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Day of the African Child 2016: our Global Youth Ambassadors stand up for children’s rights

Children in conflicts, Education in emergencies

Global Youth Ambassador听John听Gbenagnon听at a youth forum he held in Benin for Day of the African Child

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Almost 500 million children around the world live in听countries affected by crises such as conflicts, natural disasters and disease outbreaks.

Millions of those children are in Africa and are missing out on their education, receiving poor quality schooling or at risk of dropping out of school altogether.

That国产视频檚 why this year国产视频檚 theme for the annual Day of the African Child is听国产视频淐onflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children国产视频檚 Rights国产视频. A report for the African Union said the continent 国产视频渞emains the听most conflict-prone region in the world国产视频.

June 16 is the day when young campaigners stand up for children国产视频檚 rights in Africa 国产视频 including our network of Global Youth Ambassadors听(GYAs).

This听blog will feature news, pictures and social media postings from some of the Day of the African Child events. You can also find out about the tragedy in Soweto, South Africa, that led to this day being marked each year.

FOUR GYAs, FOUR GREAT IDEAS

Four of our GYAS successfully submitted a proposal and were awarded a small grant from A World at School to mark Day of the African Child 2016.

Ichide Charles from Nigeria is to raise awareness of IDP (internally displaced people) education through an event with children, young people, local government officials and NGOs, which will include a drama and poetry competition.

Ijeoma Idika-Chima, also from Nigeria, is producing a documentary to show the challenges, needs and possible solutions to support education among vulnerable children affected by the Boko Haram crisis. Follow Ijeoma on Twitter.

John Gbenagnon from Benin is exploring how children can achieve their full potential at school through the arts, using a Twitter chat, a radio show and an event of performances, panels and discussions. Follow John on Twitter.

Moses Browne from Liberia is advocating for the United Nations国产视频櫶Sustainable Development Goal 4 国产视频 inclusive and quality education for all 国产视频 through public events, a parade and a petition that will go to the Liberian government. The rest of the GYAs in Liberia have been supporting him in his planning and organisation. Follow Moses on Twitter.

MOSES IN LIBERIA

Moses Browne met with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia, at his parade in the capital Monrovia.

And here are some of the people taking part in the parade.

Moses has written a blog about how students presented a petition statement to members of the Liberian legislature. He also met President Sirleaf, who said: 国产视频淟et国产视频檚 meet to discuss further on the best approaches and actions this administration can take to address the education challenge so that all children can be enrolled and have access to quality education.国产视频澨Read his blog here.

Moses also wrote a blog for Huffington Post about education in Liberia and young people国产视频檚 calls for change. Read it here.

JOHN IN BENIN

John Gbenagnon was delighted with the way the day went. He said: 国产视频淓verything was excellent today. The forum was a great success and we were at Radio Benin Culture 国产视频 the programme was excellent.国产视频

Here are some pictures from the youth forum in the capital city of Porto-Novo.

And here国产视频檚 what the Souhoutou Initiative 国产视频 an NGO which works on gender, leadership, development, translation, coaching and communication 国产视频 听thought about the youth forum.

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IJEOMA IN NIGERIA

These pictures show Ijeoma Idika-Chima doing interviews for her documentary film about education among vulnerable children in northeastern Nigeria. She said: 国产视频淭eenz Global Foundation is producing a documentary that focuses on the challenges, needs and possible solutions to support education among vulnerable children affected by the Boko Haram crisis.

GYA from Nigeria Ijeoma Idika-Chima makes a film about education in Nigeria for Day of the African Child 2016

国产视频淭he filming went very well. Most of the children were camera-shy, so we have had to restructure our questions a bit such that they were not upset but could share their story.国产视频

She said Teenz Global Foundation国产视频檚 aim 国产视频渋s to work with the IDP (internally displaced people) camp authorities to establish a school or raise scholarships for the children to attend LEA while we still provide psycho-social support and Open Learning Kits for them.国产视频

ICHIDE IN NIGERIA

Ichide Charles held an event at Ureu-Offong/Oroko in Akwa Ibom state, featuring children,听young people, community youth leaders, local government officials and NGOs. They included听70 youth from the Sustainable Development Goals Club of the National Youth Service Corps.

It included a drama and poetry competition to engage 40 children from six schools on the ideas of the Day of the African Child.

There were interactive sessions and motivational talks on education change, IDP (internally displaced people) education and the Safe Schools Initiative.

A World At School国产视频檚 Global Youth Ambassadors in Africa are kindly supported by the players of the People国产视频檚 Postcode Lottery.

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