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Relevant background information
Sierra Leone’s involvement with Child-to-Child concepts began in the late 1980s when the country took a major part in the Child-to-Child’s Teacher education project whose report Child-to-Child Approaches to Colleges and Schools in Africa is available from the Child-to-Child Trust, London. There was a high degree of government involvement in the project, with the Head of the Curriculum Development Centre as Chairperson of the steering Committee and the Government Chief Paediatrician also strongly involved. Child-to-Child concepts were also integrated into the Physical and Health Education component of the school curriculum. UNESCO provided support in the shape of its representative Jones Kyazze.
Three colleges (Makeni, Bo and Freetown) and associated schools were nominated and programmes operated and monitored in the early 1990s. At this time economic and political conditions within the republic were worsening and difficulties listed in the report prepared for the final 1992 Nairobi workshop include significantly, ‘interruption of classes as a result of frequent closure of schools’ and ‘closure of a number of schools due to rebel incursions’.
Later, an important pre-school project, headed by the former head of the Curriculum Development Centre and supported by Caritas, used Child-to-Child approaches and adapted activities from Toys for Fun. However, as unrest turned to civil war all activities virtually ceased, though interest doubtless remains and is reviving as stability returns.
Pikin-to-Pikin Movement
The Pikin-To-Pikin Movement was established in 1994. The Child-to-Child activities are implemented by the staff of the organisation in all our operational areas. We are working in close collaboration with the Health Education Division of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. They conduct training for our staff and also provide technical support to the organisation. The organisation is implementing its Child-to-Child activities in Moyamba district, Bombali district, Port Loko district, Tonkolili district and the Western area. Read more
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