Kudumbashree join hands with Save the Children for Capacity Building Initiative

Kudumbashree join hands with Save the Children for a Capacity Building Initiative on 'Resilient & Climate Smart Children in Kerala'. The main objective of the initiative is to strengthen resilience of children through awareness and knowledge sharing and preparedness and training. The awareness and knowledge sharing section includes modules on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) basics, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) basics, Child Protection concepts, Child Rights concepts and play method module with session plans and instructions for facilitator.It also has colouring books on disaster themes. The six disaster themes include cyclone, flood, fire, tsunami, earthquake and drought and each disaster has six preparedness key messages with posters to colour.

The preparedness and training section include child and their family’s own safety planning tool, Hazard Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (HVCA)- School safety and Hazard Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (HVCA)- School safety. The child and their family’s own safety planning tool is a child friendly tool whereby child can make a safety plan for themselves and their family. The Hazard Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (HVCA)- School safety is a child friendly and participatory method of risk analysis and preparing safety plan. First Aid training for children includes training on life saving skills (basic, age appropriate). It is planned to complete the co-creation of modules in workshop mode, training of Trainers (ToT) for resource persons, complete the translation and printing of module and the district / block level training by resource persons by December 2019 and the first aid training and the further trainings by resource persons at district/ block with Balasabha by March 2020.

'Save the Children', a global non-profit organisation founded in the year 1919 is India's leading independent child rights NGO, which run programmes in the remotest corners of India and urban areas to provide quality education and healthcare, protection from harm and abuse and life-saving aid during emergencies to children.