Lebanon: Child-to-Child Approaches to Children's Participation in Health and Development: A Course for Programmers and Facilitators

Summary: The organisation Child-to-Child Trust will hold course for Programmers and Facilitators to develop planning, training, monitoring, and evaluation skills using the Child-to-Child approach.

The Child-to-Child Trust, London organisation in collaboration with Save the Children, Sweden are holding an international training course this October in Beirut, Lebanon.

The course will focus on introducing child-to-child approaches to course participants and assist participants to develop their planning, training, monitoring and evaluation skills using the child-to-child approach. This will be an an intense and comprehensive course that will include interactive group work and field visits.

For an application form or any queries please contact Danielle Naoum at [email protected]. The course application deadline is 16 June 2010 and the course fee is $2200.

Course Objectives

  • To examine key concepts of health and health education and the implications of their interpretation for quality of education and quality of life.
  • To assess the role of children as partners in providing better health and enhancing health knowledge and practice for other children, their families and communities.
  • To understand the nature, role and potential of the Child-to-Child movement as expressed in the principles and characteristics of the approach.
  • To introduce and consider the extent, nature and potential use of the material resources produced by the Child-to-Child Trust U.K.
  • To explore the importance of skills-based health education within the concept of health promotion and the contribution of Child-to-Child approaches towards it.
  • To discuss and practice the methodologies used in programmes using the Child-to-Child approach, and especially the step by step approach designed to link learning directly to health action in the home and community. Emphasis will be on examples with respect to child protection and in conflict situations.
  • To consider the role of the Child-to-Child approach towards enhancing the concept and effectiveness of the Health Promoting [or Health Action] Child Friendly School.
  • To consider the approaches towards participatory evaluation necessary in both programmes and courses to enable steady improvement to take place over time.


Further information

Child-to-Child Trust

pdf: http://www.child-to-child.org/

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