CHILDREN TO THE FORE! - SAfAIDS

ACTIVITY 6: ASSESSING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN THE COMMUNITY: THE PPP SCORECARDSekuru JayaI want to be sure that we all leave this training with something that helpsus in our work to realise child rights: This section brings all your learningover the last few days into action through the PPP scorecard. As wehighlighted on Day 1, there are three Ps that are fundamental toupholding children's rights. These are Participation, Protection andProvision of Services.It is a good start to advocate for child rights and what should be done, but it is just as important todocument our efforts and monitor their effectiveness.The PPP scorecard has been developed to monitorand assess individual and community action in relation to child rights efforts in the context of HIV. Thecard encourages a rights-based approach to children, but it also considers the community. It includesspace for comments by community members, children, NGOs, AIDS service organisations, governmentdepartments and policy-makers (who develop the laws that support children in Zimbabwe).Some of theitems have been filled in to show you how it works.This scorecard must be filled in by the local contact person, in collaboration with individuals andcommunity members.GogoYou will all be given a copy of the scorecard to go away with anduse to assess the need for action in your own community. Becausewe believe in participation from everyone, we want you to have theopportunity to use it and see where you can advocate for changeor introduce aspects that are very relevant to you as an individual,or to your organisation, or your community.Note for the Trainer: Explain the issues on the scorecard and the way it is intended to work forindividuals and those working in communities. Ask each participant to take their card with them and ashomework,look at the different elements and see if they are applicable to their circumstances.There maybe other issues specific to their community that they feel need to be added under each section,as well.Inthe last column, participants need to state which of the three Ps needs to be employed in order to dealwith this issue,e.g.children not attending school = PROVISION.The PPP scorecard can also be helpful as a baseline to measure progress on programmes.End of day evaluation:To end Day 3, ask each participant to state one take home lesson from the day, i.e.what meant the most to them from the discussions. Try to go around the room in a different way thatallows other participants to speak first.58Handbook on Child Rights and Culture