Summer Camps Protection, Leraning and Fun!

 
4.4 Identifying and Targeting Child Participants
Despite the desire to include the most children in summer camps, setting a limit of 
the number of children that can participate is inevitable. This ensures the provision of 
better quality activities and services to participant children. Therefore, as mentioned 
earlier, priority should be given to:
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Children with cases directly managed by the CPU
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Children belonging to families and communities in need
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Children in street situations
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Children who come from Residential Institutions
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Children identified in previous summer camps 
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Children referred from local partners such as, NGOs and community 
based organizations
Of course, all the children residing within the community(s) should be welcomed to 
take part in the camps, without discrimination, according to their needs. Nevertheless, 
it is important to keep in mind that the number of children participating in a summer 
camp must be manageable by the human, financial and material resources in order to 
ensure the achievement of summer camp objectives and goals and to guarantee the 
quality of offered activities and safety. 
A sample summer camp information flyer
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SUMMER CAMPS GUIDELINE
5. Summer Camp Personnel

5.1 Recruiting and Choosing Summer Camp Personnel
Summer camp personnel are generally composed of volunteers, animators, 
management team and programs leaders. The chosen individuals must have the 
qualifications / experience needed for working with children, professional and personal 
capacity to be able to conduct activities with children, and the proper motivation and 
enthusiasm required when working with children at risk or in need of protection. 
Personnel should be selected based on their knowledge and understanding of issues 
and problems concerning children, based on previous related experience. Such 
experience, especially when generated through the same local context, provides an 
advantage as personnel can easily adapt to participant children and can better attend 
to their needs.
The working group members should determine the appropriate number of personnel 
for each position, depending on the number of children participating and the 
number and type of activities which will be implemented. According to the standards 
of the Albanian Ministry of Education, the ratio should be one animator responsible 
for 15 children. In cases when there are children with special needs, the ratio should 
be one animator responsible for 10 children. In all cases, adequate supervision should 
be met throughout all activities.
Each position must have a job description for its duties, including responsibilities, 
qualifications and qualities required for the persons interested in the job. Please find 
attached a job description sample in annex 
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It is important that all the personnel selected as part of the summer camp personnel, 
including volunteers and parents, -meet the following knowledge and competencies: