The children present in this training, apart from mechanisms at school, did not know that they can also address violence in institutions or mechanisms outside the school, since they were not provided with information about other institutions outside the school facility where they can report cases of violence. They have shown different examples of violence that happened in their school among peers, and in some cases even in the presence of teachers, for which they had previously complained to the class teacher and the school director. The children have expressed that this training has provided them with a lot of information and opportunities to turn to other institutions in the future for the violence that occurs in their school, where they or their peers may be victims. This was also the purpose of this training, to create a safer environment for the children who attend this school, helping them to raise their awareness in addressing violence in time and preventing this phenomenon in their school. .

The training was held within the framework of “Together 4 children rights – Child Protection”, which is being implemented by the Non-Governmental Organization “Syri i Vizioni” from Peja, in partnership with the organization Save the Children. The project aims to help children, schools, various child protection organizations, and responsible institutions at the local and central level to transform schools into safe places for children and help them create and strengthen of child protection mechanisms.

The project is implemented in five municipalities of Kosovo, namely in ten lower secondary schools: “Ramiz Sadiku” and “Xhemail Kada” in Pejë, “Mustafa Bakia” and “Zekeria Rexha” in Gjakovë, “Tefik Çanga” and “Jeronim De Rada” in Ferizaj, “Bedri Gjina” and “Andon Zako Çajupi” in Mitrovica and “Naim Frashëri” and “Ismail Qemali” in Prishtina.

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