Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband / [email protected] Health promotion and addiction prevention in childrens

Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband

wwww.voila.ch / [email protected]

Health promotion and addiction prevention in children‘s and youth organizations



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)



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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



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).



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



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



Project implementation 1)Training and continuing education

• for cantonal program leaders• for camp leaders • for camp coaches

based on each project topic.





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



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



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





Project implementation 4) Camp supervision 5) Evaluation



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



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



ContactVoilàSAJV / CSAJGerechtigkeitsgasse 12 P.O. Box 3000 Bern 8www.voila.ch or [email protected]

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Gesundheitsförderung und Suchtprävention im Kinder- und Jugendverband / [email protected] Health promotion and addiction prevention in childrens