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SCF USA
The Project started with a pilot in 1994 and currently reaches about 7,000 children, mostly from the poorest families in the community. Older children act as facilitators for children aged 6–12, and preference is given to out-of-school children though the programme also feeds into the health promoting and child friendly schools initiatives.
Community Health and Education Personnel are also involved. The main focus is general health and child development with emphasis on getting children to identify and solve problems and evaluate outcomes. Difficulties have been found with the six-step approach. Training and monitoring is in place and Child-to-Child materials are used. Read more
Bangladesh Friendship Society
The project began in 1996 and currently runs in 33 schools out of school hours. It reaches about 1,500 children from poor families. Teachers and Bangladesh Friendship Education Society (BFES) workers co-ordinate and supervise activities and there is parental and community involvement. Part of the focus of the programme is environment and nature conservation for which training materials have been developed locally. Read more
Note 1
Action with out-of-school children
The current Save the Children website reads:
“The Primary Education program includes both in and out of school children in the range of 6-15 years for more accessibility to and availability of primary education opportunities. The out-of-school children in the same age range along with some adolescents are involved in the child-centred program Child-to-Child (CtC). The CtC program uses the 6-step approach to build their own capacity to identify problems and issues, plan intervention, implement and evaluate them. “ Lokokendra” have been established to organise social awareness campaigns. These are basically community learning and resource centres where children come to read books and learn developmental skills.”
Date: 2005
Source: Save the Children USA
NOTE 2
A cross-cutting approach to Water and Sanitation Programmes
WaterAid Reports:
“The CtC is a cross-cutting issue … (within)… an Integrated Participatory Empowering Approach towards Safe Water, Environmental Protection and Hygiene Promotion. Using the CtC approach children are considered as a vital key beside other groups to raise critical awareness in the community because they are the future generation.”
Date: 2005
Source: Khandakar Liakat Ali, Senior Programme Coordinator, WaterAid Bangladesh
Contact: liakat@wateraidbd.org
NOTE 3
A National NGO: Phulki
This organisation started in 1993 using Child-to-Child as a concept rather than a programme and adapting the approach to suit local conditions in the slum areas of Dhaka. Their focus is on all aspects of health, safety and hygiene as well as child rights and gender issues. They have reached a considerable number of children (2,500 in the first 3 years) and involve children both in and out of school as well as the community.They have developed their own techniques, training and materials. Read more
Date: 2005
Source: Suraiya Haque, Executive Director
Website: www.phulki.org
NOTE 4
Bangladesh Scouts
Scouting is an international voluntary youth movement throughout the world. Bangladesh Scouts started functioning in 1972. Scouts in the process of their progressive development communicate development message and skills to other young people as well as community people through Child-to-Child and Child-to-Community approach. As a young people a scout barns best another young people and vice visa. Recognizing the huge Potentials of scouts to promote health and nutrition to scout in the communities, Bangladesh Scouts has developed scout health Nutrition Club in 2002. Read more
Date: 2007
Source:
Mihir Kanti Majumder
Website:
www. bangladeshscouts.org.bd
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