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A Practical Guide for Developing Child Friendly Spaces (2Mb)
UNICEF 2009
This guide is designed to assist UNICEF staff and partners, in establishing and operating Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in an emergency. It attempts to provide readers with the main principles of a CFS and the processes on how to establish one.
The overall aim is to improve the standards and capacity of field staff, by providing the required knowledge to support the design and operations of child friendly spaces. It will facilitate an understanding of how to develop a CFS in contexts in which children’s well-being are threatened or damaged as a result of conflict or natural disasters. More specifically, this guide attempts to broaden and strengthen the knowledge, skills and attitudes of protection officers/field staff so that they are able to respond to the multi-faceted needs of children.
Traits et normes des EAEAF pour la RCA (12.8Kb)
A description of traits and norms with their desired characteristics for CFSs. (French)- Synthesis IMPACT CHARTS (52Kb)
A collection of questionnaires, results, and synthesis of an impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages, Gori district, Georgia. - Synthesis - impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages (40Kb)
A collection of questionnaires, results, and synthesis of an impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages, Gori district, Georgia. - Questionnaire to parents in villages (45Kb)
A collection of questionnaires, results, and synthesis of an impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages, Gori district, Georgia. 
Impact assessment DB children village (418.5Kb)
A collection of questionnaires, results, and synthesis of an impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages, Gori district, Georgia.- Impact assessment DB parents village (162Kb)
A collection of questionnaires, results, and synthesis of an impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages, Gori district, Georgia. - Children Question English village (295.5Kb)
A collection of questionnaires, results, and synthesis of an impact assessment done in Shida Kartli villages, Gori district, Georgia. - Child Friendly Spaces in Bangladesh (144Kb)
Set of minimum standards for creating CFSs from initial assessment to exit strategy. Standards include those for child protection, participation of children and communities, human resource management, physical facilities, psychosocial and recreation services, health care, food and nutrition, education and learning, orphan and separated children, birth registration, water and sanitation, and monitoring, evaluation and record keeping. - Child Friendly Spaces in Bangladesh (144Kb)
Set of minimum standards for creating CFSs from initial assessment to exit strategy. Standards include those for child protection, participation of children and communities, human resource management, physical facilities, psychosocial and recreation services, health care, food and nutrition, education and learning, orphan and separated children, birth registration, water and sanitation, and monitoring, evaluation and record keeping. - West Darfur: Minimum Standards for CFSs & Children\'s Centers (116.5Kb)
Final draft of minimum standards for Child Friendly Spaces and Children Centers adopted by the West Darfur Child Protection Working Group in 2007. - WCH-SL Induction Training Package (2.2Mb)
Training package developed for new staff, external trainers and community facilitators in Sierra Leone. Includes basic methodology, theory of child development, monitoring tools, and activities. - Tools for Starting Child Centered Spaces (28Kb)
A comprehensive guideline for starting child centered spaces, from a code of conduct to be followed by staff and volunteers, to the several steps taken to establish CFSs. - Terres des hommes Standards for Recreation Centers (20.5Kb)
A list of standards for implementing and developing CFSs, including location, infrastructure, materials, and staff. - Terres des hommes Job Description: Center Supervisor (125Kb)
Job description of the duties and responsibilities for a CFS center supervisor. - Terres des hommes Job Description Activity Specialist (23.5Kb)
Job description for an activity specialist, including duties and responsibilities. - Terres des hommes Job Description : Activity Trainer (25.5Kb)
Job description for an activity trainer, including general and reporting responsibilities. - Terre des hommes Assessment Checklist (44.5Kb)
Modified assessment checklist for CFSs, adapted from Darfur and implemented in Georgia. - Teaching Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings (2.3Mb)
A guidebook and toolkit for helping teachers create inclusive, learning friendly classrooms where children with disabilities play an active part in the classroom community. - TdH Child Protection Psychosocial Training Manual (1.8Mb)
Terre des hommes psychosocial training manual, produced in 2008.
