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Relevant background information
Though one small project was attempted in the late 1980s in Chitral by the Aga Khan Foundation, larger scale Child-to-Child activities in Pakistan started in the 1990s with organisations like the Child-to-Child Resource Centre (see Note 1), Village Based School Health Education Programme (see Note 2), and Hamdard Foundation Pakistan (see Report 2). The Health Action Schools project (HAS), based at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development in Karachi (see Report 1) conducted a four-year action research project (1998-2002) introducing the comprehensive school health promotion model and Child-to-Child approaches in five pilot schools (e.g. government, private, rural and community-based). The Child-to-Child approach has also been used by organisations like Save the Children US, UK, and Sweden who have used the approach in refugee camps. Hence, the Child-to-Child movement has spread to many parts of Pakistan including Peshawar, Northern Pakistan, Karachi and other parts of rural Sindh.
Hamdard Foundation Pakistan
Established in 1990, the focus of this organisation’s activities is to educate children about health and hygiene through providing children’s reading materials on healthy living. The children involved in this programme are based in rural and urban areas and are of primary school age. Child-to-Child activities are introduced through Child-to-Child storybooks that have been translated into Urdu and through classroom teaching which endeavours to develop decision-making, listening and active thinking skills in children. Read more
Note 1
Village Based School Health Education Programme
Child-to-Child activities began in March 1996 in Islamkot, Tharparker, Sindh. Approximately 1,200 children and 200 adults participate in the Child-to-Child programme. The children are of primary school age and include boys and girls and children from different ethnic backgrounds. Disabled children and working children also participate. Although Child-to-Child activities are school based, their coverage actually extends beyond the school into the playground, children’s homes and ultimately into the wider community. As of 2001, there were 12-15 primary schools involved in the programme. Details of the programme’s current status will be updated shortly.
Source: Child-to-Child website Directory 2001
Note 2
Save the Children UK Afghanistan
SCF UK Afghanistan have conducted training of trainers events for school and home classes using Child-to-Child approaches in collaboration with Save the Children USA, Save the Children Sweden, and also with the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. The participating children lived in refugee camps, local villages, as well as rural areas and urban slums in Afghanistan. The children were of primary school age and 50% were girls. Child-to-Child activities were introduced in the classroom and in health groups through the use of stories, question-and-answer sessions, role-play, games and puppet shows. The Child-to-Child resource books, parts one and two were used, translated into Pashto and Dari and adapted to suit local circumstances. Details of the programme’s current status will be updated shortly.
Source: Child-to-Child website Directory 2001
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