Tag: covid-19

Viva’s Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme: Phase 2 – Connecting In

February 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a longer-term crisis which has specific impacts on children and families. Phase 2 of the Viva Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme – ‘Connecting In’ is designed to pick up on these issues and connect families to longer-term and more in-depth support. This is done by linking them with a … More Viva’s Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme: Phase 2 – Connecting In

Viva Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme: Training Videos

November 25, 2020

In addition to the materials provided here, you may want to use these training videos produced by Viva, to equip your mentors. The videos are produced to be used in two sessions, and can work for both individual or group training. Each video session should last for about 30 minutes including discussion time. The sessions … More Viva Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme: Training Videos

Viva Phone Mentoring Programme: Adapted materials for use with children with disabilities

July 29, 2020

Thanks to Viva’s partnership with Embrace the Middle East and their Lebanese partner, SKILD, the conversation guides for the Phone Mentoring programme are now available in an adapted form for use with children with learning difficulties and learning disabilities. These should be used in conjunction with the programme guidelines and additional call materials for each … More Viva Phone Mentoring Programme: Adapted materials for use with children with disabilities

Viva’s Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme

May 27, 2020

Through this programme, volunteers mentor children and adults in the same family using resources sent to phones and via phone calls. The phone calls are designed to be participatory and engaging and support proactive action for the family on each topic. Mentors complete 8 phone calls including the introduction and closing call with six phone … More Viva’s Child and Family Phone Mentoring Programme

Responding together to COVID-19: Viva partner network response page

March 18, 2020

How are we already responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as a family of networks, and what can we do next?   Versión en español disponible aquí Many Viva partner networks are currently responding through Viva’s Phone Mentoring Programme. More information on this programme is available here. It has been brilliant to see networks responding already, staying … More Responding together to COVID-19: Viva partner network response page

Responding together to COVID-19

March 17, 2020

This page contains links to key guidance and easy-to-use resources to support local communities and organisations in the ongoing child-focused response to COVID-19. For more examples, stories and ideas from Viva’s partner networks, see our network response page. For more programme development tools see the guidance page. For Viva’s child and family phone mentoring programme, … More Responding together to COVID-19