This list of practical resources and tools supports the guidance developed in April 2020 by the Community-level Child Protection Task Force (Task Force) of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (Alliance) for child protection actors who are working in or with communities to keep children safe during COVID-19….
Operational guidelines: Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings (field test version)
The operational guidelines are designed and intended to help UNICEF staff and partners support and promote safe, nurturing environments for children’s recovery, psychosocial wellbeing and protection. The guidelines present an operational framework that emphasizes engaging actors at all levels (children, caregivers, families and community service providers) to design and implement…
Barefoot Guide 6: Generative leadership – releasing life in a turbulent world
“This book is the fruit of eighteen months of intense, lively collaboration by twenty-three people from seven countries on five continents! It is not about heroic leadership but, quite the opposite, about leadership that works generatively with life.” This is a big (27MB) download so we’ve linked to the Barefoot…
Compendium of resources – A supporting document to UNICEF’s operational guidance: community-based child protection
This is a compendium of psychosocial support (PSS) resources which is designed to support UNICEF’s global guidance on community-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, including a framework that clearly shows the shift away from a Child Friendly Space focused approach to a more community-based approach. The compendium of resources supplements…
Arts-Based Methods for Transformative Engagement: A Toolkit
A toolkit focusing on sustainable societies and creative, arts-based methods which can help communities work towards the goal of sustainability. This is a book which can inspire you and show you the power of creative approaches in community development, as well as teach you new skills and ways of thinking….
Taking pictures, telling stories and making connections: A Photovoice manual
A manual which provides excellent practical and detailed instruction and guidance on how to undertake a PhotoVoice activity with adults and/or children. The manual recommends a facilitation style which guides but does not lead or seek to provide answers or to influence.
Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
This online course examines how children’s social environments at different levels, such as the family, community and societal levels, influence children’s adversity, development and resilience. Course participants will engage in critical thought about current international child protection practice and how to strengthen it. The course will invite participants to identify…
Supporting community-led child protection – an online guide and toolkit
The terms “community-based” and “community-led” are often used interchangeably, but there is in fact a world of difference between these two approaches. A community-led approach to child protection is driven by the community themselves. Here, it is the community who holds the power and owns the process, not NGOs or…
Video for Change impact toolkit
This online resource gives comprehensive instructions as to how to plan and make films with communities. It is a resource which seeks to hand power and control over to communities and as such is a very useful practical guide for anyone wanting to use video to strengthen community engagement and…
Insights into participatory video – a handbook for the field
A manual which is a comprehensive and practical guide written by practitioners for setting up and running participatory video projects anywhere in the world. This manual sets out to support communities to lead their own development and is therefore a promising tool which could potentially be used to support community-level…