In Seychelles, ensuring children’s welfare remains a challenge for the poor

But compared to economically well-off citizens, poor respondents are significantly more likely to see child abuse and neglect as common problems and less likely to say that support services are available and that the government is doing a good job of protecting and promoting the well-being of vulnerable children. [...] Availability of support services for vulnerable children: About three-fourths of Seychellois say resources are available in their community to help abused and neglected children (75%), children with disability (77%), and children and adults with mental or emotional problems (74%). [...] And economically disadvantaged citizens are notably more likely to report that child abuse/neglect and out-of-school children are frequent problems, that support services for vulnerable children are not available in their community, and that the government is doing a poor job on child well-being, suggesting a need for interventions that target these populations. [...] Regional coordination of national partners in about 35 countries is provided by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [...] Institute of Peace, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, the.