This manual is intended to train child rights workers of NGOs, CBOs and other agencies who are working as front-line child protection workers at a community level. The content of the manual is developed with a focus on children’s right to parental care and provisions of suitable alternative care in case of the necessity of separation. It is prepared as a facilitator guidebook with the academic training background of Bachelor of Social Work ( BSW ), child right advocate and trainers with experience in child protection work. However, this manual can be a resource material for all of those who take interest in children’s right to parental care and family and involve in training on the subject. The preference of the trainee's educational level is 10+2 from Nepal.
This manual is developed by Ms Pradipta Kadambari from Kadambari Memorial College, a partner Social Work educational institution, with the advice of Rita Tisdall from Alternative to Separation ( ATOS) Denmark under the project “Preventing Child Separation”, which has been led by the national NGO, Children and Women in Social Service and Human Rigts (CWISH). Ms Manita Dharel has provided her valuable contribution to its development and Ms Bindu Pokharel Gautam has reviewed and provided inputs in finalizing this manual from CWISH.