Safeguarding and Child Protection

Development Links Consults (DLC) is committed to helping organizations create safe environments where children, vulnerable adults, staff, volunteers, and communities are protected from abuse, exploitation, neglect, and harm. We support organizations to establish and strengthen safeguarding systems that meet national regulations and international best practices.

Our services include safeguarding policy development and review, child protection systems strengthening, safeguarding risk assessments, training and capacity building, safeguarding audits, reporting and referral mechanism development, and technical support for implementing safeguarding action plans. We work with organizations to embed safeguarding into their culture, governance, programmes, and day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with donor requirements while fostering accountability and trust.