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| Resilient Kids - Development History |
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http://www.resilientkidssa.org.za
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MODEL (A brief history)
Since 2005 Philippi Trust has been active in helping communities address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children, especially (but not exclusively) those affected by the HIV / AIDS pandemic.
Initially this involved providing training in Psycho-social Support for OVC to adults in affected communities, whilst simultaneously running intervention programs for the OVC. The main form of intervention was a 4 day, residential, experiential learning camp. Groups of children were taken out of the community for 4 days and, amongst other things, participated in activities designed to begin to address some of their psycho-social needs.
Over time the content and nature of both the training and the camps changed and developed as Philippi Trust sought to find more and more effect ways to meet the needs of OVC. After 5 years of monitoring & evaluating the success, in particular the sustainability, of the training and intervention the current model was launched and Resilient Kids SA established.
It is vital for the success and sustainability of any program aimed at meeting the needs of OVC that it becomes community based and community driven. We believe that by working in the community with adults and the children from a specific community there is a greater likelihood of both success and sustainability. This is why our intervention with children (what we call Holiday Clubs, Kids Clubs and Support Groups) is now community based and community led. By this we mean that the whole community, businesses, organisations, churches etc, should be involved in whatever way they can.
We have also realised that the youth of a community are an incredible source of support for the younger children but we recognise that the youth themselves are often OVC. We have found that taking youth away on a camp and then offering on going coaching and mentoring as they work with younger children in their own community has a great impact on the lives of the youth as well as on the community.
No community exists in isolation and if our country is to overcome the impacts of its history we must encourage diverse communities to work together to address the needs of our children. This is why we advocate and actively help build partnerships between those living inside the community and those living outside the community.
We envisage this model growing and developing over time as we continue to evaluate its success, particularly its sustainability.
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