Children stand in front of the camera in a group. There is a dirt mound behind them.
Children who benefitted from the programme lived in informal settlements and crowded slum communities without access to basic facilities and services.

Preventive action and early interventions against child abuse and exploitation in urban poor communities

Duration: June 2001– February 2004
Budget: US$214,747
Implementing Agencies: UNICEF

Covering the cities of Manila, Pasay and Quezon, the objective of the programme was to implement measures protecting children in impoverished urban communities from the risks of drug addiction, sexual exploitation, child labor, and homelessness.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:

Programme summary