A non-governmental and non-profit organisation, Protect The Child Foundation, has unveiled a book, titled, ‘The Trainers Manual,’ which gives tips on how to prevent, respond and report cases of child sexual abuse.
A statement by the NGO said the handmanual aimed at empowering teachers, parents, caregivers, and relevant stakeholders with important information and encouraging them to have conversations around body safety, age-appropriate sex education, and channels of reportage of child sexual abuse.
Speaking at the unveiling of the Trainers manual, PTCF Executive Director, Elizabeth Achimugu, explained that her desire to give confidence and hope to the abused was the driving force behind her establishment of the Foundation.
The book was launched as a club in five Abuja-based schools- Junior Secondary School, Lower Usman Dam, Bwari Area Council; Junior Secondary School, Kpegyi; Junior Secondary School, Kurudu; Junior Secondary School, Nyanya II; and Local Education Authority (LEA), Nyanya II.
She said PTCF was committed to the protection and defence of the innocence of children against all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation with a vision to create a safe childhood free from sexual abuse for the African Child.
“In 2017, after I had my first child I was beginning to wonder about sexual safety most times people just talk about girls but I know boys too can be abused. So what can we do about these things, I realised people don’t like to talk about them. When it comes up people just want to push it aside and that is what gave birth to Protect The Child Foundation,” she said.
The book reviewer, second Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Clement Chukwuemeka, described the manual as very informative and educative in eradicating child sexual abuse in the country.
