Norms of behavior for children’s christian camps

All events organised for children or meant to engage them must be accompanied by qualified adults who can show empathy and provide a safe environment for the child. To guide you in how to do this, we developed the “Norms of Behaviour at Christian Camps” document for organisers, volunteers, and animators.

The norms cover the following topics:

• Why is child safety important?
• What are security policies for?
• How can rules shape values?
• How to recognise an abused child
• How to act when a child shares their traumatic experience with you
• Response algorithm at the camp
• Peron(s) responsible for security at the camp
• Preventive rules at camps
• Guiding principles on matters of compliance with discipline
• Guidelines for personnel
• Authority of spiritual persons
• Regulations
• 13 beliefs for the safety of children

We recommend sharing these Norms with all members of the mentors/teachers team and camp participants as part of preparations for the camp. The Child Dignity Center also offers training sessions on this topic (see details on the Opportunities page).

All participants of the camp program should feel safe.

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