2016 Annual Report by Panhavuth

Annual Report Asia 2016

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Dear friends,

The year 2016 marks the 50th year anniversary of Terre des Hommes Netherlands. Events were organised to celebrate this special occasion across the globe. In Asia, we took advantage of the trend by promoting the anniversary through social media channels connecting with people across eleven countries in Asia where our projects were being implemented.

To make the organisation sustainable for the long run, Terre des Hommes Netherlands in 2016 switched its funding strategies from depending entirely on our long-term supporters such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands and National Postcode Lottery to institutional funding and self-initiated programme development. The changes are strongly believed to bring about positivity and sustainability for Terre des Hommes Netherlands in achieving our mission: stopping child exploitations.

By the end of 2016, projects in certain areas phased out as Terre des Hommes Netherlands programme team worked to improve the quality of the programmes, identify the gaps and strengthen

the capacity on the ground. We see this as an opportunity to ensure we can maximise the positive impact on the lives of many children through goodquality programmes.

Looking forward and taking bigger leap, Terre des Hommes Netherlands is grateful for all the supports, collaboration and the faith in our work to put an end on all forms of child exploitations. A big thank to our teams at the field level for their hard-work, commitment and dedication throughout the year.

All the best,

Eric van der Lee Regional Representative in Asia

WHO WE ARE

Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH Netherlands) is part of the Terre des Hommes International Federation: 10 national organisations working collaboratively around the world. Terre des Hommes Netherlands was founded in 1965 as a non-profit organisation and is based in The Hague, Netherlands. The organisation is dedicated to preventing child exploitation, working towards a world where all children have a decent life and can grow up to be independent adults. We offer help without discrimination against race, religion, gender or political inclination.

In Asia, Terre des Hommes Netherlands has been working for more than 30 years with an extensive experience and expansive network. Our permanent base ‘Regional Office’ was set up in 1986.

VISION

Terre des Hommes Netherlands works towards a world where all children have a decent life and can grow up to be independent adults. A world in which children are no longer exploited. We will continue our work until this is accomplished.

MISSION

Terre des Hommes Netherlands prevents child exploitation, removes children from exploitative situations and ensures these children can develop themselves in a safe environment.

TERRE DES HOMMES 1965-2016: FROM A HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANISATION TO LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMMES TO STOP CHILD EXPLOITATION

On 22 July 1960, Edmond Kaiser, a journalist, founds the children’s organisation Terre des Hommes in Switzerland to help children who need care during the wars in Vietnam and Algeria. In 1965, volunteers applied the same initiative in The Netherlands. In the beginning, Terre des Hommes Netherlands mainly provided help to children in emergency situations in developing countries via Dutch doctors. Over the years, the focus has shifted to structural aid through local project partners.

In 2016, Terre des Hommes Netherlands celebrate its 50th year anniversary across three regions: Asia, East Africa and Netherlands. Find out more at: www.terredeshommes.nl/en/50

Asia: Thailand, Sri lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Philippines.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING POLICY

The safety of children is our priority. Therefore, our ‘child safeguarding’ measurement is an essential part of our work. Terre des Hommes has a Child Safeguarding Policy with underlying code of conduct to ensure that a child is not harmed by our employees and our partners, volunteers or our affiliated parties such as consultants and journalists.

In 2016, Terre des Hommes Netherlands, as a member organisation of Terre des Hommes International Federation, awarded Level 1 certification for the protection of children after assessment of the global child protection movement ‘Keeping Children Safe’.

WHAT WE DO

We have divided our work into the following themes:

The fight against child labour

The fight against commercial sexual exploitation of children

The fight against child trafficking and unsafe migration

The fight against Child Abuse

In addition, emergency relief is an integral part of our activities.

APPROACH & STRATEGIES

Theory of Change

Our sustainable approach is based on our ‘Theory of Change’. With this integrated approach, we completed a number of strategic steps to achieve lasting social change. The objective is to stop child exploitation. The essential principle here is capacity allowing us to create a strong civil society in the countries where we work. With our partners, we are well able to deliver the required quality of our interventions and to influence public policy effectively in the long term.

Terre des Hommes Netherlands addresses child exploitation in a strategic manner through five types of interventions:

PREVENTION

To empower children and mobilise families and communities for prevention of child exploitation. We constantly invest in education services and awareness-raising campaigns.

PROVISION

To protect and empower children with the aim of a safe and sustainable reintegration in society. We provide child victims of exploitation with education, shelter, gainful employment, medical care and therapy services.

PROMOTION

To advocate and uphold the rights of children. We organize public and media campaigns, conduct research into the scale and nature of abuse and exploitation, as well as lobby for attention and change.

PROSECUTION

To seek justice for the victims. We assist children and their families to report abuse and child exploitation cases, offer legal aid and social protection, train and assist police, public prosecution offices and justices departments.

PARTNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION

We engage and strengthen civil society in the promotion of children’s rights to ensure children are protected. Meaningful participation of children is enshrined in all our programmes.

SUMMARY OF KEY IMPACTS BY THEMES

NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HELPED:

PROJECTS IN ASIA:

India: 41.500

Nepal: 13.221

Bangladesh: 161.427

Sri Lanka: 4.134

Myanmar: 8.073

Thailand: 14.742

Total number of children received help in Asia:

334.418

Laos: 12.482

Cambodia: 40.500

Child labor: 8 Child trafficking: 16 Humanitarian Aid: 4

Philippines:13.409

Indonesia: 11.275

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: 13

Child abuse: 5

Number of children to school: 93476

Number of children received legal assistance: 8786

Number of informed communities: 3 569 665

Number of children received care: 50 600

COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN (CSEC)

BUDGET FOR 2016: € 1,862,635

DURATION: 2016 - 2018

PROJECTS: 13

FUNDING STREAMS: GAA, EU, DtZ, NPL, ASML, NFF, Others (unlabeled fund)

COUNTRY: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka.

INTRODUCTION

Across the Asia region, sexual abuse and exploitation severely affects the lives of many girls and boys in a wide age range, from very young children to adolescents. A number of risk and vulnerability factors, including constant changes in social, demographic and economic trends, along with poverty, low levels of education, exposure to other forms of neglect and abuse and harmful cultural norms, has made Asia a focal point for confronting the widespread sexual exploitation of children.

The focus is on two phenomena: the growth of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) and the increase of sexual exploitation in the

context of travel and tourism (SECTT). The expansion of technology in Asia has placed children, especially those in poverty, at risk of becoming victims of online solicitation, abuse and exploitation. The increase in travel and tourism throughout the region has influenced both the supply and demand side of sexual exploitation of children and increased the risks to children.

IN 2016

During its five-year strategic plan period 2016- 2020, Terre des Hommes Netherlands strategically narrowed its focus to Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OCSE) and Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism (SECTT) through a flagship campaign ‘Sweetie’ and a flagship programme ‘Project WATCH’. Both activities yielded tremendous results in terms of arrests and convictions of online child predators and traveling child sex offenders.

TdH Netherlands also started a joint programmes called Down to Zero (DtZ) and initiated advocacy projects in the context of the Girls Advocacy Alliance in Bangladesh, India and the Philippines.

(Read more on page 19)

In 2016, research studies supported by TdH Netherlands were conducted in Philippines, while groundbreaking research commenced in Myanmar, which will provide an in depth

analysis of the magnitude, nature, context and trends related to the sexual exploitation of children - the very first study to explore such issues in that country

(Read more on page 21)

FOR 2017

In 2017, ‘Project WATCH’ will be developed into the ‘Asia Regional WATCH Programme’ and will initially be implemented in three countries: Cambodia, the Philippines and Nepal. This three-year programme will be funded under the CSEC programme with TdH Netherlands’ own funding and is prioritised for additional fundraising.

In the past TdH Netherlands supported institutions providing short and long term term institutional care, such as shelters. In recognition of the global shift towards de-institutionalisation, family strengthening and development of community based child protection and support systems, including alternative care options such as kinship and foster care, TdH Netherlands is reviewing its approaches. By the end of 2017, this reviewing will contribute to the development of the TdH Netherlands Alternative Care Strategy and Minimum Standards, ensuring that future programmes provide a range of options, ensuring that all children we support continue to be provided with the choice of innovative and flexible support services that they so richly deserve.

PROGRAMME KEY RESULTS

Output Results

Some of the output results of CSEC programme in Asia in 2016:

• 110,780 vulnerable children participated in awareness raising sessions

• 2,780 (1,522 girls) child victims were immediately safeguarded

• 2,718,728 community members with children vulnerable to exploitation participated in awareness raising activities.

• 2,141 community members with child victims participated in awareness raising activities

• 1,127 CSO’s participated in networks for promotion of children’s rights.

• 131 media campaigns addressing Children’s rights policies conducted.

• 1,394 judiciary and police staff trained in child protection and child-friendly interview techniques.

• 86 courses for private sector staff on CRC, CoC & UN Global Compact held

Important Outcome Results

• In Indonesia, during the International Children’s Day, a children’s forum supported by TdH Netherlands’ project publically addressed the issues around commercial sexual exploitation of children.

• In 2016, 38 women from eight villages in India have decided not to include their child in Devadasi system and allow the child to go back to school. (Devadasi system is a religious practice in parts of southern India whereby parents dedicate a daughter to a life of sex work in the name of religion. This dedication is similar as a marriage which usually take places before the girl reaches puberty and requires the girl to become a prostitute for upper-caste community members, and they are forbidden to enter into a real marriage.)

• In Bangladesh, 262 children at risk and 107 survivors for sexual abuse and exploitation in the brothel and among the street children in Dhaka were provided support. The children were provided with shelter, food clothing, education, healthcare, recreation, legal support and psycho-social counseling.