developed the three years National Multi-sectoral Plan of Action on Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children (2013 – 2016) to address VAC. 18.3 The State Party has established Child Protection Systems in 30 District/Municipal Councils in Tanzania Mainland and in 8 Districts in Zanzibar so as to strengthen the Local Government Authorities to protect Children within their localities. 18.4 Currently, the State Party is conducting a Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAPs) survey to identify cultural factor which influence violence against children at community level. 18.5 The State Party has developed VAC communication Toolkit to educate parents and guardians on positive parenting at family level. So far 600 Teachers, Community Development Officers and Social Welfare Officers have been trained on the use of the Tool Kit in 30 Districts of Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Njombe, Dar es Salaam, Coast, Mwanza, Kagera, Mara and Tanga Regions. 18.6 In rolling out the VAC Communication Toolkit, both in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, the State Party will use UKUTI Media Script in Media, Radio and fliers and posters to provide different messages in protecting the children at all levels of the Tanzanian society. 18.7 In Zanzibar 40 Social Welfare Officers, Women and Children Officers and NonGovernmental Organization Officials were trained in 10 Districts …. 18.8 Currently, the Parenting Manual is under review both in the Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, to harmonize parenting package in collaboration with Development Partners. 18.9 Furthermore, the State Party has undertaken several efforts to ensure that extractive industries are translated into investment prioritizing children, including: (a) a project supported by PROSPER has created a large impact at filed level in 20 villages of Sikonge and Urambo districts by reducing the adverse effects of child labor in the focus population and providing school supplies, desks, tables and stationeries to 1800 children, 26 shallow wells in schools, and support interschool sports and games whereby a total of 3300 school children have been enrolled and participate in this competition; (b) through conditional loans catalyzed by PROSPER, mothers have been able to do business and meet education requirements of their children and other household in 2014, 1530 women from vulnerable households have been trained in business entrepreneurship and of whom 984 have received loans. 784 youth have been trained in good agricultural practice. Geita Gold Mining (GGM), WEKEZA, PROSPER and Songo Songo Gas companies and others have managed to comply with NAP requirement by building schools, developing and strengthening capacities of its local actors, primary school teachers, community activists, community based stakeholders and child labor committees through trainings which significantly impacted school attendance; (c) the establishment of the Child Labor Monitoring System (CLMS) has contributed very much to withdrawal children from child labor through Red Card to child labor campaign; and (d) development of social and behavior change communication training manual 2014 with the aim of changing bad practices in the society that affect the health and Nutrition of a child 11