{"id":5600,"date":"2018-11-20T15:17:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T08:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2018-11-20T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T08:19:19","slug":"childrens-day-partners-child-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/index.php\/childrens-day-partners-child-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Day &#8211; Partners In Child Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ChildSafe Movement are delighted with the recent recognition of leading travel business G Adventures as the first ChildSafe Certified Global Travel Organization. Certification involved a stringent review of G Adventures processes and policies to ensure they met the ChildSafe 7 Standards of Good Practice. The certification process also included collaboration on G Adventures Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, online training and the creation of a dedicated task force to ensure a comprehensive monitoring system is in place and functioning well.<\/p>\n<p>The good practice inherent in the certification process will now be implemented by G Adventures in their affiliate partner network, ensuring that child welfare, protection and the best interests of the child will be reflected throughout all their products.<\/p>\n<p>Sebastien Marot, founder of Friends-International, who power ChildSafe Movement, has this to say on the partnership \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany congratulations to G adventures on achieving their certification and leading the way for the travel industry in child protection. This is also a significant step in reinforcing the ChildSafe Movement as a truly global movement, reaching out through a comprehensive training approach to create child protective environments across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>G Adventures have also worked in very close partnership with us at ChildSafe on the creation of the very first <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkchildsafe.org\/travel-industry\/\">Global Guidelines for Child Welfare in the Tourism Industry<\/a>. This is a free online or downloadable resource for all in the industry including a wide-ranging set of tools alongside detailed implementation guidance.\u00a0ChildSafe and Friends-International are delighted to give our full support to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadventures.com\/about-us\/responsible-travel\/child-welfare\/\">G Adventure\u2019s consumer fronted campaign<\/a> around the<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5601 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Guidelines-visual-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Guidelines\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Guidelines-visual-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Guidelines-visual-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Guidelines-visual.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guidelines, which will launch today, on November 20<sup>th<\/sup> 2018, World Children\u2019s Day. Among activities on the day G Adventures will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/343373006397146\/?active_tab=about\">Facebook Live Event<\/a> answering questions on how responsible travel practices can protect children. The themes of Children\u2019s Day include\u00a0improving child welfare worldwide, and the promotion of children&#8217;s rights\u00a0which are keystone elements of the Guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChildSafe Movement are delighted with the recent recognition of leading travel business G Adventures as the first ChildSafe Certified Global Travel Organization. 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