PROMOTING REGIONAL CONNECTIONS

In addition to providing individual support to partner organisations, PRIDE aims to foster collaboration between child protection actors at the national, regional and international levels. This collaboration materialised in various ways this year:

• Partners from Colombia, Honduras and Peru came together for a volunteer-facilitated workshop on strategic communications and how it can spark behavioural changes and encourage people to promote children's rights.

• GENFAMI in Colombia and the Paniamor Foundation in Costa Rica initiated a collaborative process that falls under the international communications campaign "For a life without violence."

They are also co-organising the 6th Meeting on Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Unions in Latin America. The two organisations decided joint initiatives could help them reach broader audiences, thereby expanding protection for atrisk populations.