Child Center Project

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Child Center Project

Background

The project has been implemented for 2 years to support child development among migrant children, which aims to instill moral principles

and integrate Thai culture in order to ensure that they live in harmony within the Thai community. By introducing basic knowledge in language

skills and life skills, children are able to obtain quality of life that children develop skills to communicate with their parents for better

understanding towards local community. Remarkably, they have strength to make change within the community and establish good relation with

the local people that translate in friendly social milieu in implemented area. Activities were organized to provide basic knowledge in language

along with creational activities to equip them with moral principle and righteous practices. Since, the family foundation should be strengthened to

contribute to better social environment in harmony. With health programme implemented in the area, some children have potential to become

translators assisting patients at the hospital during diagnose process including making appointment for them to collect drugs. Besides, the health

programmes requires a messenger to mobilize community that children can be a strong force to bridge the gap in case detection, once they learned

about symptoms with basic knowledge of health such as TB and HIV. As a result, they can be a contributing factor to the succeed of the

programme, since most of the children are capable of communicating in both languages with basic knowledge in health, the sustainability of child

center can translate in holistic approach to ensure that health programme can be operated after the phase out to overcome language barriers

between government health officers and migrant patient with assistance from children as well as increasing case detection after knowledge

dissemination introduced at school.

Implementers

Migrant child parent network

(health volunteers from World Vision Chumporn Province)

Contact persons

Nattaporn Maneeklupan Project Coordinator World Vision, Chumporn Province



E- mail: [email protected]

Chonnikarn Phochanakij Advocacy Officer World Vision, Thailand

E-mail: [email protected]

Resource persons

Ministry of Interior Provincial Officer Chumporn

Social Development and Human Security (Chumporn Province)

Provincial Medical Officer (Chumporn Province)

Municipal Director Pak Nam Chumporn

Chief of Public Health Pak Nam Chumporn Province

Principal of Pak Nam School

4.1 Justification

Due to influx of migrants in Thailand, the movement of migrant was driven by economic needs of cheap labour to work in fishery sector,

which created inviting environment for migrant labour to serve the demand in fishery sector. Thailand becomes one of the countries that attractmigrants with geographic components that allow migrants to mobilize combined with high demand of migrants in other sectors as well as fishery

sectors that Thai people find undesirable. Thus, the number of migrants has vastly increased throughout the county particularly adjacent countries

cross border between Thailand and Myanmar, they always accompanied with family members to settle in Thailand. Initiatively, World Vision

Chumporn was planned to conduct a survey to collect data of migrant children in the area to implement Polio Vaccine for them as indicated below

Data collected in August 2007

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Ages Paknarm Chumporn Pak Narm Lang Suan

Below 1 years old 46 12

1-5 years old 144 20

5-14 years old 131 13

Data collection conducted on January 2011

Ages Paknarm Chumporn Pak Narm Lang Suan

1-5 years old 304 97

5-9 years old 66 0

Above 9 years old 92 0

In total 462 97



According to the number of child migrants, basic rights have been denied, they have not got access to education that can be contributed to

community, thus World Vision Chumpron has launched programme for two sites to establish child center to serve child development to provideknowledge for target groups. This will result in sustainable development of the community with number of children living in the area to be

equipped with knowledge, which can make a change in the community and strengthening relation among community members. As a consequence,

the programme was initiated to improve quality of lives among migrant children.

Geographic and climate components



Delta lied between these two areas connected to the sea surrounded by river with the rise of current, the area always flooded. All years round, the

weather is tropical located on Thai Gulf side with high percentage of rain pattern in the area

Natural Resources

The river flow runs pass both sites that became a part of community with multiple utilizations such as dock, food resource, commercial

route, and shelter for ships during monsoon.

Occupation

Within 2 municipals, the area consists of Thai and migrants around 20,000 working mainly in fishery sector including business and commerce.

Baseline situation

Migrant children regarded as marginalized population subjected from rights to education that leads to lack of understanding in terms of

culture and social background within the community. This also hinders harmony environment enabling them to integrate with local people. During

the day time, migrant children need to spend their time productively to prevent petty fight causing disturbance in the community concerning child

safety on the street. Being marginalized from mainstream welfare, the system could not serve basic needs of children in terms of health care and

nutrition meals including hygiene. With the concern raise of well being among community members in relation to health, the programme aims to

solve the issues in collaboration with health community network and migrant health volunteers along with Thai community to work closely with

government agencies and other stakeholders to establish child center for migrant children to provide implement education and nursery

programmes. This will translate in sustainable community for utmost benefit in t he long run contributing to community driven by strong family

foundation.

4.3 Rationale and strategies



To achieve our goals, the analysis has been conducted to ensure that effective mechanism is in place with quality methods to sustain the

programme with measurable indicators. Benefiting community in the long run that will meet the expected goals according to our strategies as

follows;

- Collecting data of community and municipals information gathered from government to formulate framework and objectives including

goals to accomplish the implementation

- Collaborating with stakeholders to plan implementation in order to establish child center for migrant children in relation to national

policies and response to all aspects

- Organizing a meeting to inform about target group and pioneering project for 2 years period to stakeholders

- Forming a committee to operate child center to provide development activities

- Conduct a workshop and site visit to monitor the operation and curriculum of Ranong PPS

- Establishing operational system and teaching curriculum along with rules and regulation of child center- Conducting evaluation and follow-up mechanism to trace progress of stakeholders

- Coordinating with stakeholders and implementing the programme align with expected goals

- Organizing a meeting to inform about progress and present to the committee monthly and quarterly convening with advisors to address the

challenges and seek for solutions in the next quarter

Existing programme operation

Providing learning materials for migrant children equip with basic language skills and health knowledge including child developmentactivities including creational activities varied by age, this will coincide with curriculum provided at Thai development child center.

Objectives

1. To provide knowledge on health and hygienic for migrant children

2. To create understanding and perception on cultural differences along with instill moral principles and cultural practices to harmonize the

community



3. To serve migrant children to receive basic education as they entitled to basic human right

4. To introduce children as a bridge to deliver messages and sharing knowledge to reduce infectious diseases and communicable disease

including reduction of stigma in the community

Target group

- Migrant children range between 3-6 years old and above 6 years old to 14 years

Implementation period 2 years



Supporting materials migrant network group

Procedures

1)

Open from 7.30-15.30 to provide nursery service and basic language skills (Thai and Myanmar)2) Semesters divided into 3 terms per 4 months each

3) Parents support for operational costs between 1-5 days of the months; stationary and meal cost

4) Child safety mechanism is in place to show their guardian cards at the spot when picking up children

5) Casual outfit allowed with orange provided at the center

Board members

1) Advising Committtee

- Ministry of Interior Provincial Officer, Chumporn Province

- Ministry of Social Welfare and Human Security Provincial Officer, Chumporn Province

- Representative from provincial medical officer

- Chief of Public Health Provincial Office, Municipal of Chumporn Province

- Principal of Pak Narm School

2) Operational Committee

- World Vision staff, Chumporn PPS; coordinating with stakeholders and monitor the implementation

- Guest speakers and teachers; organize activities, accompanying visitors at the site, coordinate with stakeholders, organizing activities in

the community, monitoring and evaluating progress

Additional programme proposal (II phase)

Within the past 2 years, the programme has developed language skills for migrant children and managed to transferred children to attend

government school in the area for higher education. From time to time, migrant children participate in community activities that create better



understanding and harmonizing the community enabled migrant to integrate with local Thai people. Besides, Thai government started to introduce

rights to education and healthcare for registered migrants, however, this requires cost of registration and knowledge dissemination on migrant

rights in the area. Some of their parents have not been registered, which disabled their children rights to birth certificate or registration. Once,

children registered under the age of 18 years old; they would not be able to obtain jobs due to legal regulation. Thus, they would not get access toschooling and healthcare especially those who the parents are not aware of importance of education and prefer their children to work in order to

support the family ( Mahidol University, 2011). Although, the recent site visit shown that the conditions of child center has not got capacity to

support greater numbers of children due to lack of space in comparison to number of children in the area. Within one blog of building, the highest

capacity on the first floor can not support more than 15 children, while the upper floor capacity only allowed 12 children to participate in language

class despite the number of migrant children that exceeded 400. The young ones occupy the ground floor without proper tools and equipment to

participate in development activities with sleeping hours provided 3 rows were set for bedding leaving little space for those to squeeze in each one.

Even though, the number of children has dropped in the past year, since the school can no longer provided lunch for children, most of

parents have to distribute their money to send their children to the center. With a new policy introduce, the government has planned to set up a



separate body of department to be in charge of fishery sector that can translated in stricter regulation on migrants (MOL, 2011). As a result, the

programme becomes unaffordable among migrant parents, they have to provide their kids with meal cost as well as learning material cost.

Therefore, the parents decided to withdraw them from the center and locked them up in the house unaccompanied during their work hours and

return in late evening, which raise the question of child safety leaving young kids on their own can cause severe stress and accidents that results inlife threatened. For instance, one of the children faced brain damage after his dad left him at home on his own, he got electrocuted from sticking

his finger into a power socket. With the lack of awareness, children become more vulnerable at home differently from the first finding that they

normally roaming around on the street unaccompanied. Stressing the importance of proper nursery provided in the area, the well being of children

should be highest priority to ensure their safety and rights to education and healthcare.

Implementation period: November 2011- November 2013

Number of target group 70



List of additional activities

1) Expanding space to support migrant children with better access to education equipped with studying chairs and tables

2) Advocating to organize activities that enable integration between Thai and migrant children

3) Providing training for assessment to enable children attending government school

4) Introducing life skills for children along with basic healthcare knowledge

5) Translating training programme for children to assist people in the community using language skills

Log frame

Project details Objectively

VerificationIndicators

Means of Verification Assumption

Expanding space to

support migrant children

with better access to

education provided with

basic studying desks and

chairs

Building expansion

(new

building/extended

area)

Building registration -Distribution/donation from local community

-limited numbers of available building in the area

-Legal procedure required

Advocating to organize

activities that enable

integration between Thai

and migrant children

Number of

participants in local

festivals/ public

holiday events

Records/report on

participants from child

center (list of

participants)

-Festival events enable integration of migrant children with

local Thai community to create better understanding in

terms of culture and practices

-Participation from migrants children can create sense of




Verification

Indicators


belonging and reduce stigma-stigma reduction will have to be overcome to allow migrant

children to participate in events

Providing training for

assessment to enable

children attending

government school

Numbers of migrant

children enrolled

government school

Record/report of referred

children to government

schools

-Assessment already existed in the programme before

referring children to Thai school

-Numbers of qualified teachers

- language barriers create difficulties to attend Thai school

Introducing life skills for

children along with basic

healthcare knowledge

Number of children

participate in life skills

and health care

knowledge

dissemination

programmes

-attendance list of

migrant children

-children gained basic knowledge on healthcare through

existing programme that can be strengthening through

additional programmes

-Children can be messenger to provide accurate knowledge

to their parents

-supporting community to strengthening health care

programme

Translating training

programme for children to

assist people in the

community using language

skills

Number of children

participate in the

programme

-certificate for those

who meet the standards

- target group have basic language skills that can be

contributed to the programme

-practice required to assist patient at the hospital




Verification

Indicators




Work plan

Project Description Nov-Jan Feb-April May-Jul Aug-Oct Remark

Arrangement for legal

registration of

building/land

xxx

Procurement of table set

(studying desks and chairs)

xxx

Conducting baseline study

on nutrition situation of

children

xxx

Providing training for staff

to cook nutrition food for

lunch

xxx



Providing nutrition lunch

for children

xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx

Contract with trainers for

life skills (basic rights) and

language skills to conduct

assessment and translator

programme

xxx

-Organizing Christmas and

new year party in the

community

-Sending participants to

Songkran Festival

-organizing TB knowledge

dissemination with

children in the community

(mixed) 24 th March

xxx xxx



Forecast

Lists of expenditure Estimate Budget Remarks

Operational cost

-Staff cost

-Renting the building cost

-Procurement of table set

-Equipment and furniture

(cabinet, Japanese table)

-Utilities cost

Year1

72,000

96,000

45,000

10,000

6,000

Year2

72,000

96,000

10,000

6,000

Total

144,000

192,000

45,000

20,000

6,000

Programme cost-Training (language/life

skills/nutrition and health)

3 persons

- Procurement for

nutrition supplies

(40x70x24)

30,000

33,600

30,000

33,600

60,000

67,200

Qualified trainers cover 3

programmes (World

Vision Nutrition

Programme expert)

292,600 246,400 539,000

Documents

Child Center Project