Junior Farmer Field & Life Schools manual for free

Tuesday, December 11. 2007

Posted by Gerard Jensen in Community at 11:48 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Junior Farmer Field & Life Schools manual for free

Or, as international organisations always like to abreviate things, JFFLS (see also the JFFLS flyer) is specifically targeting vulnerable children between 12 and 18 years, giving them a 12 month training program following the cropping cycle. The children attend 3 times a week in open fields.

The manual "Getting Started!" provides detailed information on how to run an JFFLS, and can be downloaded free of charge from the FAO website via the link provided here.

Obviously these "schools" are not meant or designed to replace formal education, but rather form an addition to it - allowing children that have lost parents due to HIV/AIDS to once again build up self-esteem, livelihood options and long term food security in rural areas.

The 146 pages manual is divided in two parts. Part A introduces the JFFLS approach, including an overview of the origins of the JFFLS idea.

Part B then sets out to outline the nine steps required to "get started" with such a school: planning, selection of JFFLS facilitators, selection of JFFLS participants, curriculum development, the training of JFFLS facilitators, arrangements for food support, monitoring and evaluation, graduation and future activities as well as how to expand and grow the school are each covered in their own chapter.

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I have applied for an Junior Farmer Field and Life school programme, so i need some information about it.

#1 mogas jaime canhe on 2008-02-23 09:52 (Reply)

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