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1. Faith Guidance Document on Immunization_English. Download a Copy Here.

2. GUIDE THÉMATIQUE SUR LA FOI ET LA VACCINATION DE L’INITIATIVE FPCC (2024). Télécharger ici

3. Revised Mind and Heart Dialogue Facilitators' Guide. Download a Copy Here

4. Dialogue Esprit-Cœur Guide du facilitateur pour l’engagement religieux. Télécharger ici

5. A Social Norms Analysis of Religious Drivers of Child Marriage. Download a Copy Here

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2024 Revised Mind and Heart Dialogue Facilitators Guide Page

Faith Guidance Document on Immunisation Cover

Religious leaders in joint interfaith prayers

Drivers and Barriers to Routine Immunization for Children Under Five and COVID 19 Vaccinat

Anita Malunda, Mind and Heart Dialogue Facilitator, Zimbabwe

Multi Country Faith Survey on Immunization Uptake

Children posing with leaders in South Sudan at the Launch of FPCC

Holy Books made available during Mind and Heart Dialogue Training

Role play during Mind and Heart Dialogue Training

Faith Guidance Document on Gathering Safely

Sri Lanka Online Campaign Against Drug Abuse

Interfaith prayers and reflections during religious leaders' gathering

Dr Kerida McDonald, UNICEF taking participants through the Journey of Change Development

Senior Religious Leaders endorsing FPCC as a strategy for engaging faith leaders

Items symbolising values of love, solidarity and care

String game during Mind and Heart Dialogue Training

Group activities during Mind and Heart Dialogue Training

Sharing scriptural references in session

South Asia Regional Faith Advisory Group

Multi-Faith High Level Forum, May 2024 New York

Global Parnters Religions for Peace, JLI and UNICEF Team

Regional Faith Engagement Strategy South Asia

FPCC Timeline

FPCC Timeline

2018

Evidence & conceptual work to set the foundation for FPCC. JLI led a global literature review covering 17 case studies and a review of over 40 guides and toolkits on faith engagement which led to the development of the Theory of Change (TOC). A…

Role of faith in positive social behavior change

The world today is plagued by a series of shocks and stresses that have significantly eroded hard-earned gains in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). From acute global health emergencies, a staggering number of refugees and internally displaced people, spiralling food insecurity, conflict and violence, to increasingly…

Why faith and Positive change for children (FPCC)

Prevalence of faith as central societal force. The number of people with a religious connection varies regionally, but it is commonly estimated that over 80% of the world’s population have a religious affiliation.[1] Data also suggests the percentage of people with a religious association will remain…

What is FPCC

The Faith and Positive Change for Children, Families, and Communities (FPCC) initiative was launched in 2018 as a faith engagement approach to broaden the scope and influence of faith in development and humanitarian work beyond small-scale, ad-hoc, single-sector, single-faith, and occasionally instrumentalist approaches.

The FPCC…

FPCC partners

The global aim of this initiative is to move beyond a single sector, single denomination and message-based communication, and support more focused, systematic, and a large-scale engagement with faith-based communities and actors to influence positive social and behavioural change for the benefit of children, youth,…

FPCC objectives

Key FPCC objectives include:

To establish coordination and collaboration mechanisms between/among development partners such as UNICEF, governments and faith actors on children issues.
To enhance utilisation of the Mind-Heart Dialogue foundational approach by faith actors and UNICEF and/or other development partners when intervening on issues…

FPCC journey/theory of change

The theory/journey of change behind the FPCC initiative is based on the belief that leveraging faith-based actors and leaders, including their assets and resources, can contribute to positive changes in the lives of children. It recognises the significant influence that religious and spiritual beliefs have…