KSQF launches initiatives to safeguard 30,000 children

Under the directive of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Khalid Bin Sultan Al Qasimi Humanitarian Foundation (KSQF), the Foundation has launched its first global initiatives to protect over 30,000 children at risk of violence, exploitation, and displacement in Zanzibar and Mexico.

- 

These landmark projects, delivered in partnership with leading global organisations - Save the Children International in Tanzania and Plan International in Mexico - aim to build safer environments for children while reinforcing local capacities for long-term child protection.

The announcement marks a major step in KSQF's mission to establish integrated protection systems for children in vulnerable settings.

The initiatives reflect the Foundation's awareness of the urgent and evolving threats facing children worldwide, including abuse, neglect, exploitation, and trafficking.

According to reports by UNICEF and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), one in five children aged 5 to 17 in low-income countries is engaged in forced or hazardous labour.

Additionally, the number of child victims of trafficking identified globally has surged by 31 per cent in recent years-making targeted intervention a humanitarian imperative.