One of the main project activities is to identify and support unaccompanied separated children (UASC). To accomplish that, the project team conducts frequent home visits.
So far there are 54 children were identified (0-4 years (1) 5-17 years (21 males 21 females) 18-24(3 males and 6 females) registered. In addition to the basic supplies, the children were provided with clothes and psychosocial support. A practical exercise was done when the children were exposed to a “lifeline” experience where they were requested to draw up memorable instances that happened to them either good or bad and share what they meant and have shaped their behaviors. The exercise was called “memory work”. In appreciation of the exercise, this is what one of the children said, “
Sanitary pads were distributed to the girls including those at the Centre for Illegal Immigrants. Provision of pads will continue to the end of the project. Unaccompanied and separated children participated in one of the talent show which was organized by the NO MORE TEENAGE PREGNANCY campaign. The talent had several activities like singing, dancing, drama, padlock unlocking, and others. The UASC were encouraged to participating as a way of increasing their confidence as their status often results in low self-esteem.
Sharing, support, and learning are the key principles of the project. The project team traveled to Zimbabwe for a learning event in August 2017 to learn how Save the Children implement their activities. The trip bared fruits, as it gave direction to the team of how they could implement their activities for the success of the project. One of the results of the trip is to ensure that Community Child Protection Committees (CCPC) is formed at Dukwi refugee camp and at Tutume before the end of the first quarter of 2018. Participation of foster parents and UASC in the CCPC will be key.
Child and human trafficking workshops were conducted in Ghanzi and North East Districts where community and the government participants dealing with children were trained on human and child trafficking. Participants appreciated SKIB for the training citing that it’s their first time to attend such training. “This information that we got today it’s very important to us as officers dealing with children on a daily basis”.

This was said by one of the participants during the training at the Ghanzi District. “In Masunga we are facing serious challenges on sexual abuse of children in our District a girl child is in danger”. The social worker from the Head office in Masunga said this in the Child Protection committee meeting which was conducted by SKIB. The purpose of the meeting was for SKIB to meet with the existing committee to solicit ways they could join forces with SKIB to combat violence against children on the Move in the District. During the meeting, the Social Workers informed the meeting that Masunga District was faced with a challenge of Children on the Move who are UASC especially during Zimbabwe school holidays As their parents work in Botswana.
Child labor raised as the main issue in Ghanzi District. The issues relating to that was that many of the children involved in child labor were from parents who worked at the farms were very far from the schools and preferred to stay with their children than to leave them with relatives to attend schools. Another issue was that many farmworkers’ families had been working at the farms for generations and had no other homes. The issue mostly affected Basarwa communities.