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Organisation: Save the Children USA
Address: 43 El-Kholafaa St. Ard Sultan. Minya, Egypt.
Tel: 086/2366667 – 086/2350719 – 086/22366869
Fax: 086/2366667
E-mail: mzanati@savechildren.org
Website: www.savethechildren.org
Contact name: Mohamed Zanati
About the programme
Save the Children USA fully fund their Child-to-Child activities and they began these in 1999/2000. The activities are organised and implemented through community development associations and educational edara, they involve both health and education. They take place across two districts in two governorates in Upper Egypt; Minia and Assiut and involve 249 primary and preparatory schools. 3000 children participate and 30,000 benefit. The main focus of the activities is children’s rights and health messages.
Encouraging child participation
Child participation is encouraged through holding summer camps, small parliament committees and cartoons clubs. Stories, meetings, field visits and FGDs are also used. The full six steps is implemented within activities.
Health in and out of school
249 schools are involved (188 in Minia and 61 in Assuit), this number is growing. Co-curricular activities include summer camps and cartoon clubs, within school Child-to-Child is part of the small parliaments, including a school health committee. Parents and the community become involved in activities through home visits and meetings, their numbers are growing.
Monitoring and evaluation of the programme
Activities are monitored and evaluated and this I done by the CDA (community development associations) coordinators. Just children are involved in the evaluation and the main changes as a result of the activities can be seen in skills, attitudes and behaviours.
Training activities
Mohammed Zanati is responsible for training the teachers and coordinators, the core areas of training are the CtC approach, children’s participation and active learning.
Further information
Visit Save the Children’s website; www.savethechildren.org for more information.
Date: 2008
Source: Mohamed Zanati
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