Exploration Children's card wide-lingkiez-2023: Children make their neighborhood tangible

On Friday, October 13, 2023, the thirteenth "Lücke" was handed over to the children of the Robinson School in the "Lücke" youth leisure facility. Students: Class 5b inside were involved in the creation of the card. The children mapped their surroundings in the district in their own way - for themselves and other children. They undertook through their neighborhood tours and then represented in words and pictures as they perceive it. In this way, both positive and negative things are reflected in the cards. They contain important places such as playgrounds for the children, for them relevant facilities but also rooms that they find as frightening or simply “not so good”. All painted symbols are provided with a legend.
District City Council for Family, Youth and Health Camilla Schuler (Die Linke): “The Kinder-Kiez cards have been an absolute model of success. Since 2010, twelve cards have been created that are an example of lived participation of children in our family-friendly district of Lichtenberg. The young Lichtenberger: The cards can also identify with their neighborhood. To bring the district closer. ”
The concept of children's Kiez cards was developed by the control center for child and jug participation. As a rule, children of grades 2-6 of a Lichtebnberg primary school are involved in the respective creation. The maps have been produced since 2010 and follow the standards “participation” - children experience that their perspectives are taken seriously, “cooperations” - youth leisure facilities, schools, schools, institutions for the education, institutions of the disabled help and the Lichtenberg district work together, “prevention” - fear spaces are visualized and can be remedied by the arbitration, “Inclusion” - children and adults experience one Change of perspective and develop ideas on how their social space can be transformed, “social space orientation” - children are familiarized with methods of social space orientation, and
“Networks” - children experience networking in the neighborhood.
Further information:
Manuela Elssßer
District office Lichtenberg von Berlin
Abt. Family, youth and health
control center for child and youth participation
Telephone: (030) 90296-6303
email

Local effects of the children's Kiez cards in Berlin

The children's Kiez cards are an important project for the participation of children in the Lichtenberg district. Since 2010, twelve cards have been created that give children the opportunity to explore and present their neighborhood in their own way. The thirteenth card was now handed over to students: inside the Robinson School, who were actively involved in the creation.
The cards reflect both positive and negative aspects of the neighborhood. They contain important places such as playgrounds and relevant facilities, but also rooms that the children perceive as frightening or not well. This enables the children to express their personal experiences and perspectives and to draw attention to them.
District City Councilor Camilla Schuler emphasizes that the children's Kiez cards are a model of success and promote the participation of children in the Lichtenberg district. By creating the cards, the young Lichtenberger can: identify even more with their neighborhood and bring their district closer to other children and adults.
The children's Kiez cards are developed by the control center for child and jug participation and follow various standards such as participation, cooperation, prevention, inclusion, social space orientation and networks. The project offers the children the opportunity to raise their voice and actively participate in the design of their social space.
The creation of the cards also has local effects. Ango dreams can be visualized and possibly remedied to improve the safety of the children. Due to the networking in the neighborhood, the children learn how important cooperation and community are.
The project of children's Kiez cards helps to improve the quality of life of the children in the Lichtenberg district and to promote their participation in public life. It is an example of good practice in the promotion of children's rights and the participation of children in urban planning decision -making processes.
According to a report by www.berlin.de