Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Health promotion and addiction prevention in children‘s and youth organizations
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
Voilà is
• a health promotion and addiction prevention program focused on children‘s and youth organizations in Switzerland
• a network of 16 cantonal programs in 19 cantons
• a program of the Swiss National Youth Council (SNYC)
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
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Ganzheitlichkeit SO
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Spoiz ZH
Kaktus SG/AI/AR
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Momänt UR
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Voila-Viva GRVoilà FR
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Basic focus• Voilà aims to support children and youth as they develop into healthy adults. • «Health» is understood as holistic well-being.
GoalsIncreasing the• mental• physical• and socialwell-being of children and youth
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Target group• Voilà is aimed at the youth organizations in Switzerland. • The target groups are:
- Girls and boys taking part in youth organizations‘ summer camps.
- young women and men organizing summer camps as leaders of a youth organization. - young women and men working for Voilà as multipliers (cantonal program leaders).
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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One representative from each cantonal program in each section
Target group:
Summer camps organized by youth organizations such as Pfadi, Blauring/Jungwacht, CEVI etc. (both the youth leading the camps and camp participants 6-16 years old)
16 cantonal Voilà programs in 19 cantons
Training and continuing education section
Network section Finances section Voilà in French-speaking Switzerland section
Visions section
Steering committee:
One representative from each sectionAnd the coordination office as moderator of the steering committee
Voilà coordination office
Yearly plenary meeting:
One delegate from each cantonal program
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Projects• The projects expand on and substantiate Voilà‘s goals• Project length: 2 years each • Examples:
• «Voilà in motion – Nutrition and exercise in children‘s and youth camps» • Project seeking to sensitize leaders to designing a gender-sensitive camp atmosphere and activities • «Mental well-being – self-efficacy 2007/2008»• Skills for communication and achievement – 2009/2010• Preventing intoxication and promoting risk management skills – 2011/2012
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Project implementation 1)Training and continuing education
• for cantonal program leaders• for camp leaders • for camp coaches
based on each project topic.
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
Cantonal program leaders
Camp leaders
Training and continuing education section & national steering committee
Children and youth
train
train
train
Cantonal program leaders
trainCamp coaches
coach
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Project implementation 2) Making resources available
• for planning and implementing training events for camp leaders and coaches
• for designing camp activities (planning and preparation)• for running camps
Examples:• Checklist for planning and running summer camps on
the topic „Self-efficacy“ • Guidelines for nutrition and exercise: „Healthy at camp“ • Ideas for designing camp activity blocks around the
project theme
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Project implementation 3) Running summer camps on
each project theme:• camp activity blocks
focused on the theme• making specific camp rules• designing camp conditions
around the theme• other canton-specific
features
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
Project implementation 4) Camp supervision 5) Evaluation
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Basic principles • Participation: children, youth and young adults help design
activities• Empowerment: Encouraging and empowering children, youth and
young adults to tackle challenges and take on responsibility• Leading by example: sensitizing camp leaders to their role as role
models• Gender sensitivity: helping children and youth develop a good
attitude toward their gender and the opposite gender• Further development: openness for new topics and methods,
evaluation and optimization, participatory working methods
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
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Key dates and figures • First cantonal program founded (SO): 1989• Voilà founded: 1993• Number of Voilà accredited summer camps run every year: ca.
350• Number of children and youth reached every year: ca. 15‘000• Number of leaders trained per year: ca. 1000• Yearly revenue: ca. CHF 600‘000.-• Cost per child/youth reached: CHF 37 • Accolades:
- 2001: from the Mentor Foundation- 2004: 1st European Prevention Prize of the Council of Europe- 2004: Aeberhardt Prize for Health Promotion on behalf of the
Eduard Aeberhardt Foundation
Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband
wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]
ContactVoilàSAJV / CSAJGerechtigkeitsgasse 12 P.O. Box 3000 Bern 8www.voila.ch or [email protected]