Every child’s safety comes first.

1. Our commitment

YateemAC believes that every child has the right to protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and harm — without exception. Safeguarding is not a single procedure but a continuous responsibility shared by our team, our partner charities, and everyone who uses the platform.

We adopt a zero-tolerance approach to any form of child abuse or exploitation, and we act promptly and seriously on every concern raised.

2. Scope

This policy applies to YateemAC staff and volunteers, the partner charities we verify, and any contractor or representative acting on our behalf. Partner charities are required to maintain their own safeguarding policies that meet or exceed the standards described here.

3. Verifying our partners

Before a charity can publish a child profile or receive donations, it must pass our verification process, which includes a safeguarding review. We assess each partner’s child-protection policies, staff vetting practices, and field procedures.

Verification is not one-off: we may re-review partners and will suspend any organisation that fails to uphold safeguarding standards.

4. Protecting children’s identities

We minimise the personal information published about any child. Identifying details and images are shared only with the informed consent of the child’s guardian or the responsible charity, and only where doing so is in the child’s best interest.

Donors receive the information needed to understand the impact of their support — never more than is appropriate to keep a child safe.

5. Safe recruitment and training

Partner charities are expected to vet staff and volunteers who work with children, and to train them to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns. People in positions of trust are held to clear codes of conduct.

6. Reporting a concern

Anyone — a donor, a partner, a member of the public, or a child — can raise a safeguarding concern. Reports can be made confidentially, and we will treat every report seriously and sensitively.

To report a concern, email our safeguarding team at safeguarding@yateemac.org. In an emergency where a child is in immediate danger, always contact local emergency services first.

7. How we respond

We assess every concern promptly, take steps to protect the child involved, and cooperate with the relevant charity and, where appropriate, local authorities. We act to prevent recurrence, including suspending or removing partners who breach this policy.

8. Continuous improvement

We review this policy regularly and update it as standards, laws, and our understanding evolve. Safeguarding is never “finished” — it is a standard we work to uphold every day.