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Global Fund for Children recognizes two organizations empowering incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth, as well as a third organization that cannot be named publicly.
WASHINGTON, DC and LONDON, May 20, 2021announces the winners of the 2021 Juliette Gimon Courage Awardstoday, recognizing the perseverance of three organizations working to advance the rights of children and young people living in difficult circumstances.
This year s winners include Youth Safety Awareness Initiativein Nairobi and Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshopin Washington, DC, which are being honored for their work providing opportunities for youth who have been incarcerated and keeping young people out of jail.
For the first time, the Courage Award Selection Committee has also chosen a third winner, granting a monetary prize to an organization that cannot be named publicly due to repression against civil society groups in its home country. This organization has worked fearlessly to prevent viole
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Funder Safeguarding Collaborative
The ability of charitable organizations to prevent abuse and exploitation across their operations has been the subject of intense media and political scrutiny. While a few organizations have been singled out for particular criticism, there is growing recognition that keeping people safe requires a sector-wide commitment to improving practices. This includes ensuring that funders promote safeguarding within their own organizations and support improvements in practice within the organizations they fund.
The Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC), launched in March 2021, promotes collaboration, listening, and learning among funders with the aim of strengthening safeguarding practices globally. Founded by Comic Relief, Global Fund for Children, National Lottery Community Fund, Oak Foundation and Porticus, the FSC brings together a broad range of grant making institutions who are committed to improving practices that keep people safe from harm and abus
Funder Safeguarding Collaborative
The Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC) exists to promote collaboration, listening, and learning among funders and organizations to support and strengthen safeguarding practices globally. The FSC achieves change through three mutually reinforcing strategies: CONNECT, SUPPORT, and INVEST. We connect funders to best practice knowledge; provide high-quality expertise to support efforts to keep people safe; and we invest in evidence-informed initiatives to improve global practices.
Our work is underpinned by our five core values:
Safety: We believe that everyone has the right to feel safe. We take action to ensure that our institutions and the organizations we fund protect people from harm.