part of community sensitization and awareness creation to reach out the larger audience. Since 2006, the ILO community mobilization and participation tool called Supporting Children Rights through Education, Arts and Media (SCREAM) has been used in many communities and schools.  This started was initiated by ILO in 200/2005 which fed into a pilot project in 2006 of which ANPPCAN Zambia was given the opportunity to be lead agency  together with Zambia Institute of Special Education (ZAMISE)  to roll out the methodology with ILO IPs, Ministry of Education decision makers, Principals in schools of higher learning,community child labour committees (CCLCs) among others targets.


b) SCREAM Based methodology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c) Pormotion of children's recreation and reading centres as mitigation tool towards HIV and child labour elimination.

This project on preventing and mitigating spread and impact of HIV and AIDS among young people through development of children’s recreational facilities in collaboration with private sector, government and other civil society organisations working in HIV and child labour.

2) Save the Children Sweden on Child Protection 2007-2012

  • Building the capacity of children and local communities to take a more proactive role in promoting and protecting the rights of children from defilement, dropping out of school, early and forced marriages among other vices through creation of community child help desks, community child rights groups for in and out of school children.
  • Project on promoting sports and debates for in and out of school children as a means through which children can identify, develop, and increase interest in sports and debates as talents which can evolve and increase their assertiveness and self confidence in protecting themselves from any forms of abuse as well as improving their lobbying and advocacy capacities
  • Community outreach draw communities who not only come to watch children participating but also go home with conviction that each of them has a duty, roles and responsibilities to participate in promoting and protecting the rights of children in various environments in society.
  • Build the capacity of teachers in selected schools in project districts as focal point persons to support children in scaling of the Strengthening Child Rights Education through Art and Media (SCREAM) tool developed by ILO to enhance child participation as a means to ending worst forms of child labour including protecting the spread of HIV among young people.

3) Exchange of Personnel Programme: 2004 - 2012

ANPPCAN Zambia was born out of the Exchange of Personnel Programme within ANPPCAN network funded by Fredskorpset (Norwegian Peace Corps) aimed at building the capacity of the organizations through sharing of experiences and best practices within Africa on issues of child rights care, promotion and participation. From a desk within CHIN in 2003 and 2004, ANPPCAN Zambia managed to start her own fledged projects and activities. Through this programme, ANPPCAN Zambia has benefited in sharing of good practices in child right programming with more established ANPPCAN organizations in other countries. In the last 5 years, ANPPCAN Zambia staff was attached to five (5) different countries for periods of at least 12 months. Equally, ANPPCAN Zambia hosted ANPPCAN staff from other countries for learning and sharing of experiences and practices. This programme has been beneficial in terms of building the capacities of staff and also for the organization. 

4) World Population Fund (WPF) Project:     2005 to 2006)

With support from World Population Foundation (WPF), ANPPCAN Zambia started its interventions in 2005 in Zambia, targeting  three (3) districts in Northern Province, namely Mpika, Chinsali and Kasama. The key component of the project for the first and second year was to create community and district child protection structures and systems that would respond to the needs of children affected by early and forced marriages. The other project component was to raise public awareness and build capacity of duty bearers and children to sustain the structures and institution for effective response to cases of child sexual abuse and other forms of violence against children. A total of sixty five (65) children were trained as Peer Educators and eighteen (18) focal teachers also acquired skills and knowledge in sexuality education

  • Future thematic areas
    • Early childhood Development
    • Promoting children’s access to education and health
    • Promoting best practices in child care and protection