An initial 3 months contract is offered with the possibility of an extension for a further 6 -9 months. SCUK's work in the Ivory Coast to date has been born out of the wider Mano River union (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia) emergency and is interlinked with the organisation's programme in Liberia, being most recently established since 1999. The main focus of the work has been in the Refugee Zone in the West of the country, implementing a child protection programme in refugee camps and local communities.