EDUCATION AND CHILD PROTECTION CLUSTER MEETING, 22 July 2015, Time: 14:00 – 16:00, MINUTES
Participants
Organisation
Save The Children
Department of Science and Education of Kharkiv Regional State Administration
Association of child and family psychologists of Ukraine
NGO Your right
Eastern-Ukrainian Department of charity fund "Vidrodzhennya"
Psychological Crisis Service
Center of Societies’ Development
Cluster coordinator
UNICEF
UNICEF
UNICEF
UNICEF
Camp Unite
Kharkiv Regional Service for Children
NGO Social Service of Assistance
Kharkiv City Department for Family and Youth
NGO Fund "Kharkiv Professional development"
Association of Specialists Devoted to Overcoming Trauma
Kharkiv department of Union of Psychotherapists
Kharkiv Platform of Culture and Tourism Development
Department of Education City of Kharkiv
Chuguev Human Rights Protection Group
Right to Protection
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Right to Protection
Station Kharkiv
For comprehensive information on cluster partners
Websites of partners in attendance:
Department of Science and Education of Kharkiv Regional State Administration http://dniokh.gov.ua/
Service for Children Affairs of Kharkiv regional State Administration http://kharkivoda.gov.ua/uk/mainmenu/index/id/186
Department of Education City of Kharkiv http://www.kharkivosvita.net.ua/
Kharkiv Department of Family and Youth http://www.molodsport.kh.ua/
Eastern Department of charity fund "Vidrodzhennya" https://www.facebook.com/srpmfv
Right to protection www.facebook.com/righttoprotection
Social Service of Assistance http://www.ssa.kharkov.ua/
Station Kharkiv http://station.kharkiv.ua/ https://www.facebook.com/Station.Kharkiv
Chuguev Human Rights Protection Group https://www.facebook.com/pages/Чугуївська-правозахиснагрупа/1479379072325073
Association of Specialists Devoted to Overcoming Trauma (Psychological Crisis Service) http://psyservice.org/
Kharkiv Union of Psychotherapists http://www.usp.kharkov.ua/
Human's Home https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanshome/?fref=ts
Association of Children and Family Psychologists of Ukraine
https://www.facebook.com/groups/association.family.and.child/
NGO Fund "Kharkiv Professional development" https://www.facebook.com/groups/perspektiva.kharkov1/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Общественная организация-Фонд-Профессиональное-развитиеХарькова/434540243345129
NGO Kharkiv Platform for the Development Culture and Tourism http://www.ct.org.ua/
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Community Development Center (Scientific Picnics project) https://www.facebook.com/ScientificFun?fref=ts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6-RTP7iy4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLtPcEi9zpg
I love English - http://iloveenglish.kh.ua/
Subject
Welcome and
introduction
Discussion
Presentation of agenda:
Action points
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4.
Welcome and introduction
Update of the regional context.
Overview of Who is doing What Where - 3W.
Child friendly spaces in collective centers:
A)Space for free and structured play, recreation and leisure
activities;
B)Access to psychosocial support.
5. Preparation for the beginning of school year:
A)Back to school kits (what should be there, who needs it)
B)Other activities and concerns.
6. Wrap up and thank you.
Update of the regional
context
As there were many new members in the cluster and as a courtesy
to the new Coordinator and Information Manager, the participants
provided brief introductions about their organizations, and gave
overviews of their work.
- The City of Kharkiv is hosting a large number of IDPs, but many
of the IDP families live outside of the city and in rural areas,
IDPs have transportation problems reaching help and
assistance.
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Subject
Discussion
- Mental health professionals are needed.
- One partner, Association of Specialists Devoted to Overcoming
Trauma, identified that there should a government department
dedicated to supporting children of war.
Action points
Overview of Who is
doing What Where 3W
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Presentation of 3W was made by Oleksii Kniazhnytskyi, followed by
explanation of importance of 3W statistics for both donors and
partners
Partners provided updates to the 3W reporting, and appointments
for individualized consultations were made.
Partners will provide statistics
and ask for consultations, if
there will be any difficulties
Child Friendly Spaces and Community Spaces, Prefabricated
Community were discussed.
Organizations running child friendly spaces, community centers
have capacity but welcome materials. However, they do not have
the capacity to distribute materials.
Partners reported that communities are receiving aid, but
psychosocial support is needed. A psychologist comes once per
week, but they would like more human resources.
Partners noted that everything present in Kharkiv was
exponentially more needed along the contact line, and would like
to make future plans supporting this areas
Partners have opportunity to work with different educational
centers in Khakov to train teachers, once the ToT is conducted.
Partners noted that in addition to bringing experts for training, the
focus on any program should focus on training local counterparts
and build capacity in Kharkiv.
Chuhuiv Right to Protection
group and Association of
Specialists Devoted to
Overcoming Trauma plan work
with kindergartens along the
contact line
Partners with Psychosocial
specialists agreed to deploy
staff to the prefabricated
communities.
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Child friendly spaces in collective centers
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Subject
Discussion
- Logistics and their attending costs are also a problem. Partners
would be willing go to rural areas, but they need financial and
logistical resources.
Action points
Challenges:
- Lack of materials
- Transport for stuff and materials
Preparation for the
beginning of school
year
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Partner`s proposals for school kits were discussed
For a list of the contents, please see the list from each organization
attached to these minutes.
Education partner recognized that they believed that by the end of
August, they would be in a better position to estimate the number
of out of school children, as well as assess the types and numbers
of catch up classes required.
All partners asked to work on school readiness plans as the primary
action point for the next Education/Child Protection Cluster
meeting in August.
School Readiness Plans: Station Kharkiv reported that they are
preparing catch up classes for students who have missed days,
weeks and months of their vacation. Summer camps are also
Number and content of school
kits needed will be discussed
on the next cluster meeting
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Subject
Discussion
providing catch up classes. Station Kharkiv also needs educational
kits.
Priority activities for
the education cluster
Wrap up
Next meeting
Distributed.
Action points
In 1 month
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