Transcript Children & Violence Peace Education Pilot

MINISTRY OF LABOUR, HUMAN
SERVICES AND SOCIAL SECURITY
Children & Violence Peace
Education Pilot
Key Lessons
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Recommendations
Definitions of Peace Education
(from 1st stakeholder meeting)
Peace = Contentment Peace = Harmony Peace = Absence of Conflict
What is it?
Changing values, attitudes and behaviours to
promote healthy & peaceful responses to
conflict, and respect for everyone’s rights
• Non-violent communication, nonconfrontational state of mind
• Holistic approach, mental & physical inner
peace
• Non-violent conflict resolution
• Tolerance & respect for our differences
• Respect for human rights, dignity & justice
• Consulting with one another
Who are focus?
• Individuals in
Society
• Parents
• Early childhood
educators
• Teachers
• Peers
• Leaders
• Media
• Youth
Pilot Activities
• Inter-agency collaboration
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Min. LHSSS
GRPA
Help & Shelter
WAVE
Brahma Kumaris (Living
Values)
Volunteer Youth Corps
Love Outreach International
Men of Purpose
UNICEF
• 3 target communities
– Lodge
– Bettervervagting
– Covent Garden
• 7 target groups
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Children
Youth
Adults
NDC/CDC
Religious Leaders
Front Line Workers (FLW)
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teachers,
health workers,
police,
social workers,
probation officers
agricultural extension
workers
– Health Centres
Activities
• 3 Agencies took lead
– GRPA: Children & Youth
– WAVE: Adults & NDC/CDC
– Help & Shelter: Religious Leaders, FLW & Health
Centres
• Workshops
– Different sessions from several agencies
• Evaluation
– Attendance
– Participant questionnaires
• Positive & Negative Feelings
• Knowledge
• Attitudes & Beliefs
Impacts on Participants
• Knowledge
– How to identify abuse
– Identifying signs of abuse in children
– How to get help
• Feelings
– Positive increase
– Negative decrease
• Attitudes & Beliefs
– Positive Change
Recommendations: Recruitment
• Sensitisation & mobilisation period
essential
• Participatory planning with target group /
community
• Package programme for target group
– Combine with other activity (e.g. IT for youth)
– Select attractive name
• Develop strategy for difficult to recruit
target groups e.g. men, youth
Recommendations: Methods & Activities
• More Participatory The Better
• Creative / fun / interesting activities
– age appropriate e.g.
• Painting & singing for children
• Role playing for adults
• Quizzes for youth
• Focus on knowledge/skills perceived as very
relevant by target group e.g.:
– Adults – parenting skills, domestic abuse &
community action planning
– Youth – discussions of reproductive health
Recommendations: Inter-Agency
Co-operation
• Pre-activity familiarisation for facilitators
from different agencies
– Get to know one another
– Learn what each agencies does
• Joint planning of programme
• Agencies submit to lead agencies:
– Materials (pens, paper etc.)
– Venue requirements (space,
Recommendations: Delivery
• Integrate peace education into normal
activities of target groups e.g.:
– Schools for children, teachers & parents
– Skills training for youth
• Spread programme over longer periods so
participants can internalise knowledge and
practice skills
Recommendations: Further Development
• Co-ordinating Body
– Composed of reps from contributing agencies
• Plan of activities
– Time frame
– Locations
– Budget
• Create Peace Education Manual
– Revise content & methodology
– Make widely available
• Increase Capacity
– Network with each other
– Train each other in specialist skills
– Training in funding agency procedures
• Coordination of Funding – Donor Matrix