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Don't Call Me Street Kid! Campaign - Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru

Regions

Global, Caribbean, Latin America, South Asia

Programme Summary

Implemented by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), this public awareness campaign uses social marketing techniques and community mobilisation to draw attention to children who spend most of their time on the street in Latin America and the Caribbean. By partnering with government officials, NGO representatives, civic professionals, sector specialists, and parents and children, these efforts are intended to build the groundwork for the implementation of public policies to address the problem.

From 1999 to 2002, ten tailor-made national campaigns were designed, developed, executed, and evaluated in collaboration with local NGOs working with children in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, and Perú.

Communication Strategies

Central campaign materials include a poster, a communications guide, a media campaign toolbox, and a video documentary entitled "Don't Call Me Street Kid! Innovative Projects At Work". These materials were developed through advocacy and networking initiatives with different sectors, evaluations with focus groups, and other promotional and educational activities. They were publicised on a national level through the media of television, radio, newspapers and magazines, and the Kids Campaign site. For example, in the context of a prime-time television programme, the video documentary was screened at venues including schools, community centres, police workshops, and town hall meetings. Each screening was followed by a live debate.

Development Issues

Children.

Key Points

Programme organisers point out that children most often end up on the streets because their families are unable to provide for their material, physical, or emotional needs; the root cause is poverty, which affects family stability and leads youngsters into low-paying jobs, petty theft, prostitution, or other survival strategies that may involve their becoming victims of abuse, exploitation, or murder.

Partners

Inter-American Development Bank

Contact

kidsnet@iadb.org

Link

Kids Campaign site.

Source

Letter sent to The Communication Initiative by Jose Luis Lobera on October 15, 2002; and Kids Campaign site.


Placed on the Communication Initiative site October 15 2002
Last Updated October 28 2002



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