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Safeguarding Essentials: Free online course available in Arabic

This course will build your understanding of what safeguarding is in the humanitarian and development sector. It will look at a diverse range of safeguarding issues affecting the vulnerable groups we serve and focus on the 'non-negotiables for conduct' in safeguarding.

On completion of this course you will:

  • Know the non-negotiables of conduct
  • Recognise safeguarding concerns
  • Understand the importance of safeguarding for the humanitarian and development sectors
  • Know what to do if you observe or hear testimony or rumour about another individual causing harm, exploitation or abuse.
  • Act and report safeguarding concerns

The course is divided into 6 modules of roughly equal length, each requiring 10-15 minutes study. The modules are:

  1. What is safeguarding?

  2. Safeguarding communities at risk

  3. How do safeguarding issues arise?

  4. Mythbusting – true or false?

  5. How you can help?

  6. Be ready to report

How to register

Click here to access the Arabic version