Child safety audit finding in Baharka camp, Iraq
Save The Children
Highlights
Baharka camp was opened in July 2014 as a temporary camp in Erbil for internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled from armed groups. At a later stage, it has become a permanent IDP camp. The main area of origin of the resident IDPs is Ninewa Governorate. In 2015, there were 3,7211 individuals residing in the camp. Children (any individual under 18) represented 53.7% of the total population.
Save the Children team with the support of UNICEF facilitators has conducted this safety audit to assess the safety and security issues that children face in the camp. The safety audit methodology was based on interviews with children and adults in addition to a number of focus group discussions.
The child safety audit was a tool developed by the Child Protection Working Group in order to understand the risks to which children are exposed and for organizations to advocate for changes and improvements to ensure the safety of children. The child safety audit goal is to identify risks for children in camps and sites throughout the region. The tool assesses the risks through observation of the environment and community, and through focus group discussions, which focus on six key areas: Overall camp/site layout, shelter, WASH, community, child friendly areas, and fire safety.
