CRC PROGRAMMES, CAMPAIGNS, PROJECTS To give substance to our vision, the CRC runs a variety of programmes, campaigns and projects. All of these empower children, encourage socialising and help to strengthen the organisation.
They include:
Culture
Our cultural programme is geared towards promoting a children’s culture and a healthy, enjoyable lifestyle among children. African in influence, the programme includes visual art, modern and traditional dance, drama, singing and puppetry. The cultural programme also helps in the formation of bands, choirs and dancing groups; develops praise singers (imbongi); and encourages participation in non-competitive recreational games.
Food Security
The development of food gardens to ensure that children learn to feed themselves in the context of grinding poverty is a critical part of the CRC’s work. So far we have established 33 community and schools-based gardens run by
teams of children and youth; trained youth and children to train others; and trained 350 children as gardeners.
Health
The Child-to-Child health programme has been a dynamic feature of our programme since 1995 with its focus on equipping children with the knowledge and skills to take care of themselves and other children.So far more than 60
schools-based Child-to-Child health centres have been established nationally. This programme led to the establishment of the Resource, Education and Training Centre. Media
The Media programme enables children to participate in the production of media and to view media more critically. Three elements make up this programme: a regular newsletter, a radio programme consisting of radio cassettes on our work and programmes, and a video-production arm which produces videos on the activities of the CRC and affiliates of the Children’s Movement. All are used as educational tools for our education and training programmes. Plans for the future include a national newspaper, a radio production unit and a video production unit. Each of these will include a training component to equip children to run them.
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