Supporting Child (Re)Integration. Terre des hommes Policy Paper

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, States have an obligation to promote social re(integration) of any child victim of abuse and violence. This document describes “re(integration)” according to Tdh, presents the positioning of the organisation, elaborates on the various services needed and finally gives some indication on how they can be implemented in a qualitative manner. The document does not argue that all these services should be covered by Tdh projects. It provides a list of services needed to help the team in choosing the intervention which best corresponds to their capacities and skills. The listing illustrates the need to work with national duty bearers as well as within a comprehensive referral system. As such the document can be useful in the planning phase either when starting or adjusting a project. This document is the result of a one-week meeting held in 2008 in which knowledge and experience was shared from projects on exploitation in South East Europe, West Africa and South Asia. Internal expertise on work with children in street situations also contributed heavily to this document.