The African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and neglect (ANPPCAN) Liberia Chapter, was founded in the late 2001. It is the national chapter of ANPPCAN, a pan-African child rights organization founded in 1986 in Enugu Nigeria, with the head office in Nairobi, Kenya. It is legally registered in Liberia as a national Non-Governmental and Non-profit Organization. Our miss
ion is to enhance child and women protection through building capacities of the local communities, professional groups and governments to protect children and women.
1.1 To actualize this mission, ANPPCAN Liberia carries out activities aimed at achieving the following objectives: -
To promote education as a basic right of children. To convene and participate in national, regional (continental) and international forums dealing with promotion of the rights of children. To enhance awareness on child rights and child protection in Liberia
To combat the worst forms of child labour
Share best practices emerging from successful programs implemented by sister ANPPCAN Chapters in Africa
Advocate for non-discrimination of children based on gender and disability. To combat HIV/AIDS through promoting preventive measures and mobilize community support of children orphaned through death of parents related to the syndrome. Mobilize communities to child protection through supporting creation of child protection teams and training on community organizing, child rights. Enhance child participation in decision making that affect them
Advocate for enabling policy environment for implementation of child protection programs. To promote the rights of women against Gender Based Violence
To promote safe drinking water and sanitation in schools and communities
