Pillar 01 of 06
Social Protection, Child Protection & Family Well-being
Strengthen community-based social protection systems, with specific emphasis on child protection, family well-being, disability inclusion, and the rights of older persons.
Overview
Social protection is the load-bearing structure of every other pillar. Where household protection systems hold, shocks are absorbed locally; where they fail, the cost transfers to humanitarian response, to justice systems, and to the next generation.
ASCIPD works at the level where continental policy meets delivery: statutory child protection referral pathways, case management capacity, disability-inclusive service design, and the social care obligations owed to older persons.
Community-based systems
Protection that is designed, staffed and governed at community level, rather than delivered as an external programme with a fixed end date.Child protection as statutory practice
Referral pathways, case management and safeguarding standards that meet African Union child protection commitments in operational, auditable form.Disability inclusion by design
Accessibility and reasonable accommodation specified at portfolio design stage, not retrofitted after delivery.The rights of older persons
Recognising older persons as rights holders and as the primary carers of children in a significant share of African households.
Key focus areas
| Focus area | Value to partners |
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| Community-based protection systems | A delivery structure that outlasts the funding cycle that established it. |
| Child protection case management | Auditable safeguarding practice aligned to continental standards. |
| Family strengthening and kinship care | Reduced downstream cost of institutional and emergency care. |
| Disability inclusion | Compliance with inclusion obligations that funders increasingly report against. |
| Rights and welfare of older persons | A recognised gap in most national social protection portfolios. |
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Adjacent pillars
Leverage & Collaborative Networks
The coordination function that makes the other five pillars behave as one portfolio rather than five programmes.
Humanitarian Relief & Social Welfare Support
Emergency response designed so that each intervention leaves a permanent social protection capability behind it.
This pillar is financed as part of one portfolio, not as a standalone programme.