Who we are
Ku Vikela Nwana that in Shangaan language means child protection is a movement that works to prevent child sexual abuse in Mozambique, through raising awareness among adults, training activists, and teaching children to help them build their identity and reduce their vulnerability.
Vision
Mission
Values
- Every child is precious and deserves to be protected
- Every child must know about their identity and their mighty value
- Every adult can and must be a childhood protector
- Every person deserves complete respect despite of age, social position, skin colour, culture, gender or belief
- Sexual abuse can never be acceptable or normalized in any circumstance
- To value life and work to protect it
Strategy
- To bring awareness and knowledge to adults through trainings and this way expand the protection network in Mozambique.
- To shape in children a strong identity and values in a way that they won´t be vulnerable to abuse and will acknowledge the respect of others and when they grow they will be childhood protectors
- To raise protection activists that will be a reference in their communities
Our Tools
They are used in each lesson to show boys and girls how precious their bodies are and which parts should not be seen or touched by others. Through this tool, children can memorize the teachings, share them with other children, and even use it to report any attempts of abuse.
Book: “The Protection Club”
This book was written with the country’s context in mind. With Mozambican characters, the story is told in a way that children can relate to and learn didactically about abuse prevention.
Each child who receives the teachings about protection receives a doll and a book donated by supporters
Values
Meet the Team
Daniela is a professor with specialization in neuropsychology, born in Brazil but residing in Mozambique since 2023. She values and defends childhood, dedicating to expanding this protection network so that Mozambican children can grow and develop with dignity and security.
Junior is Mozambican, knows the reality of this country well, and had his life transformed through a small group of people who believed in the value of childhood and visited schools with support programs for children. Today he is an agent of transformation, he is the voice in the local dialect that trains child protection activists from rural communities.
Together, they develop awareness and training materials for adults, as well as pedagogical and playful teaching materials for children. And they train activists who will multiply this knowledge in their communities, expanding the protection network.
Our team is constantly keeping updated with courses, books, and research for effective and lasting work.
This small team has grown to over 200 activists who have been trained in rural areas of the Gaza and Inhambane provinces in Mozambique and are now working in their communities.
Get In Touch
Telephone: Whatsapp Us
Email: kidsmozaic@gmail.com