"Humanitarian and development efforts require a very clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities towards the care and protection of children.The Keeping Children Safe Coalition provides the necessary standards and means of meeting them for agencies and organisations working with and for children. It provides a good basis for the development of effective measures to prevent and respond to violence: from awareness raising strategies to safeguarding measures. It offers an excellent opportunity not only for the improvement of the quality and professionalism of those working with children, but most importantly, it will help to achieve a greater impact for children."

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro,
Independent Expert for the UN Study on Violence Against Children