The Oak Foundation supported project on: “Enhancing Competences of Professionals and Institutions to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (ECOMP)” has also contributed greatly in building ESSSWA’s centre of excellence in activities related to child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Capacities improved on the use of a standard service provision guideline with key partners, training institutions, service providers working with vulnerable children for 320 beneficiaries; Closely worked with six training universities to introduce the standard service provision guideline to teachers and students of sociology, social work and anthropology for 600 participants, Capacity developed and seminars organized on themes of vulnerable children, and men and boys engagement delivered for over 1000 students at six partner universities, in three regional chapters; Organized annual research and development dissemination conference to 400 participants using annual conferences of ESSSWA