The Including Children Affected by Migration Programme (ICAM)

ICAM restores the wellbeing and access to education for all Children Affected by Migration

The ICAM programme restores the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) of all unsettled Children Affected by Migration (CAM) so that they can return to learning effectively and be fully included in their new school and society.

Without this support well educated CAM will not become the asset to society which is their great potential and will instead become a burden on the country’s benefit system.

Developed in Europe by a network of Child Welfare NGOs in Spain, Italy, Romania and the UK (ICAMnet), ICAM is endorse by UNICEF, UNHCR, The European Commission, Terre des Hommes and Eurochild as a highly effective programme for improving the SEL and consequent inclusion of CAM in schools throughout Europe – and now worldwide including for 60 million children in China.

Remarkable ICAM success in China

Originally developed by the ICAMnet team for UNICEF and the Chinese Ministry of Education to restore the SEL of children left behind in rural areas by parents migrating for work, the China ICAM programme has been so successful that it is now being implemented as the ICAM China SEL programme for all children in primary and secondary schools in 8 Provinces, improving the SEL of 60 million Chinese children.

The success of the adapted ICAM programme in China demonstrates that schools using the ICAM programme for their CAM soon realise that the learning of all children benefits from the SEL support that the ICAM programme provides.

Learn more about the success of ICAM in China

Designed for implemenation by groups of schools countrywide or in a region, the Including Children Affected by Migration (ICAM) Programme restores learning relationships and increases the learning capacity of Children Affected by Migration  (CAM) by restoringing their social and emotional wellbeing.

√ Including children affected by migration (cam) in schools is not a problem – it is a solution that improves education for all children and their families.
√ Schools who implement the including children affected by migration (icam) programme report an improved climate for learning (convivencia) which creates a happy school and better attainment for all children

Children Affected by Migration (CAM) are 10.5 million European children aged up to 18 who have become displaced or separated from home or family. CAM may be refugees, asylum seekers, economic or social migrants or those left behind by family moving to another country.

Brain science explains why unhappy, displaced children become poor learners. Until they feel settled, confident and secure, Children Affected by Migration cannot benefit fully from teaching in or out of school. They become disadvantaged by their circumstances and unable to reach their learning potential.

√ Icam Restores The Social And Emotional Wellbeing Of Cam So That They      Are No Longer Denied Their Fundamental Human Right To Education

So ICAM upholds the rights of all these disadvantaged CAM to high quality education under the European Child Guarantee and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Find out more about the 10.5 million Children Affected by Migration (CAM)

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