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Integrating Child Friendly Spaces and Learning Opportunities in Emergency First Response

Mon, April 15, 1:30 to 3:00pm, Hyatt Regency, Floor: Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific E

Proposal

Over the past year, Save the Children has developed and piloted a toolkit of learning activities designed to be implemented in the immediate aftermath of a mass displacement in order to bridge the gap between the period of crisis and displacement, and the startup of more formalized schooling opportunities. The toolkit includes facilitator training, scripted activity sessions for young children (ages 3-5), primary school-age children (ages 6-11), and adolescents (ages 12-15), additional activities for each age group, and an accompanying holistic assessment tool. Both the activities and the assessment tool focus on three main areas: literacy, numeracy, and socioemotional skills. The assessment toolk is linked to the programmatic aspects of the toolkit, and supports facilitators to target activities to learners’ needs. Each component of the toolkit was designed for flexibility and ease of use, and each component was piloted in multiple refugee contexts and refined based on the results of that feedback. The training and activity components were piloted in Melilla, Spain and Belgrade, Serbia, and the holistic assessment tool was piloted in Kyangwali and Rwamwanja, Uganda and Dadaab, Kenya. This presentation will explore the results of our pilot tests and our analysis of the strengths and challenges of using child protection mechanisms—in this case Child Friendly Spaces—as means for learning.

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