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Call for Action
Dutybearer/
stakeholder
Table 9: Duty Bearers and their strategies
Main responsibilities in
protecting children in the
target group
Motivation/willing
ness to act
Analysis
Authority
Does the
duty-bearer
have the
authority to
carry out
his/her role?
If not, why
not?
National Government Duty Bearers, their Responsibilities and strategies
MoHSW Formulate policies, guidelines and
standards
Provide immunization to all children
Provide support to communities,
children with vitamins A, Polio, antmeasles,
Safeguard born children,
Provides funds to implement
programs on child protection,
Develop regulations related to child
care
Design Malaria control programme
Provide Mother to child transmission
of HIV
Provision of ARVs
Provision of integrated management
of child illness
Provision of SRH to youth
Provision of free health care to the
under five children
Facilitate dissemination and
implementation of the law of Child
Act 2009 and its regulations.
Have developed
a number of
policies and
guidelines to
accomplish their
roles for
protecting
children at risk or
those who have
lost parental care
The ministry is
working very
closely with DSW
in Mainland and
Zanzibar to
protect children
Mandated
with powers
to take care
on the wellbeing
of
children
Resources/Strategies
Does the duty-bearer have
the knowledge, skills, and
organisational, human +
material resources? If not,
what is missing?
Their strategies heavily
rellies on strong
institution from
National level, regional,
District and Village
health facilities
Have competent skilled
personnel from
National to grass root
level dealing with
children issues.
MOHSW doesn‟t have
adequate funding and
number of human
resources to be
distributed equitably
from National to grass
root level across the
country
Ministry of
Community
Development
Gender and
children
Formulate policies for children
Develop guidelines and coordinate
community program on children
Coordinate social mobilization to
support children
Advocate for promotion of children
rights and social protection
Facilitate children‟s Councils
empowerment
Formed National Task Force on
Street Children
Support implementation of the Law
of Child Act 2009 at respective
actors
Facilitate dissemination and
implementation of the Law of the
Child Act 2009 and its regulations.
Developed child
development
policy of 1996
and revised it in
2008.
Developed
strategies on
how to support
child councils
Developed OVCs
strategic plan
that is executed
at district level
Promoting
children in line
with MDG goals
It has program
related to
development and
protection of
child as per the
law of child act
2009.
Their
mandated to
coordinate
activity of
children
welfare that
can lead
towards their
proper growth
and
development
Their main strategy is to
create community
awareness and building
on child friendly initiative,
supporting them and
providing coordination on
NGOs which are
protecting children
They have well
established institution
framework from National
level, to ward level
They have skilled
personnel knowledgeable
on sensitization on
children rights but they
don‟t have adequate fund
and human resources to
be deployed across the
country
The ministry lacks
financial resources to
assist children who are
OVCs at grass root level
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