Island states face many challenges addressing child protection issues due
to the dispersed nature of communities that are separated by the sea. The
development of informal child protection mechanisms provides a platform
that links child protection concerns from the remote communities to the
formal child protection process and vice versa. This chapter describes the
approaches adopted by a team of social workers in various communities
and the strategies used to enable the groups to continue. It highlights
the importance of the contribution from communities to support the child
protection process in isolated communities with limited governmental
financial resources.