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Relevant background information
Much early activity derived from a major seminar which took place in 1993 sponsored by the Faculty of Education and the Child Health Unit of the University of Cape Town. A number of government departments and NGOs participated and many subsequently introduced some Child-to-Child ideas into their programmes.
Professor Marion Jacobs, the head of the Child Health Unit, served for many years as a Child-to-Child international advisor.
Children's Resource Centre (CRC)
The Child-to-Child element of the CRC’s work aims to help children between the ages of 7 and 14 years of age to improve the health and quality of their lives and the lives of their families and communities. It has set up 40 health centres and children’s groups in primary schools and impact an estimated 40,000 learners who are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Some of the key health themes that the children’s groups have focused on include culture, the environment, health, media, campaigns around the girl child, and bullying. Read more
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University of Port Elizabeth
Health Module in Study Guide for External Certificate in Education
The University operates a distance learning course leading towards an award of a nationally recognised Certificate of Education. One of the electives is a module
(P 203) in health and environmental education, a major component of which is extracts from the Child-to-Child publication Health Promotion in Our Schools, long extracts of which, including the Six-Step Methodology , the chapter on Health Across the Curriculum and the Summaries of Facts for Life are included in the second section of the module as readings.
Contact: Professor William Holderness
Faculty of Education, University of Port Elizabeth,
Box 1600, Port Elizabeth 6000, SA.
E-mail: TTAWLH@upe.ac.za
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