Child to Child Resource Centre

The Alforja Educativa (“Educational Knapsack”) is a set of play-based, practical activities focussing on harmony among all living things both visible and invisible. Developed by Ecuador-based Centro Niño a Niño(Child to Child Center – a partner of Child to Child)  in conjunction with ReAct LatinAmerica, the Knapsack is grounded in the indigenous cosmovision of “Sumak Kawsay” (“Good Living”) and uses Child to Child methodology to allow children to investigate, study, act, and communicate about the microbial world and its role in the web of life.

This book is designed for teachers, health workers, group leaders and others. It illustrates ways in which Child to Child activities can be used to improve the health and well being of children living in camps. Water and sanitation, malaria, disability and preventing accidents are some of the topics covered within in the four chapters.

This activity booklet provides ideas on helping children be alert to the dangers in mined areas, how to avoid these dangers and how to encourage others to do the same. It is aimed at those planning mine risk education projects for children and for those involved in mine awareness programmes as teachers or trainers.

This manual describes a series of Child to Child activities designed to be carried out with children to involve them in avoiding risks and mitigating the consequences of disasters, in order to make children’s and young people’s lives safer and better by: raising awareness of the risks that children encounter in their surroundings; helping children play an active role in reducing the risks and dangers in their lives; and helping children learn how to protect themselves.

Niño-a-Niño es una manera de enseñar salud, estimulando a los niños a participar activamente en el proceso de aprendizaje y poner en práctica lo que han aprendido. Pues Child to Child aspire a asegurar que los niños y niñas se benefician de este enfoque en todo el mundo. 

Dr. Sonal Zaveri, Family Health International (FHI) and Child to Child consultant, led the process of putting together this Life Skills Education Toolkit in 2007, drawing from the 37 projects implemented by FHI in India. The Toolkit has been developed for organisations which work with orphans and vulnerable children, to provide essential skills for children in the project areas to prevent them from acquiring STIs/HIV/AIDS and to help them cope with HIV infection.

The Toolkit is a comprehensive package comprised of a Facilitator’s Guide, Life skills education Modules, Information Sheets and a list of Resources for further reading and reference.

This resource manual has been written for people working with children and young people (aged 8-18) in communities affected by HIV and AIDS. It was developed by organisations in the Kenya, Uganda and the UK as part of a project on Child-Centred approaches to HIV and AIDS. The manual aims to provide a resource of ideas, experiences and practical activities that will encourage children and young people to help each other understand and cope with the impact of HIV and AIDS.

The Child to Child Resource Book is one of the most widely used Child to Child publications. Its popularity led it to be translated and adapted into 31 languages.

This Resource Book targets practitioners, trainers, advocates of children’s participation and others. It contains Activity Sheets, which are designed to serve as a model for them to adapt and create materials that suit the context and realities specific to the countries in which they work. The process of adapting, improving and creating materials is an important vehicle through which we can deliver quality health education that encourages meaningful children’s participation in health and development. We hope this book is a valuable step in making the goal of delivering quality health education a reality for the world’s children.

Adapted from Kassam-Khamis and Muzzafar Bhutta’s article, ‘Affecting schools through a health education initiative in Partnerships in Educational Development’, this is a case study of five schools in Pakistan which implemented their own school health action plan in 2006. The research shows how Child to Child’s approach had positive impacts on children, teachers and the wider community in regard to their understanding of health.

In this chapter of Partnerships in Educational Development (2006), Tashmin Kassam-Khamis and Sadia Muzzafar Bhutta from Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, Karachi, assess the success of Child to Child approach in promoting health in 40 schools in Pakistan.

They have realised that the health promoting school and Child to Child approach create an enabling environment to help teachers teach better and encourage greater participation by children, which in turn enhances their health knowledge and self-esteem.