established the National Multi-sectoral Taskforce on VAC (MCDGC) and the National Child Protection Advisory Committee (MoHSW) to jointly and/or severally oversee the implementation of these programmes. 107. The result of Tanzania survey provide sound and validated evidence to inform the development of guidelines and regulations associated with implementation of the Law of the Child Act. In addition, the campaign on violence against women, children and people with albinism was conducted throughout the country with the support of Mobile Cinema, TV and Radio Programmes and community sensitization. Similarly, those who were involved in the killings were sued and some were accordingly sentenced. As a result, at a short period of time the act of killing albino was minimized to a large extent. Furthermore, a boarding school specific for albino children has been established in Misungwi District to provide safer and friendly environment for children with albinism to study. 107A. In addition, the Commission of Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) on establishing Children’s Desk conducted a study on abuse of children and made several recommendations upon which the State Party undertook the following actions: a) Children’s Desk at CHRAGG concerning violation and abuse against their rights has been established. Awareness raising is continued to be conducted to in relation to the existence of children’s desks and high number of complaints have been registered; b) Complaints are investigated and recommendations submitted to authorities for remedies; c) Children’s/Gender Desks have been established at Police Stations/Posts to perform consultation with children and communities to verify various mental and physical violence/abuse against children. The consultancies are conducted at private offices within Police Regional Offices. Children are given special treatment where their evidences are taken camera (confidentiality). Furthermore, advocacy campaigns through meetings, Radios, TVs, leaflets, brochures and placards play a big role in minimizing violence against children such as Female Genital Mutilation; 108. Moreover, the state party in Tanzania Mainland has managed to establish child protection system in 32 councils and a total of 800 officers have been trained on child protection issues. Due to the importance of tracking child protection data, the URT has also developed Child Protection Management Information System and 425 DCPT have been trained on CPMIS in 17 Councils and 77 social welfare officers in 6 Councils formed the national team on child protection management information system. These teams have been working collaboratively in prevention and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in their respectively locality. 109. In Zanzibar 8 District have established child protection system units. In this a total of 48 officers have been trained on child protection issues. 110. The State Party has also developed a National Child Helpline which is available across all networks in the country where various cases of violence , abuse, neglect and exploitation of children, where currently a total of 55,025 cases have been reported and referred to respective locality for response. The State Party through the MoHSW in collaboration with UNICEF, has trained the national team on child helpline and is in the process to develop a national-based training manual for child help line staff. So far, Social Welfare Officers (SWO) have been trained to manage the referral centres for 24 hours; whereby the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) ensures that the programme is wholly mainstreamed in government. Currently, the child helpline is being operated by State Party in collaboration with C-SEMA, an NGO working on child protection. The child help line was launched in June 2015 aiming at reporting, supporting and responding to violence against and, abuse , neglect and exploitation of, children. 111. In respect of Zanzibar, the Study on Violence Against Children (VAC) was launched by Honourable Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi (the Second Vice President of Zanzibar) in September 2011, which was also attended by Ms Marta Santos Pais (Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence Against Children). To address the issue of child abuse and neglect Zanzibar has established the Child Protection Unit. It has developed and established the following: a) Multispectral Implementation Plan on Violence Against Children; b) Shehia District and Regional Committees dealing with Gender Based Violence and Children; c) Counseling Units under Department of Women and Children Development and Social Welfare; d) One Stop Centre under the Ministry of Health at Mnazimmoja Hospital dealing with child victims 31