Dispatches

Organisations

Stepping Stones Nigeria
Works in partnership with local organisations in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria to build sustainable futures for some of the region's many disadvantaged children, including protecting, saving and transforming the lives of children who have been stigmatised as being "witches".
Tel: 0845 3138391 (Mon-Fri 9 - 5pm)
email: info@steppingstonesnigeria.org

Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN)
Organisation with a firm belief in, and intent on, safeguarding the rights of a child including the issues of child abandonment, street children and stigmatization as witches and wizards.

ANPPCAN
ANPPCAN (African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect) is a pan-African network that promotes child rights and child protection in Africa.

Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA)
An organisation concerned about cruelty against the African Child, promoting the welfare of African children in the UK.
Tel: 020 7704 2261

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
A global network coordinating and promoting information and action on child rights. It has numerous resources on the issue of child witches in Africa.

Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS)
The only independent Christian charity providing professional advice, support, training and resources in all areas of safeguarding children and for those affected by abuse. You can download their Good Practice for Working with Faith Communities - Spirit Possession and Abuse on their website.
Tel: 01322 667207

Consortium for Street Children (CSC)
58 UK based organisations, working in 89 countries, dedicated to the welfare and rights of street living and working children and children at risk of taking to street life.
Tel: 020 7274 0087

Nigerian Children's Parliament
Official organisation representing children in Nigeria.

Victoria Climbie Foundation
Campaigns for improvements in child protection policies and practices and to ensure effective links and coordination between statutory agencies, care services and BME communities.
Tel: 020 8571 4121

Publications

Poor Children: Child "Witches" and Child Soldiers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Examines two different aspects of the accountability of children: those children who are thrown away by their families because they are "sorcerers" and those children who become soldiers and, through their involvement in armed conflict, inflict violence and death on others, including children.

DCSF: Child Abuse Linked to Accusations of "Possession" and "Witchcraft"
UK Government report by Eleanor Stobart on the frequency and severity of child abuse linked to accusations of "possession" and "witchcraft" in the UK.

Every Child Matters: Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession
This guidance provides advice to practitioners and managers to help them identify and deal with abuse that may be linked to a belief in spirit possession. The guidance is aimed at all agencies working with children.

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