Social Behavioral Change Communications for Education Resources and Messages Bank

These are a series of messages and related Social Behavior Change Communications (SBCC) for Education resources that can be used with parents and caregivers to promote their support of children’s learning and wellbeing at home: From Save the Children Rwanda (including some from the USAID-funded Mureke Dusome Program): One document describes Save the Children Rwanda’s Social Behavior Change Communications approach before and during COVID-19 to engage parents/caregivers to support their children’s learning and wellbeing at home. Some of the documents list key messages that were sent to parents over phone (audio and/or SMS messages); others are posters used through project implementation site. One is a peer educator training toolkit on positive discipline for adults. Some materials are in English and some are in Kinyarwanda. MBoost: These are a series of resources describing Save the Children Bangladesh’s implementation of MBoost, including studies that show the effectiveness of the approach, a brief webinar describing updates to the approach during COVID, etc. Social-Emotional Learning: Conversation Topics from the USAID-funded Addressing Education in North East Nigeria project, developed by FHI360, Save the Children, and Viamo: These include messages describing interactive activities parents can do with their children which are aimed at building the SEL competencies of children alongside their other distance learning activities. The conversation topics are tailored for the Covid-19 context and in coordination with messaging about health and wellbeing.