Children who experience violence are at increased risk of developing psychosocial and mental health problems; however, most children in these settings do not receive the care they need.

DEVLINKs  effective referral and linkage system has seen a closer collaboration with the law enforcement officers and the  District Children department thus  resulting to improved child-friendly legal procedures that rapidly connect abused children to protective services.  This has resulted in an increase  in the number of cases of  various forms of violence against children  reported to relevant authorities to access justice.