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ESSOR/GACC/APACC
ESSOR
Address: 92, rue de la Reine Astrid, 59700 Marcq en Baroeul, France
Tel : 03 20 83 04 15 ;FAX: 03 20 83 04 12
E-mail: essor@nordnet.fr
Web: http://www.cyo.com/essor/index.html
Contact name: Ariane Delgrange
Contact in France: Stéphanie Hennion
Contact in Brazil: Monsieur Frederic Barbotin
E-mail : essor@argo.com.br
Tel : 00 55 83 225 69 30 Portable: 00 55 92 913 237 56
GACC
Grupo de Apoio as Comunidades Carentes
Address: Av Visconde de Rio Branco 2847, Piedade, Fortaleza CE Brazil
CNPJ: 07.633.784/0001-87 CEP: 60055-171
Tel: 55 (85) 3252 4910
Fax: 55 (85) 3252 4630
E-mail: gac@gac.org.br
Web: http://www.gacc.org.br
Contact: Ver6nica Maciel Ribeiro: gacc@fortalnet.com.br
APACC
Associacao Paraense de Apoio as Comunidades Carentes
Address: Av 3 de Maio, 1529 - São Braz - CEP.: 66063 - 390
Belém - Pará - Brasil
Tel: (91) 229 - 22 10
Fax: (91) 229 - 30 00
E-mail: apacc@nautilus.com.br
Web: http://www.apacc.org.br
Description of Programme
Child-to-Child activities are run through local NGOs GACC and APACC, GACC being the most active user of the programme. Initially ESSOR funded and supervised the activities but now, while they provide some of the funding, the supervision and running of the activities are carried out by the partner NGOs according to the local needs, and ESSOR only provide occasional technical support.
The projects run in rural areas in North-East Brazil. GACC operates in the province of Ceará while APACC works in Pará. Most of the children with whom they work live in difficult conditions. Their families are poor and their living conditions are extremely precarious. Children and parents are involved in the programmes. These children are aged between 7 and 12 years of age and approximately 50% are girls. Not all of the children attend school and many help their parents, who are farmers, by working with them in the fields. The adult workers involved in our programme are health workers and community development workers, who have been trained to work with children.
Activities and approaches
The main aim is to promote health education for disadvantaged children. This includes trying to prevent drug use and promoting hygiene. There are also other aims, such as promoting socialization of children, and the promotion of children's rights equally for boys and girls. A report, from ESSOR in 2000, stated that groups of 20 children were organised and meetings were taking place each week. Children were encouraged to think and make their own decisions, the aim being to develop practical, thinking, communication and behavioural skills and to encourage the development of self-confidence.
Involvement of schools and communities
There are no Child-to-Child programmes in schools but parents are involved in Child-to-Child activities. Primarily, the programme aims to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities towards their children, and to encourage them to support their children's activities. Meetings are organised with parents. The aims of these meetings are to explain what is taking place in the Child-to-Child groups, to create awareness of parental responsibilities in relation to the health of their families, and to involve them in the teaching and learning process, including the planning of activities.
Monitoring and evaluation
In 2000 it was reported that monitoring the effectiveness of the Child-to-Child programme was done through testing children at entry and again after a period of time, and that while interpretation of the results of such tests was difficult, it was clear that the children had acquired a better knowledge of health, including personal health. It was also evident that parents were becoming more responsible for their children.
Training and materials
Training is provided for health workers and is run by GACC. The content of
training focuses on participatory teaching and learning methods, child psychology and child development, childhood diseases and drugs. Child-to-Child materials were used early on in the programme, but since then materials based on Child-to-Child originals have been developed in Portuguese.
Date: 2005
Source: ESSOR, GACC, APACC
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