ChildFund’s Education for Protection and Wellbeing (EPW) Model targets children ages 6-12, their teachers and their caregivers, over a two-year period in schools. The EPW model places a strong emphasis on improving relationships within and between levels of the ecological model among children, caregivers and teachers to cultivate physically, emotionally and psychologically healthy environments for children’s well-being and education. The program combines cognitive-behavioural skills training for teachers and caregivers and social-emotional learning and self-protection activities for children. We are currently implementing this project in two schools: Luubu Primary School, Bishop Hannington Primary School all in Mayuge district. The project has since extended to schools in Mbale district.

• Improve knowledge and skills of children to protect themselves and others, reduce aggressive behavior and respond to violence.
• Improve the capacity of educators to promote conditions that generate harmonious and safe school environments.
• Improve caregiver knowledge and skills to reduce parent and child behaviors that lead to violence in the school, home or community at large.
• Improve school-community relationships to reduce and respond to risk factors that lead to violence in the school and community.

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• Ministry of Education and Sports
• Bishop Hannington Primary School
• Luubu Primary School
• Local Communities

• Mayuge
• Mbale

Between 2023 and 2024, the Education for Protection and Wellbeing Program implemented in Bishop Hannington and Luubu Primary Schools in Mayuge district achieved the following impact:

• • Improved social and emotional skills: 70% of pupils strengthened their conflict-resolution abilities, with no gender disparities.
  • Enhanced school safety: Safety scores improved from 0.38 to 0.10, and over 70% of learners reported feeling safer.
  • Shift toward positive discipline: Acceptance of corporal punishment reduced significantly from 91% to 50%.
  • Stronger linkage between learning and protection: Schools became more secure, engaging and nurturing environments for children.