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Child-friendly spaces (CFS)
Child friendly spaces (CFS) have become a widely used approach to protect and provide psychosocial support to children in emergencies. CFS is one of Save the Children’s key interventions to protect children from physical harm and psychosocial distress and to help them continue learning and developing both during and immediately after an emergency. CFS - refers to spaces where communities create nurturing environments for children to access free and structured play, recreation, leisure and learning activities; and a venue to identify vulnerable and at-risk children to facilitate their referral for immediate response. The CFS may provide health, nutrition and psychosocial support and other services and activities, which will restore their normal functioning. They are designed and operated in a participatory manner, and may serve a specific age group of children or a variety of age groups. CFS are important throughout a crisis, from emergency to recovery.
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The Toolkit for Child Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings
The Toolkit for Child Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings was developed by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support and World Vision International. The toolkit provides a set o
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Promoting Positive Environments for Women and Girls: Guidelines for women and girl friendly spaces in South Sudan
The creation of ‘friendly spaces’ for women and girls has been a key strategy in the protection and empowerment of women and and girls in South Sudan since conflict re-erupted in the country in December 2013. This document provides guidance on the aims of
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Lek med Oss: Methodmaterial
Would you like to help children and families who have experienced difficult events? This manual describes how you, together with others, can create activities for children and parents that provides support, healing, and a space to play. Vill ni göra en in
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Handbuch zu Schutz- und Spielräumen für Kinder
Published 2018, this German Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) manual is an updated and adapted guidance for all people working with children in and after distress. Based on the renowned CFS concept, which is part of the international "Minimum Standards for Chil
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Philippine National Implementation Guidelines for Child Friendly Spaces in Emergencies
According to the Global Climate Risk Index, the Philippines is considered the fourth most vulnerable country in the world to climate change and to be one of the most disaster-prone regions. After any disaster or emergency, children are exceptionally vulne
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Child Friendly Spaces in Reception Centres: Supporting asylum-seeking children and their families in Finland
In the autumn of 2015, Europe struggled to cope with the influx of people escaping conflict and crisis in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. The Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) project was seen as a pilot project by Save the Children Finland. It was the
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Endbericht Pilotprojekt Kinderfreundliche Räume im Empfangs- und Verfahrenszentrum (EVZ) Kreuzlingen
Between September 2016 and August 2017, Save the Children Switzerland together with the Swiss Migration Agency, ran the pilot project "Child-friendly Spaces" at the Reception and Processing Center (EVZ) in Kreuzlingen. The pilot project is based on the re
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"Through My Eyes" Stories: Photography workshops in child-friendly community spaces in Ecuador
Children and adolescents are a population segment that is vulnerable by nature. But after a natural event, such as the earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16, 2016, with its epicentre on the Ecuadorian coast– this vulnerability was heightened. Following
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Psychosocial Support for Children and Adolescents in Emergency Settings- Sudan: Minimum level of intervention skills for facilitators
This manual is designed to assist facilitators and service providers in applying the minimum level of criteria for psychosocial support (PSS) programs in Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS). We recommend that trainers use this manual to better understand psycholo
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The Desert Flower
Save the Children has been working in the Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya, to protect the well-being of children, especially those categorized as vulnerable. As populations streamed into the camps, Save the Children set up safe spaces to address the emergency
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Ukraine: Protecting Children affected by conflict
Twelve-year-old Victoria* fled her home in eastern Ukraine when her town was shelled. She now lives in Sloviansk and attends Save the Children’s Child Friendly Space (CFS). Victoria’s mother registered her in the CFS because the conflict had affected her
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Ukraine: Our work in conflict-affected communities
Since 2014, more than 5 million people have been affected by the conflict in Ukraine. 1.7 million are children. Save the Children is providing essential aid to children and families affected by the conflict. Rebuilding homes, providing cash transfers, and