General Report

COHERE  SEL QUATERLY REFRAME  REPORT

Project name: Children's Education support.       

Objectives:  This project aims at the following objectives:                                                                                                                            

 - Strengthening  the community agencies in promoting child education: through embracing collective responsibilities in the improvement and inclusive education for children, as community agents we are able to collaborate and ensure that all children access education within both refugee camp set up and hos-t community.                                                                                                                                                                                        – Training parents on positive parenting   methodologies: since positive parenting   plays an important role on child academic performance, we have identified the utmost need of equipping parents with the quintessential SEL skills that enable them to positively bring up the children while supporting them in excelling in their academic journey.                                                                                                                                                      -  Capacity building teachers on SEL skills  necessary for the day to day school learning activities that enable better  academic performance of children through better management of children emotions including: anxiety, anger, happiness, timidity,  fear, etc.                                                                                                                    

– Improving   School and parent collaboration: While the child success depends on both parent and teacher involvement, this project has been much impactful in encouraging collaboration between parents and teacher   for the nice mentoring of the child.

 Key activities: Throughout the program running we have been able to conduct the following key activities:  Child creativity, Relationship between parents, school and Teachers   , parents organizing playful activities with their children, teachers sometime rending visit to the learner’s home, Honesty, Empathy, respect and Displine etc.

Answer: As we introduced this program in the community particularly in our area of operation that is in Kakuma 2, we were warmly welcomed by the community members   that clearly understand and are concerned about   uncurbed gap of minimum community support in child education.                                                                          

Whilst successful child education count on community support whereby various educational agents are involved ;  at the very beginning  during community entry  we were able to meet with the community  and religious leaders  who  introduced us to the parents.                                                                                                                   

 - We have successfully managed to form 3 parenting groups each comprising 20 parents in three different blocks, these parents are being trained on positive parenting strategies that seek at nurturing children in a more supported way where parents understand their children emotions and train them on positively coping with them.                                                                                                                                                                   

 -  We have as well trained  20 teachers on Social and Emotional Learning program whereby we explore the different pedagogic methodologies  to embrace so as to enable an inclusive and supportive learning environment for all children within the school set up.                                                                                                    

– For an amplified voice on child education support in the community, we have conducted session and reached 25 community and religious leaders.                                                                                                                            

So far, we have reached   180 children benefiting   from this program. 

All along the running of this program, we have been able to cover different lessons  with children including :                                                                                                                                                                                        

   - Self-awareness: this activity has been focusing on teaching  children on understanding  themselves, Bowering of human  emotions  and  learning ways  to cope up with them for healthy  being.                         

  -Emotional Regulation: Through this topic we are able to teach children on how to respond and cope with emotions (stress, trauma, anxiety, happiness, hope,…)  both at home and school set up.                       

– Relationships building:  we have also deeply explored this aspect as it most important for children to learn how to establish relationships that foster growth and harmonious life.                                                                                                             

–Self Management: This activity has been teaching children the ability to successfully regulate their emotions, thoughts and behaviors when they are in different situations to effectively manage stress, controlling impulses   and motivating oneself work toward     personal and academic goals.                                                                            

– Social awareness: In this we teach children ability to take easy other’s perspectives and emphasize on various diversity e.g. culture, ethical norms for behaviors and to recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.                                                                                                                                                                                   

 –Responsible Decision making:  In this context we teach children to make constructive choices about personal behavior, social interactions based on ethical standard, safety, concerns and social norms, the realistic evaluation of consequences of various actions and consideration of the wellbeing of oneself and others. 

Some the best practices include the following:  collective playful activities for children, children designing their own craft innovations, children telling stories with confidence, children forming group discussion.