CRiSIP: Child Rights
The Child Rights in School Improvement Plan (CRiSIP) programme is a community driven process to ensure child development in and around the immediate school environment. Within CRiSIP issues on health HIV AIDS, livelihood and protection are holistically approached from a child rights perspective.
CRiSIP can be seen as the starting point of Civic Driven Child Development (CDCD). ICS opted to start with the school as it is the centre of the community. However the programmatic framework can easily be applied to other structures in the community.
Where & when
In 2008, ICS started with CRiSIP in Busia, Teso and Suba district in Western Kenya and in Meatu District in Northern Tanzania. In addition our partners Ilaramatak Lorkonei (Longido region, Tanzania) and CRO (Uganda) have taken up the framework and adjusted it to their environments.
In the ICS programme areas, representatives of children, parents, teachers, (health) administrators, local leaders, district education officer and other institutions have gathered in several Cluster Committees. Together with locally based expert organisations ICS will enable them to comprehensively address issues that hinder children from enjoying their right to quality education.
Important aspects of the CRiSIP framework are:
- involvement of all stakeholders from the start;
- ensure meaningful participation of children;
- provide (access to) information on a continuous base;
- empower people through trainings on areas they have identified by themselves
The project cycle will take 3-4 years. However up scaling and building capacities of communities on issues affecting children in school, the family and community will continue for a number of years additionally.
For more information you can download the CRiSIP factsheet (pdf) or contact the Regional Advisor Education: Robert Namunyu: robert.namunyu@icsafrica.org - 020 444 5048/7129
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