Child rights to survival growth development ESARO Child

Child rights to survival, growth & development ESARO

Child rights to survival, growth & development

Prevention & treatment of respiratory diseases Prevention of HIV. Care & support for people infected & affected by AIDS Improved Nutrition Pre-natal care and safe delivery of new borns Child Rights to survival, growth & development Prevention & treatment of Malaria Treatment & Management of Diarrhoea Immunization against vaccinepreventable diseases Psycho-social development

Participatory evaluation as part of overall program evaluation Train facilitators in participatory communication CB-MIS integrated into programme monitoring Community management committee as part of overall mgt. structure Begin a community engagement. Determine an entry point and participatory technique Identify vulnerable groups and give them a voice in the engagement Create a positive vision for child development Produce mass media messages and materials to support the plan Produce an action plan to realize the vision -resolve conflicts -integrate new tech. info. into the plan

Communication at scale • identify all possible groups of facilitators • encourage “horizontal” sharing of the communication strategy between communities. • refine the engagement process so that it is effective as possible. • identify common aspects of community action plans and support them with appropriate mass media campaigns.

Example: Communication for Malaria in Mozambique • Focus on the use of participatory tools to encourage Community Capacity Development (CCD)

Zambézia Province · A CCD strategy to facilitate community Assessment, Analysis and Action Service delivery · ITNs in rural areas · community-based distribution system for the First Line Drug for malaria treatment

Community Capacity Development • Establishment of representative community councils to provide responsibility, motivation, leadership, authority and to manage resources • Use of picture based participatory tools to facilitate communication, decision-making and learning

Development • Development of Mozambique specific tools and associated training package: – communication – hygiene and sanitation – malaria – nutrition

Participatory Malaria Toolkit • Sad/happy child: rights violations, duty bearers etc • Nurse Felicidade: health priorities • Malaria Child: signs/symptoms; risk groups • Pocket Chart: treatment-seeking behaviours duty bearers, capacity gaps, priority actions • Community Mapping: monitoring and planning tool • Blocking the Routes: routes of malaria transmission and how to block them

Supportive communication • Social marketing communication including: – radio spots – malaria dramas – posters, wall painting etc, especially in urban areas

Emergency / post-emergency • Gaza: Malaria Participatory tools used in support of the distribution of ITNs to flood affected families, reaching > 250, 000 people in 3 months

Emergency / post-emergency • 100 NGO mobilisers trained in participatory methodologies • Activists working in teams of 10 visit one community a day • ITNs distributed at end of participatory session • 200, 000 ITNS distributed in 3 months • 250, 000 people join in participatory sessions • Net retreatment rates >96%

Some measurable impacts: Gaza

Some measurable impacts: Gaza