FOREWORD
In his letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) on the occasion of the World Summit for Children in 1990, Blessed John Paul II wrote: “The Church has a vivid perception of the immense burden of suffering and injustice borne by children of the world.
They are the most vulnerable because they are least able to make their voices heard.”
Later in 2011, the Holy See called upon all Episcopal Conferences to develop their Child Protection Policies.
In the same year, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) issued a Circular Letter to assist Bishops' Conferences to develop effective guidelines in the fight against abuses in the Church. Emanating from this commitment, in 2017 the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) decided to implement this obligation by coming up with the ZCCB Child Protection Policy.
Download the entire copy of the ZCCB National Safeguarding And Protection Policy here: https://caritaszambia.org/phocadownload/zccb/ZCCB-National-Safeguarding-And-Protection-Policy.pdf
