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Children are the most vulnerable stratum of a
society as corruption directly affects their future.
Integrating integrity values within the learning
process helps to build a future generation that is
capable of combating corruption. Summer camps
contribute to shaping the personalities of thousands
of children that participate in them. Beside
schools, summer camps focus more on activities that
help develop the physical, mental, psychological,
and social aspects of a child’s life. They provide
opportunities for creativity, freedom of expression,
critical thinking, innovation, and democratic
practices.
AMAN seeks to utilize summer camps to spread
anti-corruption concepts and to equip children
participating at these camps with the values and
experiences needed to develop their behavior in
a positive and constructive manner. AMAN will be
implementing a program in summer camps that
encourages drama, cultural activities, and
creative writing as means towards raising
children’s awareness against corruption.
Target Group:
The
Project targeted 3000 children ages 8- 12 in 30
summer camps.
The distribution of these summer camps was
according to the demographic distribution of
population and took into consideration
marginalized areas.
|
Location |
Population Percentage |
Number of summer Camps
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Jenin |
2.01% |
3 |
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Toubas |
0.36% |
2 |
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Tulkarem |
1.32% |
2 |
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Qalqilia |
0.75% |
2 |
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Salfeet |
0.48% |
2 |
|
Nablus |
2.58% |
4 |
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Ramallah |
2.22% |
3 |
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Jerusalem |
3.12% |
4 |
|
Jericho |
0.33% |
2 |
|
Bethlehem |
1.38% |
2 |
|
Hebron |
4.17% |
4 |
|
Total |
30 |
AMAN’s participation in these summer camps
included the following activities:
1-
Anti-corruption training for around 30 youth who
latter participated in the summer camps as
leaders for special anti-corruption sessions.
The leaders were trained on how to introduce
anti-corruption concepts to children. The
training focused on four areas; integrity,
active learning techniques that would help
children grasp the meaning of integrity,
activity planning, and developing questioners
that measure the extent to which children’s
awareness of anti-corruption issues was raised.
2-
Distribution of anti-corruption educational
material kits which included:
a.
Al-Hares ‘the Guard’ short story that conveys
lessons of integrity and accountability for
kids. The motif behind the story shows how
practicing favoritism negatively affects the
development of a society.
b.
A special coloring book, Salah and Taleh.
3-
Issuance of a special newsletter entitled
“Anti-Corruption Summer Camps”.
4-
Conducting an evaluation session for the summer
camp program
with the participation of camp leaders that were
previously trained on introducing
anti-corruption concepts for children. The
leaders considered their experience at the camps
as a success and recommended the organization of
future summer camps with a wider children’s
participation. They all perceived the successful
organization of these camps as the basis for
equipping future summer camps with educational
anti-corruption training material that
contributes to raising a future generation
capable of combating corruption.
It is worth mentioning here that these summer
camps are considered entrepreneurs in tackling
the issue of “corruption” for kids in Palestine.
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