1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DfuAWkE4yh"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/30/after-years-of-child-labor-hes-back-in-school/c1800843-ethiopia-child-protection-rescuing-children-through-mobile-2/">c1800843: Ethiopia Child Protection – Rescuing children through Mobile</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/30/after-years-of-child-labor-hes-back-in-school/c1800843-ethiopia-child-protection-rescuing-children-through-mobile-2/embed/#?secret=DfuAWkE4yh" width="600" height="338" title="“c1800843: Ethiopia Child Protection – Rescuing children through Mobile” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="DfuAWkE4yh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D115-0667-09.jpg_990155.jpg800530SUMMARY: Getachew’s parents separated when he was a little child. Afterward, his father brought him and his younger brother to a nearby town telling them that they would have a better life in town. ""My father brought us to Chacha town and made a deal with people to pay him a monthly payment for our service. He sold us to strangers. We were sent to different homes,"" Getachew sadly recalls. His father spent all of the money he and his brother earned. Most went to alcohol. Working as a child laborer, Getachew was physically and mentally abused by his employers. Through it all, he had a hope that he would go to school in town. However, he could not be enrolled in school as his father did not allow him to stay in one place more than two to three years. It was during this time that Tesfaye, a World Vision community activist, heard Getachew’s story. Tesfaye has taken training on child protection and had been given a mobile phone to report any child violence acts in his kebele. World Vision Ethiopia commenced Mobile Phone Technology for Child Protection Violations Reporting and Case Management project in 2017 with the aim of empowering local community and child protection actors for prevention of and responding to child abuse, neglect, exploitation and all forms of violence by introducing mobile phone-based application technology. Tesfaye reported Getachew’s case to the World Vision Ethiopia National Office and the Women and Children Affairs Bureau of the district. “As I reported Getachew's case through the phone, World Vision Ethiopia, police, and Women and Children Affairs of the district immediately responded. We kept the child in a temporary resting room built by World Vision until the case is investigated. And we were closely following up the case,” explained Tesfaye. Now Getachew lives in foster care with a man named Negash—a committee member of the local Community Care Coalition. He picked up his education at grade two. “I am grateful for Wo