Educational Resources: Kids4Kids

Engage with the day-to-day realities of the poor

Meet kids from around the world. Does God love poor kids too? Find ways to help. Based on sound Biblical teaching and real life, these materials are thorough, complete, and easy to use.

Packs Contain: A 10-minute video | Posters & Colour Picture Packs | Lesson Materials | A Simulation Game | & Loads of Extras!

What They Say About Kids 4 Kids

“Kids 4 Kids was a watershed experience for my Sunday School kids. The video opened up an experience of life so different from theirs, and they really engaged with the day-to-day realities of the poor. The kids were empowered to be active, and rather than feeling guilty ... they were motivated to see how their resources can help others.”
- Jude Waldron, Syndal Baptist, Vic.

Lessons in Hope

Chann, Srey Leak and Heng live on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. Their families are very poor, so everyone - women, men and children - work hard to survive. In this Kids4Kids resource pack, you'll find out how Cambodia Hope Organisation is working to protect children from exploitation and strengthen community spirit.

Working Together in an Indian Village

Travel to Kalumbut, a small rural village in South India, to join Santosh and Syamala's family and community as they start working together to bring change. Meet Sripatham, a community development worker who remembers what it's like to be hungry and poor, and cares enough to make sure kids like Santosh and Syamala have a chance at a better life.

Incite 4 Kids

A resource for teachers working with primaryaged students in schools, Sunday Schools, Religious Education classes, and Kids Clubs, or for parents to use with their own children.

Kaborogin Kids Lead the Way

Join Aussie kids Ben and Naomi, as they discover more about the lives of kids in Kaborogin, a rural Kenyan village.

You'll meet Maureen and Francis, just two of the Kaborogin kids who have been taking an active role in bringing about positive changes for the whole community.

As a result of the Child-to-Child program at their school, they have learnt to be problem solvers and health educators.

These Kenyan kids are spreading life-saving health messages through plays and songs, as well as making practical changes that improve hygiene and sanitation, and reduce the spread of malaria and other diseases.

Aussie kids are encouraged to join in and be a part of changes that make a real difference to children in poor communities around the world.

Sites For Kids

www.jubilee-kids.org

This site teaches about the international debt crisis still affecting many countries.

www.globalgang.org.uk

Christian Aid UK has a great fun-packed site full of activities and stories from kids from around the world.

www.wateraid.org.uk/site/learn_zone

Learn about the difficulties facing communities with a lack of clean water. Play a game where you help villages make decisions about their water supplies.

Sites For Adults

www.tearfund.org/youth

Great children's resources from TEAR FUND UK.

Human Rights Education Association

This has great free online resources for teaching human rights to children. It is very thorough, covering younger and older children. This can help you go further with the content supplied in the Kids 4 Kids kit in lesson 2. Print it out and add it to your resource library.

www.unicef.org

This is an excellent site for both children and teachers. Look especially at the "voices of youth". Challenge yourself in the quizes on child labour, the girl child, HIV/AIDs, and polio. Teachers will also find very helpful "Child friendly" versions of United Nations documents to help your children understand what the governments have agreed to do for children. Teachers' lesson resources are also available. Have a good look.

www.viva.org

Viva Network is a global movement of Christians passionately concerned for 'children at risk', committed to every child having the opportunity to become all that God intends.

Rather than starting more children's projects, Viva Network creates and sustains networks among people already working with 'children at risk', so that more children get better help.

The World Wide Day of Prayer for Children at Risk takes place on the first Saturday of June each year, and an information pack is produced to accompany it. All Christians are invited to participate.

www.ausaid.gov.au

Have a look at what our own government is doing with their international aid. There are good teacher resources available. Go to "Global Education" .

www.gmfc.org

Global Movement for Children. Information about the serious issues facing children that still need addressing worldwide. This is a movement of people and organisations who are passionate about addressing these issues. Log in, learn more, and sign up to add your voice.