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This project has contributed greatly to the development of a significant number of teachers and promotores. Strategies for recognizing such talent and making it available for future state or international efforts to improve the educational system are vastly needed.

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Additionally, hiring local and young personnel, like those recruited by the Iquitos team, should be considered a good practice in taking advantage of local knowledge and finding staff that identify with young people

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Another good practice is working closely with community leaders and local authorities in a collaborative and horizontal spirit. The project’s ability to work with local leaders in identifying and securing sites and spaces for project services is invaluable.

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The great success of reaching 10,500 children and adolescents cannot be underestimated. The creation of new curricula and the dedication of the various members of CEDRO, CHSA, and Fe y A teams will continue to improve the lives of many young people. However, the concern about what will happen to these children and others in Peru casts a shadow over even the most laudable achievements of the project.

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Much more energy and planning should have been given to thinking about an exit plan for the project. Additionally, greater planning should have been devoted to strategies for transferring some of the pedagogical and other human resources that have been generated by this project.

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In identifying VET providers, important to assess distance from child’s home to centre

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Skills training should be more than 3 months (and harmonized with existing timeframes/systems)

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Collaborate with education providers to ensure quality of education

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Implementing need to be supported to improve their services (particularly in terms of psychosocial counselling, provision of accommodations facilities for boys and girls separately and services for young mothers (girls who are found pregnant).

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A project such as this ideally takes longer than 7 months. Adequate time for implementation crucial