Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces

ResourceSS_CFSStarting in 2012, Columbia University, in collaboration with World Vision International, has worked to assess the protective and restorative effectiveness of Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs), identify good practice in their design and implementation, and contribute to the development of better monitoring and evaluation tools for programming. This project is an ongoing series of program evaluations that have been conducted within refugee populations in Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, and Jordan. Since the initial studies, the project has evolved into a multi-agency collaboration to ensure research findings and implications benefit the broader humanitarian community, notably through the Child Protection Working Group of the Global Protection Cluster. The initial project partners have been joined by several implementing and supporting agencies such as UNICEF, Save the Children, Mercy Corps and AVSI.

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Child Friendly Spaces: A Structured Review of the Current Evidence Base

Year of Publication: 2012
Resource Type: report

Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces: Ethiopia Field Study Summary Report

Author(s): Janna Metzler, Kevin Savage, Marisa Vojta, Makiba Yamano, Alison Schafer & Alastair Ager
Year of Publication: 2013
Resource Type: report

Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces: Uganda Field Study Summary Report

Author(s): Janna Metzler , Robert Kaijuka , Marisa Vojta , Kevin Savage, Makiba Yamano, Alison Schafer, Gary Yu, George Ebulu & Alastair Ager
Year of Publication: 2013
Resource Type: report

Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces: Iraq Field Study Report

Author(s): Janna Metzler, Abduljabar Atrooshi, Emad Khudeda, Delkhaz Ali, & Alastair Ager
Year of Publication: 2014
Resource Type: report

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Child Friendly Spaces in IDP Camps in Eastern DRC: Goma Field Study Summary Report

Author(s): Carola Eyber, Keven Bermudez, Marisa Vojta, Kevin Savage, Gustave Bengehya
Year of Publication: 2014
Resource Type: report

Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces, Iraq Field Report: a Save the Children Implemented CFS in Domiz Refugee Camp

Author(s): Sarah Lilley , Abduljabar Atrooshi, Janna Metzler, and Alastair Ager
Year of Publication: 2014
Resource Type: report

Evaluation of Child Friendly Spaces: Jordan Field Study Report

Author(s): Janna Metzler, May Ishaq, Sabrina Hermosilla, Enala Mumba, and Alastair Ager
Year of Publication: 2015
Resource Type: report

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