HHWS has a dedicated Child Welfare Team to ensure that each project, program and activity is Child Focused and the primary concern is kept at achieving what is in the Best Interests of children and young people. This team ensures that every function and activity across HHWS projects and programs exhibit our commitment to United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) through policy making, policy implementation, advocacy and actions related to children’s rights and protection. This team also ensures that children and young people’s thoughts, ideas, and opinions are used to improve our current programs and shape the future. This is achieved, by identifying each activity to one or more of the four key outcome areas of UNCRC-
Through each of the project and program HHWS strives to provide for each child an opportunity to access all their rights as given by UNCRC. In addition to the other articles 2, 3, 4, 6 & 12, HHWS programs/projects particularly focuses on the following:
Children’s Homes (Articles 8, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 – 39)
Special Schools (Articles 23, 27, 28 – 39)
CFSD (Articles 28, 29, 30, 31)
DCS (Articles 28, 32)