Resource

International Medical Corps and Concern Worldwide Safeguarding Focal Point Training

This document from IMC and Concern is a safeguarding focal point training package. The package includes a facilitation guide, a participant resource handbook, and powerpoints for four modules: awareness, prevention, reporting, and responding. This document will be useful for organizations looking to deliver a training to safeguarding focal points. This zip file contains the following documents as part of IMC and Concern's Safeguarding Focal Point Training: 1) Facilitation Guide 2) Participant Resource Handbook 3) Four sets of PowerPoint slide presentations (one for each module) This document is also available in Spanish here: https://www.interaction.org/resource-library/imc-and-concern-safeguarding-focal-point-training-spanish/

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