In July 2017 COERR Kanchanaburi organized important trainings for COERR Camp-based refugee staff/community service workers, on the topics of Self Protection; Child Rights and Responsibilies. On July 12-13, training on Self Protection was held in Ban Tham Hin camp, Ratchaburi Province for 12 COERR refugee staff to acquire knowledge and skills in social work through lecture, small group discussion, experience sharing and brainstorming under the close supervision of experienced 3 trainers to enable participants to provide proper counselling and respond to children’s social need and behavior.

   Later, trainings on Child Rights and Responsibilities were organized for refugee staff, in Ban Tham Hin camp in Ratchaburi Province on July 18, 2017, for 37 community social workers; and in Ban Don Yang camp in Kanchanaburi Province on July 20, 2017, for 38 community social workers.

   The contents were focused on understanding the four- principles of children’s rights: rights to Survival, Development, Protection and Participation, and their responsibilities for acting properly for themselves, family and community as well, with community and social workers’ guidance. One recommendation from the training was to convince every sector that children can be protected from abuses and violation if community pay attention to their voices and respond to their need and safety.

   Throughout the training, discussion and brainstorming have sharpened community social workers’ skills in child protection work.

The Training in Ban Tham Hin camp on July 18, 2017 for 37 participants: 11 male and 26 female

Learning about 4 principles of children’s rights and their responsibilities for themselves, family and community

Case study discussing and brainstorming training to convince participants’ attitude of how protection of children can be made with cooperation of family and community and how to ensure that voice of children are heard and responded

Need vs Want: to have participants identify what they need and what they want. Understand the differences between ‘Need’ and ‘Want’ will enable children to know how to make good decision of what to choose. For example, asking and answering questions technique is used to convince children to compare and decide how to make good use of their limited budget.

Training on Child Rights and Responsibilities in Ban Don yang camp, Kanchanaburi on July 20, 2017. There were 38 camp based refugee staff participating, including 28 female and 10 male.

Case study using pictures of child right violation to open the participants’ mind for listening and brainstorming to have outcome and solution

Awareness raising campaign that child right violation could be prevented if community realized and cooperated

Need and Want: To have participants identify the difference between ‘Need’ and ‘Want’ and make a good decision, for example, to make best use of their money in buying things.