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Project Overview

Prevention & Remediation: Child Friendly Space

Minerva created the Child Friendly Space in the Ardıçlı village of Keçiborlu region of Isparta, in cooperation with the public and private sectors, to offer a safe place for children of seasonal migrant workers as an alternative method for both the prevention and remediation phases of human rights due diligence (HRDD) in agricultural supply chains.

Seasonal migrant workers and their families, who come to the Isparta every year, spend most of their lives in different geographies and different provinces under difficult conditions, in pursuit of the harvested products. The children of seasonal migrant workers, who travel around the country along with their parents, live without being able to live their childhood and mostly in very unfavourable conditions for a child.

Project

Human Rights Compliance in Agricultural Supply Chains

Project Partner

Private sector actors, public authorities and civil society organizations

Status

Ongoing

As per the Circular No. 2016/5 on Access to Education for Seasonal Agricultural Workers and Children of Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Families and the Project Protocol conducted between Minerva and Keçiborlu District Governorship; the Child Friendly Space was registered as an official mobile branch of Sevil Kindergarten (1 kindergarten class), Senir Primary School (1,2,3 and 4th grade classes) and Senir Cumhuriyet Secondary School (5,6 and 7th grade classes).



With the Child Friendly Space, where children can experience their childhood and are loved and valued, it is aimed to raise awareness of self-esteem and rights by supporting the psychosocial development of children.

“For the first time in my life, I saw a teacher that sincerely took care of us. Someone who does not shout and get angry. Someone that shows us only love.”

(13-year-old girl) 

CFS Art Gallery

Take a sneak peek at the reflections of the imagination of our students at the Child Friendly Space.