Child Care Project with an Intercultural Approach (Wawa Kamayuk Wasi Model)
The Child care project with an intercultural approach applying the Wawa Kamayuk Wasi model is an initiative carried out by the Local Council of Chonta Punta, the Child Development Fund (Span. FODI) of the local government, the Provincial Government of Napo and the Municipal Government of Tena, in order to improve the levels of child care and thus improve the living conditions of the children and recognizing their right to develop in accordance with their culture within the framework of interculturality. Community leaders are consulkted regarding prioritarian actions to increase the quality of life of the local children. Through ?mingas?, community work days, infrastructure was built to support the group of children, and medical brigades were organized to vaccinate children and register new births. Finally, community participation was involved in the development of the Child Care Unit, where mothers and fathers participated in the planning of activities, training days, event organization and accounting of the child care network, as well as in the designation of the persons responsible for the care of their children. The initiative began in 2002 and was in full force by 2008. Among the main results achieved by the project are the improvement of children's health, a greater measured weight and height, better intellectual development and the better treatment of women. It is also noted that rates of alcohol consumption and domestic violence have declined and women have begun to take part in local development and decision-making.
Institutional design
Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?
Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?
Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?
Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?
Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?
Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?
- Formalization
- only backed by a governmental program or policy
- Frequency
- regular
- Mode of selection of participants
- restricted
- Type of participants
- citizens civil society
- Decisiveness
- democratic innovation yields no decision
- Co-Governance
- yes
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