How do we find out what protection risks children are facing? … More Needs assessment

Objective: Encourage children to use drama as a medium to encourage dialogue on issues affecting them and provide fun and active ways for children to voice their own views on a matter of concern. Age group: 8-14 How many children? 5-10 children Time: 2 hours Resources needed: A space where you can move around and make some noise     … More Image theatre

  Objective: To understand in more depth how children’s lives have changed since the emergency and what they hope for the future Age group: 5+ How many children? Small groups of up to 10 Time: 1 hour Resources needed: Paper, pencils and colours Make sure that children are aware that taking part in this activity is optional and do … More Life story drawing

Objective: To get an overall view of the opinions of a group of children on which ideas or issues are most important to them Age group: 6+ How many children? Up to 25 Time: 30 minutes Resources needed: Flipchart paper, sticky dots (if possible) Dotmocracy is helpful when identifying key problems and identifying solutions, to compare and to find out … More Dotmocracy

Objective: To understand where and how children spend their time, and if and when they are unaccompanied Age group: All ages (very young children supported by caregivers) How many children? Small groups of up to 10 Time: 1 hour Resources needed: Blank daily activity matrix for each child Asking a child to explain what they do during the day, … More Daily activity matrix

Objective: To understand when children feel safe and unsafe, and who they feel they can turn to for help and support Age group: 6+ How many children? Up to 30 Time: 1 hour Resources needed: Glass of water, 1 sheet of paper for each child, pencils or pens Introduction Catch the interest of the group by first putting … More Who keeps children safe?

Objective: Children identify risks to their safety in their own environment Age group: 7+ How many children? Groups of up to 20 (grouped by similar age if possible) Time: 1 hour Resources needed: Flipchart papers, pencils, colours, markers   Ask the group of children to work together to draw a map of their community on a large sheet … More Community mapping with children

Objective: To learn about the situation for children from a rights-based perspective, and which rights they feel they are not accessing since the emergency Age group: 10+ How many children? 10-20 Time: 1 hour Resources needed: Flipchart paper, markers, children’s rights cards, category cards As a group, ask children to name as many of their rights … More Children’s rights assessment