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24 H of Happiness: A Child-Initiated COVID-19 Response to Reopen Schools, Mitigate Prolonged School Closures and Rebuild Resilient School Communities
About 1.5 million schools were shut after March 2020 across India which impacted 247 million children enrolled at elementary and secondary schools. Children from poorest households were five times more likely to be out of primary schools than those from the richest (UNICEF 2020). The online mode of learning was largely been inaccessible for children from marginalized communities, economically weaker backgrounds and physical or mental disability. When COVID-19 struck, India witnessed mass migration, inequities surfaced and schools were closed for 600 days for the youngest students. This became the second largest school closure globally. Young students sent WhatsApp texts willing to be seen, heard and be part of the support ecosystem. One message from one child (age 11 year old) reimagined a holistic school reopening solution that was backed by evidence-based data collected by community, codesigned solution and actionable representation through a core team where children had an equal seat at the table. Through human-centered methodology, over 2000 + families are participated in the process between July 21 and March 22 translating into a child-initiated adult-supported effort—the highest form of participation (Hart, R. A. (1992). Children’s participation: From tokenism to citizenship. Florence, Italy: United Nations Children’s Fund International Child Development Centre.). The intervention not only embraced Sustainable Development Goals principles to leave no one behind, in particular such as SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 11, SDG 16 and SDG 17, but gave birth to a systematic community-driven approach that activates SOPs, decentralizes power from state to school, prepares for resilience among new waves, school closures, shocks and stresses. Empowered young voices become change makers and active participants that push for change and long-term sustainability.
24 H of Happiness: A Child-Initiated COVID-19 Response to Reopen Schools, Mitigate Prolonged School Closures and Rebuild Resilient School Communities
About 1.5 million schools were shut after March 2020 across India which impacted 247 million children enrolled at elementary and secondary schools. Children from poorest households were five times more likely to be out of primary schools than those from the richest (UNICEF 2020). The online mode of learning was largely been inaccessible for children from marginalized communities, economically weaker backgrounds and physical or mental disability. When COVID-19 struck, India witnessed mass migration, inequities surfaced and schools were closed for 600 days for the youngest students. This became the second largest school closure globally. Young students sent WhatsApp texts willing to be seen, heard and be part of the support ecosystem. One message from one child (age 11 year old) reimagined a holistic school reopening solution that was backed by evidence-based data collected by community, codesigned solution and actionable representation through a core team where children had an equal seat at the table. Through human-centered methodology, over 2000 + families are participated in the process between July 21 and March 22 translating into a child-initiated adult-supported effort—the highest form of participation (Hart, R. A. (1992). Children’s participation: From tokenism to citizenship. Florence, Italy: United Nations Children’s Fund International Child Development Centre.). The intervention not only embraced Sustainable Development Goals principles to leave no one behind, in particular such as SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 11, SDG 16 and SDG 17, but gave birth to a systematic community-driven approach that activates SOPs, decentralizes power from state to school, prepares for resilience among new waves, school closures, shocks and stresses. Empowered young voices become change makers and active participants that push for change and long-term sustainability.
24 H of Happiness: A Child-Initiated COVID-19 Response to Reopen Schools, Mitigate Prolonged School Closures and Rebuild Resilient School Communities
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Hasan, Arif (editor) / Benimana, Christian (editor) / Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette (editor) / Tamke, Martin (editor) / Varma, Ruchi (author) / Mishra, Tarusha (author)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
2023-09-13
16 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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