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Somali Refugee Camps – Al-Ghanin & Kharaz
When civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, around 30,000 Somali refuges arrived in Yemen and refugee camps were established in Aden. In 1995, Child-to-Child was introduced in the Kharaz Somali Refugee Camp after teachers from the camp were exposed to Child-to-Child through a workshop organized by Radda Barnen and Child-to-Child Association, Yemen in 1995. In 1998, the Child-to-Child Trust UK helped to conduct introductory Child-to-Child training for the teachers of the school. Teachers translated some materials in Somali, including the Child-to-Child readers. Read more
Soul
SOUL for development began implementing Child-to-Child (CtC) in 2003 under the
auspice of the Ministry of Education and supported by Rad’aa Barren. In its initial stage the project focussed on training teachers in the CtC methodology but in 2007 the project expanded to include children. The activities aim to develop the children’s personal skills and to educate them in children’s rights and improving community hygiene. Read more
Save the Children
Child-to-Child (CtC) activities started in 1994. Training was delivered to school staff (including Somali refugee teachers) in several governorates in the South of Yemen (Aden, Lahj and Abyan). CtC Associations were also initiated. Read more
Getting Ready for School: A Child-to-Child Approach
A three-year pilot project began in April 2007 in partnership between the Child-to-Child Trust and UNICEF. It supports programmes in a small number of countries worldwide to increase enrolment to class 1 in primary schools and to decrease drop-out, particularly among disadvantaged communities where children have no opportunities to attend pre-schools. Six countries representing different geographical regions have been identified to participate in the pilot. They are Bangladesh, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tajikistan and Yemen.
The project is implemented primarily through Young Facilitators who are children in grades 5 or 6. The Young Facilitators work with children (young learners) who are about to start grade 1. The Young Facilitators are in-turn supported by trainers and teachers. The Young Facilitators are observed actively working and playing games with the young learners to help them acquire the pre-literacy, numeracy and social skills that they need to be able to thrive in school.
In Yemen project implementation is well under way in three Governorates; Haifan, Al-Makha, Mawza. The number of Young Facilitators and young learners involved as of December 2008 is as follows:
175 Young Facilitators
601 children
104 teachers
To find out more about the programme please contact Christiana Brown, Project Co-ordinator at the Child-to-Child Trust on +44 (0)20 7331 5123 or at Christiana.Brown@ioe.ac.uk
Date: 2009
Source: Child-to-Child Trust
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