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PROGRAMS DETAILS
Children
Educational Support / Children
Activity Centres / Children
Health and Nutrition /
Children Protection and Right
Advocacy
CHILDREN ACTIVITY CENTRES
ISCO realizes that in order to achieve
its goals, providing formal schooling alone for these
marginalized children, many of whose parents have not
had much schooling, is not adequate. Reinforcement in
the areas of personal development, living values, creativity
and leadership is required.
For this reason, ISCO set up a Children Activity House
in each neighborhood where it operates. Children are
able to visit these Activity Houses after school to
do interesting and educational activities, instead of
going to the streets or being forced to work by their
parents.
ISCO provides tutors, educational materials,
arts and crafts activities, as well as remedial classes
for children who have difficulties in certain school
subjects.
To assist the tutors, ISCO provides
guidelines or activity modules that will help the tutors
or volunteers in involving the children with educational
activities.
The modules consist of six broad areas that give emphasis
on the following skills:
- Logical / rational / mathematical skill
- Social skill
- Language skill
- Science or exploration skill
- Arts and craft skill
- Moral and living values
The children are grouped into their
age groups and spend about 1 -2 hours a day in the Activity
House. ISCO also maintains attendance record at the
Activity House for the children.
A sample of the attendance record for ISCO’s sponsored
children for the period of April – June 2004 is
as follows:
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CES
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April
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Mei
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Juni
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Total
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CBS
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78%
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80%
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74%
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78%
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MGR
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73%
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67%
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62%
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67%
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GEGE
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73%
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77%
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75%
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75%
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LIO
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83%
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80%
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80%
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81%
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SMPR
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81%
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80%
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77%
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80%
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GENT
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99%
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99%
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94%
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97%
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PAB
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95%
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-
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98%
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97%
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POL
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91%
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92%
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92%
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92%
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BLWN
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74%
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80%
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74%
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76%
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TOTAL
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83%
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82%
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81%
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82%
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