September 2007: ChildSafe Annual Meeting in Siem Reap
In September, ChildSafe-Siem Reap organized an annual meeting for their network members. Comprising of four sessions at FI Siem Reap’s new Transitional Home, 72 tuk-tuk- and moto taxi drivers attended the event.

During the meeting the relationship between FI Siem Reap staff and ChildSafe facilitators were reinforced. The ChildSafe team informed members about the new program plans for FI Siem Reap and shared the results of ChildSafe-Siem Reap in 2007. The meeting was also designed for the members to provide feedback to the ChildSafe team. The results showed that our members are still very interested in the ChildSafe program and the issues that are being addressed. They were especially interested in the tools that are used to protect children from sexual abuse.

September 2007: ChildSafe welcomes 62 new moto and tuktuk drivers to the network.
On 28th of September, ChildSafe held a ceremony to distribute certificates to 62 new network members. The new members are tuktuk and moto drivers from different locations in Phnom Penh who were trained with practical skills to know how to protect children, especially street children, from dangerous situations such as physical or sexual abuse, discrimination and the dangers of migration. These new members will enhance and enlarge the ChildSafe network and supplement the existing ChildSafe members. All members are volunteers who join this network because they would like to serve the interest of society and protect children.

ChildSafe would like to thank to their donors SCA, EWMI and UNICEF as well as the Safe Migration team and their donor World Education as well as all Friends-International and Mith Samlanh staff who took part in this important ceremony.

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September 2007: Anise Hotel is the 10th ChildSafe Hotel member in Phnom Penh
Anise has become the 10th hotel in Phnom Penh to implement the ChildSafe hotel policy to protect children from abuse, especially sexual abuse. Anise is a new local business showing responsibility for social interests in their society. The 16 trained staff of Anise will keep their eyes open to protect and help vulnerable kids from dangerous situations through direct intervention or by reporting to the ChildSafe telephone hotline. ChildSafe would like to thank the owner and management team of Anise for their interest to participate in the ChildSafe network. Many thanks also go to our existing 9 ChildSafe hotel and guesthouse members in Phnom Penh, our 24 members in Siem Reap and 9 members in Sihanoukville.

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September 2007: Intrepid Indochina is the first ChildSafe certified travel partner
Intrepid Indochina – the local branch of the international tour operator “Intrepid Travel“ was certified ChildSafe on the 14th of September 2007 – following the signing of the partnership agreement by Mr. Michael Johnston (Intrepid Indochina GM) and Mr. Mark Turgesen (CS International Coordinator). The aim of this partnership is to better protect children from the possible negative impacts of tourism in the countries where Intrepid Indochina organizes tours. The positive impact of the partnership is to create safer environments for children through awareness-raising campaigns targeting tourists and training Intrepid Indochina staff, especially tour leaders and tour guides, on ChildSafe approaches and behaviors. To date 29 staff of Intrepid Indochina have been trained, tested and certified.

September 2007: ChildSafe Internet Cafés – protecting children from dangers on the web.
29 Internet Cafés receive ChildSafe Certification in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville in September. To prevent children from being “groomed” by pedophiles in internet cafés, staff at ChildSafe certified internet cafes are carefully trained to identify situations that may be harmful to children and help children who may be in difficult situations. They must pass a test before receiving their certification.
The internet cafés will also promote the www.healthandlove.org website, a Khmer language website that provides information about healthy sex, HIV /AIDS, drug, love relations, information for girls/boys, abortion, internet dangers and how to be safe while they are on the net.

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