Our commitment
Participant welfare comes before programme reputation, convenience or publicity. Concerns should be received respectfully and escalated through defined channels.
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Safeguarding
Every girl deserves a safe place to learn and build.
Powered Girl's child protection approach covers conduct, consent, communication, privacy, online safety and confidential reporting.
On this pageOur commitmentStandards for adultsConsent, media and dataOnline safetyConfidential reportingEmergency escalationSafeguarding policyConfidential safeguarding report
Standards for adults
Facilitators, mentors and volunteers must follow the code of conduct, use approved communication channels and maintain appropriate boundaries.
Consent, media and data
Parent and participant consent, photography permission and data handling choices must be clear, specific and revocable where applicable.
Online safety
No private informal messaging with minors, no unnecessary collection of personal information and no public exposure of participant application data.
Confidential reporting
Use the secure report form on this page or contact the programme team at hello@poweredgirl.org or +233 55 672 1126. Reports are not displayed publicly.
Emergency escalation
If someone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services. Ghana's Helpline of Hope accepts child protection and abuse reports toll free on 0800 800 800 or 0800 900 900.
Safeguarding policy
The full child protection and safeguarding policy is available from the programme team on request. All programme adults are expected to follow its reporting, conduct and escalation requirements.