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The Sticks and Stones manual is for facilitators working to increase the involvement of children in their own protection. It is the sequel to Bamboo Shoots, Plan International’s training manual on child-centred community development/actions for facilitators. Traditionally, children have been mainly seen as passive recipients of care, which often implies disciplinary measures resorting to corporal punishment and other violent methods. The rights-based approach opens a whole new perspective, where children are viewed and respected as resourceful human beings, capable of contributing in line with their evolving capacities and being part of solutions for improving their own lives.