The Maldives Child Protection Database was officially launched on 24 November 2010 with Maldives Vice-President, Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik as the chief guest at the ceremony.
Mohamed Naeem, Child Protection Specialist in the UNICEF Maldives Country Office, describes this event as marking "another milestone in the work that we are doing to improve the situation of children in Maldives and in or work to achieving the right to protection for Maldivian children". He also noted that "The good work done by Illuminaries was highlighted by everyone. I personally would like to highlight the extra mile you went to get to this point. So a very special thanks to you both [Tony and Jim]".
Following the launch we have received and been copied into a number of emails from others who have had an involvement in the project.
From Joshua Kakaire - formerly UNICEF Maldives Country Office
"Congratulations Naeem and team, it is more your resilience and relentless efforts that have yielded this historic achievement. Now the real stuff starts; populating it, generating reports and utilising the data for the betterment of children and women in 'Paradise'..."
From Manssor Ali - Special Advisor, UNICEF , New York
"Naeem your hard work and persistence has paid-off. I would like to express my thanks to all of you as well as Illuminaires for their dedication and patience in delivering a user sensitive system that will help in transforming the work of the Government to plan and effectively deliver protection measures to the troubled communities and families in Maldives."
From Abheet Solomon - UNICEF Tanzania Country Office
"Congratulations to you, UNICEF Maldives team(s), Govt Ministries and Illuminaries for making this happen!!! Reminds me of an old African proverb "Ideas are worth a dime dozen, but people who put them into action are priceless"
There aren't very many examples of such integrated multi-sectoral systems, and the launch of this is excellent news."
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