NGOs delivering child protection services at 'breaking point' as costs outstrip funding: Subsidies for child protection NGOs in the Western Cape have remained at the same level for the past five years, the Western Cape Child Protection Alliance said on…
The alliance — which represents more than 70% of all the NGO child protection workers in the province — warned as financial reserves ran dry, NGOs could no longer deliver services at the level required by the Children’s Act. “Several offices have already closed, and more will follow suit as many are already running at a deficit,” it said.Childline in the Western Cape receives over 1,000 calls a month on their toll-free 116 number.
Lucy Jamieson, senior researcher at the Children's Institute at the University of Cape Town, said: “Investment has been inadequate, and the pandemic created additional social pressures that drive violence — hence the demand for child protection services is increasing, not decreasing.”Last year child protection organisations in the province made a huge impact, attending to 51,742 cases of child neglect or abuse, according to the alliance.
A failure to invest in the safety of children would impede South Africa’s economic potential for generations to come, warned the alliance. “All line departments that provide services to children are under pressure and have had their budgets cut. The health sector, the education sector — everyone needs more funding.”
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