Al-Ihsan Foundation is committed to promoting and protecting the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children. We have zero tolerance for child abuse, exploitation, neglect and harmful child labour.

Everyone who works with Al-Ihsan Foundation, including employees, volunteers, contractors and project partners, shares responsibility for safeguarding children and reporting any concerns.

Our commitment

• protecting the rights, safety and best interests of children in all our programs and activities
• maintaining a child-safe organisational culture
• preventing child abuse, exploitation, neglect and harmful child labour
• ensuring children are treated with dignity, respect and inclusion
• using child-safe recruitment, screening and vetting processes
• providing child protection training for relevant personnel
• maintaining clear reporting and response procedures
• promoting child-safe communication, imagery and materials
• applying child safeguarding standards across our overseas activities, partnerships and supply chains

Our standards

Our Child Protection Policy aligns with key Australian and international safeguarding frameworks, including:

• ACFID Code of Conduct
• DFAT Child Protection Policy (2024)
• ACNC External Conduct Standards

These standards guide how we prevent, identify and respond to child protection risks across our operations.

How to report concerns

Any concern about the safety or wellbeing of a child should be reported immediately.

If a child is in immediate danger in Australia, call 000.

You can also raise concerns through our complaints process:

Review and accountability

Our Child Protection Policy is reviewed regularly and following any reportable incident to ensure our systems remain effective and responsive.