Child to Child is a pioneer of the children’s participation movement, based on the concept first developed in 1978 by Founders Dr. David Morley (Institute of Child Health) and Dr. Hugh Hawes (Institute of Education). Since then, Child to Child became a formal organisation that championed children's right to participate in matters concerning them, and offered capacity building services that spanned the spectrum of international development organisations. The award-winning Child to Child Approach has now been mainstreamed by a number of leading organisations working with children and young people, and has continued relevance today. This resource centre has been developed as a platform for researchers, practitioners and others interested in the work of Child to Child. Here, you will be able to access resources regarding the meaningful participation of children.
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Child to Child resources have been organised into the following sections.
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As an urgent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Child to Child network of technical experts and practitioners collaborated to produce a set of resources to support children and communities to navigate through this difficult time. There are 10 messages spanning information about COVID-19, prevention, stigma, feelings, child safety, learning – in all of which children can play an active role in their families, communities and with their peers.
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In this section, we have general resources on facilitating meaningful participation for children and embedding it in programmes and practice. Here, you will find toolkits and manuals related to the award-winning Child to Child approach; the Six Step approach; and monitoring and evaluating children's participation.
In this section you will find resources developed for work in Early Childhood development. This includes a comprehensive pack of materials for our flagship early learning model, Getting Ready for School, which trains older children as Young Facilitators to build school readiness for Young Learners. It also includes evaluation reports with lessons learned from implementation.
In this section you will find resources developed for work in Child Protection. This includes resources to support vulnerable children facing challenging circumstances, including those affected by conflict or humanitarian crisis.
This section has resources that illustrate the use of the Child to Child approach in promoting life skills for children while spanning themes like child protection and education. They include materials from the following projects:
- Hearing All Voices - our programme promoting participation in London schools in 2011.
- Pikin to Pikin Tok - our signature radio for education programme in Sierra Leone, developed in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
- Blue Cross Alcohol Prevention program for Children 2020
Child to Child has its organisational roots in health education. This section has a range of activity sheets related to health, disaster risk reduction and more.
This section has resources related to facilitating inclusion, particularly for differently abled children.
This page provides you with access to the ''Child Rights Capacity Development Foundation E-learning Course''.
In this section you will find resources concerned with Child to Child's journey.
A Forum open to all Child to Child Practitioners. Use this forum if you wish to start a discussion or to communicate with other practitioners. This Forum also allows you to share resources.
