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The Joy of Learning. Participatory lesson plans on hygiene, sanitation, water, health and the environment
This guide is mainly aimed at teachers and others who want to design participatory learning activities on hygiene and sanitation. It includes a theory section and lesson plans. The lesson plans are organized into three sections: hygiene, sanitation and wa
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Rewrite the future in Côte d'Ivoire, September 2006-2008
For the last decade, Côte d’Ivoire has experienced a socio-political crisis, which has had severe humanitarian consequences for children. Children’s enrollment and access to school have greatly declined, as did the quality of the education available due t
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Briefing from Global Initiative to end all corporal punishment of children [June 2008]
This report provides supplementary information on Uganda's first periodic report on the implementation of the CRC Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC). The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children s
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Promising rights- Introducing children´s rights in school
The book explores the experience of one primary school in trying to make the promises of rights a reality. It is an honest account that does not skirt around any hesitations and concerns that have arisen. But the general outcome is a positive one with sig
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The Less They Know, the Better: Abstinence-only HIV/AIDS programs in Uganda
Supplementary report to Uganda's 2nd periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on Uganda 's response to HIV and AIDS. Despite a reported dramatic drop in HIV prevalence in Uganda in the 1990s, from an estimated
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Something to say- Listening to children: Developing an anti-bullying culture in primary schools
This resource is the culmination of an extensive practice project which worked with primary school children to identify the effects of bullying on children’s lives and to explore what steps they thought could be taken to keep them safe from this type of b
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Niñez y Juventud: Dislocaciones y Mudanzas
'Niñez y Juventud: Dislocaciones y Mudanzas' is a continuation of the debates and discussions initiated at the III Latin American Network Conference of July 2006 “Childhood and Youth: Dislocations and Changes". It is a publication by Programa Infancia bas
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Colombia Briefing
This country briefing of Colombia looks at the ongoing armed conflict between the government and illegal armed groups, now entering its fifth decade, which has caused immense suffering to the Colombian civil population. Internal displacement has reached u
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Deprived children and education- Ethiopia
In January 2006 Irewoc started a child-based research project on deprived children and education in which the focus is on the realities of the children and their parents. This study aims to deepen the understanding as to why many children do not go to sch
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Quality Counts: Developing indicators in children’s education
This guide, for use in educational programmes around the world, looks at measuring educational quality and the role of indicators in that process.
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BSAF’S Alternative Report on the implementation of UNCRC in Bangladesh in1996-2000
The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). As a follow-up, the GoB submitted the first report on the situation of children in Bangladesh in the yea
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The Middle East: A strong commitment to the poorest children and mothers
An overview of the programmatic activities of Save the Children in the Middle East, tailored to meet the needs as identified by the communities they work with.