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Logros de la oficina de Bolivia año 2023

Les compartimos el boletín que presenta las actividades y los logros alcanzados en este 2023. Dentro del documento encontrarán los principales logros y actividades realizadas por área temática. Son muchos los retos y desafíos que tenemos, pero también hemos logrado avances significativos que queremos compartir con ustedes.

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The Effects of Climate Change on Families with Children and Adolescents in Save the Children's Areas of Intervention in Guatemala

This report presents the results of the consultancy conducted for Save the Children in Guatemala, which aimed to provide evidence on how climate change affects families with children and adolescents in the areas where the organisation operates. This study is part of a global effort by Save the Children, initiated in 2022, which confirmed that children are suffering the direct and indirect effects of the climate crisis. This study continues to expand the evidence base on perceptions and experiences around these impacts in specific contexts, while highlighting the crucial role that adequate climate finance can play, especially in protecting children who are most vulnerable due to inequality and discrimination

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Developing Climate and Health Systems Maps for Building Shared Understanding and Identifying Priority Action

Save the Children worked with KnowlEdge Srl and country stakeholders in Colombia, Somalia, and Vietnam to develop systems-based mapping tools to understand climate and health interconnections as well as feedback relationships, which could amplify adverse impacts on health in their country contexts. Colombia focused on climate change and food insecurity; Somalia focused on drought and malnutrition; and Vietnam focused on climate and dengue transmission risk. In these resource-constrained settings, developing the mapping tool was foundational to building a shared understanding of the multisectoral impacts of—and connections between—human activities, climate change, and health, including social determinants. Building systems maps is effective for active participatory engagement to co-create understanding of climate-health relationships as a basis for identifying action. It can be done at multiple scales using systems thinking (ST)-applied methodology.

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Science-based Policy Solutions for Climate Change and Health Challenges (Infographic)

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and Save the Children present 14 case studies from around the globe, especially from low- and middle-income countries, that can be useful guides to scientists and policy makers seeking information on how to engage diverse publics, develop research projects, and devise effective win-win policies. This infographic summarises the real-world examples of co-designed, systems-based, multidisciplinary approaches that can be used to support policy development at the nexus of climate change and health. It also contains a brief list of the lessons learned from an analysis of the case studies. This infographic was presented at the SRI/SSD Congress 2024 in Helsinki, where IAP and Save the Children hosted an interactive roundtable.

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Children's climate demands for COP29

Children across the globe have come together to set a new agenda for the fight against climate change. In a series of COP simulations conducted from September to October 2024, children from 20 countries expressed their priorities on issues like Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), climate finance, just transition, and the essential services they rely on. Their recommendations, presented here, services as a roadmap for policy makers, advocates, businesses and thought leaders, providing actionable guidance of integrating children’s voices into ambitious NDCs, more equitable climate finance, accessible essential services, and a just transition to a green economy. We invite you to use this paper in discussions and negotiations, bringing children’s voices to the forefront and ensuring their urgent needs shape the climate policies of today and tomorrow.

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Colombia’s Child-Led Voluntary National Review 2024

This study examines the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Colombia through the perspectives of children and adolescents. Aligned with the 2030 Agenda, the research aimed to assess the government’s commitment to the SDGs and the inclusion of children’s voices in the national review process. Using a unique methodology, a Children’s Scorecard, young participants from various regions rated the government’s performance on SDG principles using a happy-sad face scale. The insights gathered reflect their lived experiences and perceptions of SDG fulfilment. The study offers a child-centred view of Colombia’s SDG progress, identifying strengths and areas for improvement to ensure no child is left behind.

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CVA for Health: A Case Study from Save the Children International in Peru

“Cash for health” addresses individual-level specifically identified health risks or needs using Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) as a modality of intervention. This case study presents the design, implementation and key outcomes on the use of CVA to achieve health outcomes in Peru within a compounded migration and economic crisis. It confirms that market-based assistance can play a vital role in achieving positive health outcomes for highly vulnerable individuals on the move, otherwise not able to access appropriate healthcare services in a timely manner due to lack of financial capacities and information. The CVA for health was delivered in a complementary manner with other health activities, and as part of an integrated program providing a holistic set of support across food, nutrition, protection, livelihoods, health and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). The case study first provides an overview of the context and then undertakes a deep-dive into the design of the CVA for health component. It continues with an overview of the main achievements and key lessons learnt before concluding with a set of key recommendations.

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Remotely Assessing Foundational Skills of 5-14-year-old Children: A 7-Country Psychometric Evaluation of the Remote Assessment of Learning (ReAL)

Approximately 250 million children worldwide are out of school. There is growing consensus for investing in feasible, contextually appropriate, psychometrically tested, remote tools to support quality education in crisis contexts. Save the Children developed the Remote Assessment of Learning to assess 5–14-year-old children’s foundational learning. Children (N=5,764) were sampled from Cambodia, El Salvador, Mozambique, Niger, oPt, the Philippines, and Sudan, with an approximate 50/50 split in child sex within each country. The study assessed inter-rater reliability, factor structure, item slope and difficulty, criterion validity, and test-retest reliability. The study also explored user perceptions of feasibility and scalability. Results show moderate evidence that ReAL is valid and reliable for literacy and numeracy; evidence for social-emotional skills is weaker. The qualitative results revealed that while the tool is generally perceived as scalable and contextually appropriate, challenges persist with unreliable connectivity, caregiver influence, and comprehension issues in rural and linguistically diverse settings. This is the first cross-country evaluation of a remote assessment of learning.

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Impact of Catch-up Clubs on math and social-emotional learning in El Salvador

This impact evaluation assesses the effectiveness of Save the Children’s Catch-up Clubs (CuCs) in improving math and social-emotional learning (SEL) outcomes for children in El Salvador. Implemented across seven municipalities in Sonsonate and La Paz, the CuCs program targeted children aged 9-12 at risk of falling behind academically. The evaluation employed a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to compare the impact of two models: a standard paper-based approach (PCuCs) and a digital application-based approach (DCuCs). Findings indicated that both models led to improvements in math outcomes compared to the control group, although impacts were quite modest, with the PCuCs group showing slightly greater gains than the DCuCs. The impact on SEL outcomes was less clear, with no significant differences compared to the control group. But with evidence from the qualitative data suggesting that facilitators observed improvements in children’s emotional skills. These findings should be considered in the context of potentially significant fidelity and implementation quality issues, particularly with the digital application which might have severely limited the potential impact of the DCuCs group. Despite these challenges, qualitative data suggest in general positive perceptions of the program among facilitators and children, highlighting CuCs as a promising intervention for addressing learning gaps.

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Organizations in Peru Call for Children and Adolescents to be Free from Violence

Within the framework of the International Day against Physical and Humiliating Punishment, the Ending Violence against Children Group (GIVNNA), held a National Forum: ‘The Impact of Violence on the Life Projects of Children and Adolescents’ April 30, 2024.

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