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Impact of the projects
The research question for assessing the projects’
impact was:
“In what ways have activities that promote
child participation, link with schools and
include a focus on child rights
demonstrably improved the quality of life
of children in selected communities and
reduced harmful or exploitative practices
towards children?”
Two urban and two rural sites were selected to
represent distinct environments where risks to
children vary. World Vision has been active in
each location for several years.
Two have established child participation
approaches that have promoted child
rights in the community. There are plans
for extension of these activities to other
communities.
For the purpose of the research the
communities were coded:
A. Urban community where there are child
rights activities linked to a children’s club as
part of a community development program
B. Urban community with no child rights activity
or children’s club
C. Rural community where there are child rights
activities linked to a children’s club as part of
a community development program
D. Rural community where there is a
development program and a children’s club
has recently been started, but no child rights
activities.
Information was gathered from three sources to
build a picture of children’s place in the
community:
1. A household survey gained input from 12
female heads of household in each of the four
locations identified through random selection.
Children participating in group work on prevention of
child exploitation, Siem Reap
2. A Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
gathered the views of 377 children aged
between 9 and 16, of whom 48% were male
and 52% female. In areas where child rights
activities or children’s clubs operate, 53% of
survey responses were from club members
and 47% from non-club participants.
This was in order to reduce possible bias and
to gain a perspective on how information
had influenced attitudes of other children in
the community.
Photo: Laurence Gray
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