Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference Child Friendly Policy and Card book In addition to the Child Safeguarding Policy the Education Commission produced a Child Friendly Policy for Child Safeguarding which is used by children. The Policy clearly states the Rights and Responsibilities of children, Channels followed in reporting cases of abuse, different forms of abuse, and ways of dictating cases of Child trafficking. Card books were also developed specifically for children in Early Child Development (ECD) classes. The Card book has illustrations or images which helps a child to identify different forms of abuse and how to report them. It also shows images of the people whom a child can report to if he or she is abused such as, Police, Nurse, Teacher, Religious Priest or Sister, Parent or Guardian or a Child Safeguarding officer at school or children's home. The Commission worked on the translation of Child Safeguarding Policies into local languages. In order to reach many people in Zimbabwe, the Education Commission found it necessary to translate Child Safeguarding Polices into Shona and Ndebele. The translations were distributed in Catholic Schools, Parishes, Children's Homes and Hospitals in order to raise awareness and to educate different people on issues of Child Safeguarding. Training other Conferences and Organisations on Child Safeguarding The Education Commission had an opportunity of training some members of the Ethiopian Catholic Bishops' Conference. We trained delegates on the following areas: Procedures of developing Child Safeguarding Policies, Methodologies which are followed when training Child Safeguarding Officers such as Teachers, Religious Brothers and Sisters, Priests, Boarding Matrons and anyone who cares for children, Procedures of Handling cases of abuse and Procedures of implementing Child Safeguarding policies in all Catholic institutions. Furthermore, the Education Commission has trained individuals from different organisations such as Missionary Childhood Director from Germany, Association of Churches Education Secretaries. The Commission has shared Child Safeguarding Policies and Handbooks with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, UNICEF, Save the Children and many others. 68

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