Safeguarding and Accountability

Rawdah Youth Organization commits to the safety and dignity of all beneficiaries, participants, staff, volunteers, and partners. This includes:

• protecting the dignity and rights of children, youth, women, and vulnerable people;
• safeguarding and child protection;
• applying the Do No Harm principle in programming and partnerships;
• preventing exploitation, abuse, and harassment, including PSEA/SEAH;
• non-discrimination and social inclusion;
• confidentiality for people who raise concerns, within the limits of law and duty of care;
• data protection for personal information handled by the Organization;
• accessible complaints mechanisms and whistleblowing routes for misconduct and abuse of authority.

Detailed safeguarding, PSEA/SEAH, complaints, and whistleblowing procedures are being progressively developed and will be published when RYO confirms adoption.

The Organization adopts a zero-tolerance approach to corruption, bribery, fraud, embezzlement, abuse of authority, document falsification, unlawful favoritism, discrimination and misuse of organizational assets.

Financial management is designed, as far as practicable, to separate expenditure request, authorization, payment, accounting and bank reconciliation functions.