| Calao Express 66 - News from the African Mouvement |
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| Friday, 27 November 2009 00:00 |
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CA LA O E XP RE SS 66 (November 2009) * Burkina Faso: assessment meeting of the national coordination * Ghana: two AWCY saw a new day with the help of the WCY of Togo * Niger: awareness and actions regarding the fight against child trafficking and early exodus * Senegal: enrolment of children in school and in a professional training center in Ziguinchor/ AWCY Fatick organizes its first edition “OSCAR des vacances” * Tchad : augmentation du nombre de groupes de base et d’enfants et participation à la journée de l’enseignant. ****************************************************************************** * AMWCY: 8th Africa Meeting On 26th October 2009, the Labor Minister of Benin, his Excellency Charles Kenth Auguia proceeded to open the 8th General Assembly of the AMWCY at the Kouhounou sports palace in Cotonou. Themed: “With the realization of our 12 rights, we obtain improvement of our living and work conditions”, this tri-annual meeting of 20 countries saw the presence of the Director of the Head of State, the Director of Family Coastal Atlantic, the representatives of partners like Unicef and the local authorities. The objective of this meeting is to assess the evolution of the children’s rights, of the WCY actions and their impact from the 7th meeting in Ouagadougou to the present 8th meeting. This meeting is coupled with the 20th anniversary celebration of the Convention on Children’s Rights (CCR) with the theme: “20th anniversary of the CCR, the WCY build their rights”. During the two weeks of the meeting, the participants did the tri-annual assessment of their actions and discussed the results of the impact on rights questionnaire, the study of the evaluation of their movements, statistics and they decided on new directions for their Movement. The media are present and broadcasted the ceremony through their aerials. Before and during their addresses, the national ballet “elites of Benin” assured the animation all through the ceremony. The children of the company impressed the public with their great choreography and talent as budding great dancers. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it * Burkina Faso: assessment meeting of the national coordination From 5th to 7th October 2009, 21 presidents of different Associations of Working Children and Youth (AWCY) and a few members of the coordination, met at Ouagadougou, the capital. They reflected on the development of their activities during the 3 passed years (2007 to 2009) and discussed their current projects (the mobility project; the AEC projects, etc.) During this meeting, they shared the achievements, difficulties and potentials of the WCY throughout the three years. The realizations by the WCY throughout their actions reflect their success: the official recognition of the AWCY, the increase of grassroots group members with an important number of children, the widening out of partners with other structures and NGOs, etc. As part of the most important difficulties, one notes insufficient training and communication. In contrast, the potentials of the AWCY lie in the implication of children and youth in the decision making and development of their country. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it * Ghana: two AWCY saw a new day with the help of the WCY of Togo Two AWCY were newly created in two cities accompanied by the national management committee of the National Coordination of the AWCY of Togo. Those cities are AYOMA situated in the district of HOHOE and EVLI of the district of DJASKA. The AWCY is mainly composed of apprentices, gardeners, domestics and porters in the market. With the support of the visitors, a provisional office was put in place in the different cities to coordinate the actions that allowed success in: knowledge of the 12 rights and the obligations of the AMWCY, the organization of the local children and youth, etc. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it * Niger: awareness and actions regarding the fight against child trafficking and early exodus - In the month of September, the WCY of Dosso organized with the help of an image box a large awareness event about child trafficking and early exodus of the children of Banizoumbou, a neighborhood in Dosso. The objective aimed at through this activity is to inform and to make the population aware of the problem, for a change in conduct and mentality and to reduce the amount of children that leave. Sketches and the image box were presented with the help of a WCY facilitator and everybody’s participation. This activity was done in the presence of the customary and administrative authorities (neighborhood chief, municipal counselor, etc.) - During the same period, the WCY of Gaya organized a big public event with the same topic in Tara, a village of the Gaya community in the extreme south west. To carry out well this activity, the WCY had as priority the meeting of all actors working on behalf of the defense of the children’s rights (authorities, structures, etc.). They made the populations aware about the child trafficking and early exodus, to achieve a better understanding and consciousness. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it * Senegal: enrolment of children in school and in a professional training center in Ziguinchor/ AWCY Fatick organizes its first edition “OSCAR des vacances” -Ziguinchor: as part of the elimination of early child labor and labor prevention and early exodus, the AWCY enrolled 100 children and 10 youths in the regional professional training center. To achieve this result, the WCY aimed first at the outskirts of the city of Ziguinchor where the children and youths live in extremely precarious conditions. After a study, they put in place follow up and management committees for the AWCY activities, with the help of the local council. Each committee is charged to do a census of the children in school age and of those who left school early through lack of money of the parents or due to the move of the family and who are already working or will be working sooner or later if they don’t go back to school. Those children comprise orphans and handicapped children. Previous, the follow-up committee of each neighborhood met with the school directors and negotiated places for those children. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Fatick: the AWCY organized its edition of the “OSCAR des vacances”, a pleasant surprise for the populations of this region. They reunited 12 Sports and Cultural Associations of the community, 12 candidates for the Miss elections and different artists who did very nice presentations. This big presentation went beyond the expectations of the AWCY. Approximately 6000 people, mainly young ones, were mobilized in the different localities. Many activities took place at this occasion: techno and Mbalax dancing, Miss modern and Miss traditional, general culture, sketches and individual Mbalax for children. The themes rotated around current affairs and children’s interests. To better present the picture and voice of the AWCY and its interest in society, the activity enlarged its partnerships with the local and administrative authorities (the town hall, the police, the Red Cross, the fire brigade), thanks to a strong and good cooperation between the AWCY and the authorities, who supported and contributed largely to the success of this event. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it * Chad: grassroots group and children increased and participation in the teacher’s day See you soon at Calao Express 67!!! ********************************************************************************************************************************************************* |
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