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   ECD Resource Pack

This Early Childhood Resource Pack is designed to help programme planners and managers understand the basic elements of the best start in life for children and how to most effectively work together to achieve those goals.  It combines advocacy arguments with experiences, exercises and information that can be used to develop skills and understand programming for young children in development and emergency situations.

 

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   Family and Community Motivators
         the frontline of support for vulnerable young children

by Mary Newman - Early Learning Resource Unit - ELRU

Download whole book (zip file)     Download separate chapters (.pdf files)

 

   Bua Fela - Speak Free!

A guide to working with children in community radio.

By ABC Ulwazi

Download (word file)  Download (.pdf file)

Radio Station Contact List - Download (excel file)

 

   Rights for Children in an HIV+ World

In comic book form, a comprehensive guide to social security services and benefits for children living with HIV/AIDS

from The Alliance for Children’s Entitlement to Social Security (ACESS)

Download colour (pdf - 2megs)  Download black & white (pdf - 1.5 megs)

 

   Making reading a shared pleasure and a valuable skill

Snoeks Desmond of the Family Literacy Project (FLP)

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   Encouraging Young Children To Use Our Libraries

Snoeks Desmond and Zimbili Dlamini of the Family Literacy Project (FLP)

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     Child Needs Assessment Tool Kit

A Tool Kit for collecting information your organization needs for designing programs to help young children in areas heavily impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic

A Project of the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, supported by the World Bank, Early Child Development Team

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   The Evolving Capacities of the Child

Understanding the concept and the application of the concept of the evolving capacities of the child   -   see the Contents Page

 by Gerison Lansdown - Save the Children and UNICEF

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   Building Blocks Overview: Resources for communities working with orphans and vulnerable children

Why programmes need to strengthen the skills and resources of families and communities to cope with the impacts of HIV/AIDS. An outline of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children. Guidelines for programmes aimed at strengthening the coping capacity of vulnerable children, families and communities. Ways of taking action to strengthen support for orphans and vulnerable children.

the International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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   Supporting Older Carers

This document was produced to encourage those working with orphans and vulnerable children to take the situation of their older carers into account and to find ways of supporting their efforts and improving their quality of life

the International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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   Protecting the rights of orphans and vulnerable children aged 0 – 9 years

Report on Phase One and Two South African Action Research Programme. Document of the first phase of a SA action research project that proposes transferring skills across existing initiatives and distilling lessons that can be disseminated widely to accelerate effective intervention to support vulnerable children in the context of Aids not only in South Africa, but across the continent through the ECD Network Africa (ECDNA).

By Linda Biersteker and Norma Rudolph - February 2003

Download Phase One Report (.pdf file)

Download Phase Two Report (.pdf file)