Child Abuse and Neglect

"Good Parent - Good Start" is a preventive programme realized by the Nobody's Children Foundation from Poland. It is the first Polish programme aimed at preventing the abuse of the youngest children (children under 3).

"Respect works out!" is a European project coordinated by the German organisation Association for a New Education (ANE) in partnership with NSPCC in the UK and the Nobody's Children Foundation in Poland, financed by the EU in the frame of Daphne programme.

Publications developed in the frame of the "Respect works out!" project are already available. They aim to help parents to understand children's behaviour better and provides useful advice on how to avoid situations getting out of control.

Romanian news portal Nine O'Clock reports a high numbers of child abuse cases in Romania. In the first three months of the year 2008, almost 3,000 children were abused, neglected or exploited in Romania according to data registered by the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child. Most cases of abuse and neglect took place in the family, while the majority of the cases of labour or sexual exploitation happened outside the family environment.