Yesterday we
had a historic day here in Ubon & Pakse. Our Child Protection Policy (CPP)
was ready, blessed and we signed.
We were delighted that we now have this
up-and-running:
a) for
ourselves in R4U, ToL and CSC.
b) for others
to copy in other organizations, churches, etc.
Why is this
so important? We have seen that people, of their own free will, can choose bad
life practices. And this is very harmful. But when a person is abused,
especially as a child, he/she becomes deeply hurt. This can "control"
this person as a child, as a youth, and even as an adult.
My research
indicates that the greatest root cause (here in Isaan and southern Laos) to
gender confusion, prostitution, human trafficking of various kinds, family problems, etc.
is child abuse. Mostly an abused
person losses his/her self-value
and after that (too often) he/she is available for “disposal”
of other people.
Our prayer is
that this material will spread like "wildfire" (become a movement) in Ubon and Pakse for awareness and also restoration. Praying that all
children and young people in all institutions, churches, families, etc. around
here can grow up in safe and secure environment. I'm sure that this will mean
that it will also be much easier in Ubon & Pakse to trust Father God and feel more welcomed
into the Churches.
The CPP is
now being translated to English and Lao. Write to us if you want an example for:
Copy-and-use as much as you can. Then we all will be very happy. Especially the
children. Ingvar
