General Report

COHERE  SEL QUATERLY REFRAME  REPORT (II)

No 1. Write a brief summary of the project, such as the project name, Objectives and the key activities (150 words)

Project Title: 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:  Classroom management strategies ,problem solving methods among teachers and also among children themselves,  Methods of assessing SEL skills in children, 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 teachers   for the nice mentoring of the child.

 Key activities: Throughout the program running we have been able to conduct the following key activities: Methods of improving critical thinking in children ,  Child creativity, strategies to make better relationship among children themselves , Relationship between parents, school and Teachers   , parents organizing playful activities with their children, teachers sometimes  rending visit to the learner’s home, Honesty, Empathy, respect and Discipline, etc.

2. Please share your most recent project highlights including the target reached (150 words).

Answer: As we introduced this program in the community particularly in our area of operation that is in Kakuma 2, we have moved forward to another  block which is block six where  new parents  welcomed us and supported by bringing us their children .These parents have acknowledged our intervention in their children’s education and this created a good relationship between our facilitators and parents .Some of these parents sometimes take initiative to safe guard the team and children during the session where they also participate. These are currently helping our team mobilizing other parents whose children have not yet   attended    our sessions to join and benefit from them since they claim to have witnessed some improvement in their children performance.                                        

       Whilst successful child education count on community support whereby various educational agents are involved ;  our staff’s work has become easy because there a good collaboration between staffs, parents  and community/religious leaders which improved the participation of children during our sessions.                                                                                                              

   - We have successfully managed to form 3 parenting groups each comprising 35 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 25 teachers on Social and Emotional Learning program whereby we explore the different pedagogical methods to embrace social and emotional learning 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   235 children benefiting   from this program. 

What are the lessons learned and best practices emerging from this project (  200 words)

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, Be waring 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. Children playing dramas that have in them  some moral lessons such like Empathy ,honest ,respect ,discipline ,happiness ,unity ,love and trustworthy.