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The Caribbean Child Support Initiative, CCSI, has produced two televised panel discussions on its core programme, the Roving Caregivers Programme (RCP). The RCP is an informal early childhood education programme that seeks to reach children birth to three years of age who do not have access to any formal early childhood education. Early stimulation for children and parenting education for parents form the core of the programme.
In each RCP programme country, there have been varying levels of corporate and/or government assistance. However, there remains the need for additional support to increase visibility and awareness, to create further demand, and to inform and influence policy on ECD.
Diego Dish & Carlotta Spoon (audio) came out of a parent’s workshops in Belize, as part of the Storytelling for Early childhood and Parenting Support (STEPS) programme (under Phase 1 of the CCSI programme). When CCSI produced the storybook and audio story this year, it was intended for distribution in the existing RCP countries, two of which have French Creole speakers.
The Roving Caregivers Programme: the Belizean Experience
Written by CCSI Content Team
The RCP Belize is the newest of the home-visiting initiatives adapted from the original programme in Jamaica. RCP Belize was launched in 2008 and is already institutionalised within the Ministry of Human Development, with additional support from Unicef and technical assistance from CCSI and . It is implemented in indigenous Maya communities in the southern district of Toledo, with plans to expand to the Southside in Belize City.
When planning for the RCP Showcase, CCSI felt it was important to demonstrate how the programme can and has been replicated and adapted to a different geographic and cultural environment.
The 8-minute DVD was produced for CCSI by Janelle Chanona, a Freelance Journalist/Consultant in Belize City.
The Roving Caregivers Programme Jamaica – REVISITED
Written by CCSI Content Team
The RCP Jamaica (a programme of the Rural family Support Organisation, RuFamSo) was documented by Christopher Laird of Banyan Productions in 2003. Since then the programme has been replicated in many other Caribbean territories. In this current (2009) film, Laird revisits the RCP in Jamaica to see how the programme has impacted the lives of the children, their parents and the rovers who participated in the documentary six years earlier. The DVD is 23 minutes long and includes a compilation of stories from children, parents and rovers as well as the original 2003 film.
Christopher Laird has been managing Director of Banyan Ltd. for the past 30 years and is now CEO of Gayelle a free-to-air television station.
