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Safeguarding

The children who live with us are not a campaign. These six rules decide what we show, what we name and what we keep private.

Six rules

A child is never a campaign.

No real children in pictures
We never publish photographs that identify a child. Our pictures are paper illustrations, and nobody in need is ever shown as a spectacle.
No identifiable child without consent
A child is shown only with a signed consent from the child’s guardian under our safeguarding policy, and never to ask for gifts.
No poverty imagery
No tears, no dirt for effect, no flies, no empty bowls. We show places, materials, light, work and beginnings.
Adults appear with their consent
We publish portraits of the family and of named adults, such as staff, volunteers and partners, only with their consent.
No child is sponsored by name
You can sponsor a building, a room or a program. You never sponsor a child.
Captions say where and when
Every picture tells you where and when it was taken. We never write a caption like “a poor child in Pakistan”.

Our policy, in short

These rules bind everyone who works for SAKIDAN, volunteers and visitors included.

Checked before they start
Everyone who works with children gives references and, where the law allows, a criminal record extract, before the first day.
Never alone with a child
Visitors and volunteers are never alone with a child, and never take a child away from the home.
A code everyone signs
Staff, volunteers and visitors agree to our code of conduct before they meet the children.
Every concern taken seriously
Each concern is recorded, handled in confidence and acted on. Where the law requires it, we report it to the authorities.
Private records
A child's health and school records are seen only by the people who care for that child.

If something worries you

Write to us. Your message goes straight to the board, is handled in confidence, and is answered by a person.

ENIXEN Group covers our running costs, and every franc is accounted for.