New project to combat child abuse gets $75.7M EU funding

EU Ambassador Jernej Videtič and ChildLinK’s Managing Director Diane Madray exchange copies of the agreement in the presence of EU Delegation and ChildLinK Inc officials after yesterday’s signing. (EU Delegation photo)

The European Union (EU) has inked an agreement to provide $75.7 million in funding for a new national advocacy project being spearheaded by local child rights non-governmental organisation ChildLinK.

Ambassador Jernej Videtič, Head of Delegation of the EU to Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and the Dutch OCTs and Omattie Madray, Managing Director of ChildLinK, yesterday signed the contract to implement the project, according to a statement issued by the EU.

The grant for the “Child Rights Alliance” project is being funded from the