Summer Camps Protection, Leraning and Fun!

 
8.1 Children’s Role in the Evaluation Process:
Children can play an important role in the process of evaluating the needs for the 
summer camp activities as well as throughout the activities in planning, organizing, 
evaluating, implementing, and monitoring the impact of summer camp. Depending 
on the group, the adults should think of different forms of organizing the activities 
so that they are efficient, children are heard, and their suggestions are taken into 
consideration. Children should become part of the process through discussions 
about their desires, and needs. At the end of summer camp activities, an evaluation 
that reflects on the implementation process should take place, in order to evaluate 
the communication process with children, their interaction experiences and lessons 
learned from this experience. This process can be organized in different ways such as 
group communicating, games and questionnaires.
At the same time, it is recommended that at the end of the camp, a final reflection and 
evaluation process should be conducted the camp’s personnel. This process could be 
facilitated and led by the CPU, while being assisted by children and other participating 
actors. 
The evaluation process as a whole is very important for better assessing the quality 
and impact that the summer camp and its activities have had on children and their 
overall wellbeing, any positive outcomes achieved, as well as the lessons learnt. A 
well designed and developed evaluation processes can help improve and ensure the 
success of any future planned summer camp. 
Summer camps provide an opportunity for all children to LEARN, FEEL PROTECTED and HAVE FUN.
“I like to play these games because we can express how we feel and give 
ideas on what we can change,’’ 
said a 12-year old participant in the Durrës 
summer camp.
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