Upcoming Training
A high-impact training programme designed to equip educators, caregivers, and institutional leaders with practical safeguarding tools and systems.
Who we are
TillyExtraSteps is a non-profit organisation dedicated to strengthening safeguarding and child protection across schools, faith-based organisations, and community spaces. The NGO supports institutions and communities to build safe, inclusive, and accountable environments where children’s rights, wellbeing, and voice are prioritised.
The NGO’s work is grounded in prevention, accountability, capacity building, and child-centred approaches, with particular attention to African contexts where safeguarding systems are still developing and require locally grounded, sustainable solutions.
Current Initiative
As we enter a new phase of safeguarding leadership, we are reinforcing systems grounded in stability, responsibility, and institutional accountability.
Vision
TillyExtraSteps envisions a future where every school and faith-based organisation operates with trained safeguarding leads, clear child protection policies, and a culture in which children’s voices are respected, heard, and protected.
About
Mathilda Muatesih Sangha is a trained educator, safeguarding and child protection advocate, and human rights consultant with a strong commitment to creating safe, inclusive, and nurturing environments for children and young people.
Her work operates at the intersection of education, safeguarding, mental health, human rights, and leadership, with a particular focus on schools and faith-based organisations across Africa and the diaspora.
Her safeguarding journey is grounded in lived experience, professional training, and sustained engagement with children, teachers, caregivers, and community leaders. She believes that every child has the right to be safe, heard, and protected, and that institutions carry both a moral and professional responsibility to uphold this right through strong systems and accountable practice.
Featured
The latest work includes a national radio interview in Bamenda on the importance of safeguarding and child protection in schools and faith-based organisations.
A full photo series from the interview and field engagement will be added soon.
Field Impact
Direct engagement with schools, institutions, faith-based organisations, and national media — implementing November 2024 SOP child protection standards across Bamenda, North West Region.
Credentials
A strong foundation in education, safeguarding, and human rights — combining professional training and field practice.
Intended Impact
TillyExtraSteps aims to deliver concrete, measurable improvements in safeguarding culture, skills, and institutional systems.
Practical safeguarding training that equips frontline professionals to identify concerns, respond appropriately, report safely, and protect children.
Supporting schools and faith-based organisations to adopt, implement, and monitor clear and accountable child protection policies.
Contributing to policy dialogue and standards development on child safety, mental health, and education through evidence-informed guidance and field learning.
Building locally grounded safeguarding systems that are practical, durable, and aligned with global best practice — across Africa and the diaspora.
Strengthening a culture of ethical leadership where children’s wellbeing is consistently prioritised in decision-making, practice, and accountability.
Areas of Collaboration
TillyExtraSteps collaborates with institutions and stakeholders committed to safeguarding, child protection, education, and wellbeing.
Safeguarding leads, policy implementation, training programmes, and student wellbeing and protection pathways.
Safeguarding policies, staff and volunteer training, reporting culture, and child-safe organisational environments.
Capacity building, practical safeguarding toolkits, community-based protection systems, and referral networks.
Evidence-informed guidance, standards alignment, and policy dialogue around child safety and education systems.
Prevention, early intervention, safe reporting mechanisms, and integrated wellbeing and protection support.
Implementation of the TillyExtraStep Master’s Scholarship Programme in partnership with accredited training institutions, supporting access to higher education for young professionals in critical social sectors.
Safeguarding children is not an option — it is a responsibility.
Available for training, consultancy, partnerships, and advocacy work.
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FAQ
Key information about safeguarding, training, collaboration, and institutional support.
Safeguarding refers to the systems, behaviours, and responsibilities that ensure children are protected from harm. In practice, it means embedding safety, accountability, and listening into leadership, policies, and daily organisational life.
This work is designed for schools, universities, faith-based organisations, NGOs, community groups, and institutions working with children and young people.
Support includes safeguarding training, child protection policy development, institutional guidance, capacity building, and advisory work.
Yes. Organisations are supported in developing, reviewing, and strengthening safeguarding and child protection policies aligned with international standards.
Yes. Partnerships, consultancy, training, and advocacy collaborations are welcomed with organisations committed to advancing child protection and wellbeing.
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