vendredi 12 décembre 2008

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN'S PROJECTS

Many people visiting for the fist time this blog will be asking themselves: VAC project, what is all about?

A study of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against children has drawn a sombre picture on the worldwide suffering of children from violence as well as some recommendations for a way forward to ending it. The appointment of a Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Violence against Children provides a unique opportunity to keep the global debate that the study has created alive and advocate for the implementation of the recommendations. It is also an opportunity for advocating for expanding the recommendations made where they are not sufficiently address children’s and youths’ rights and concerns for protection.
It is evident that children and youth will have to continue playing a crucial rôle in ensuring that the debate on violence against children is being framed around their real-life experiences and that the Special Representative takes action on their behalf.
A project is designed to address the issue of violence against children: THE VAC PROJECT

The aim of the project is to make the content and follow-up mechanisms of the Violence against Children Study widely known amongst children, youth and their caretakers in West Africa and mobilize a wide representation of children and youth in the region in actions to prevent and respond to violence against children.

Many activities are planned to achieve this goal:
Children empowerment to advocate and produce reports on violence cases in the five areas where violence happens: home and family, school and educational settings, the community, work settings and in care and justice system
The activities will also include production of comic books and cartoons, radio spot and radio shows, budget monitoring, and networking…

Most important partners in the project will be children/youth groups from Benin, Ghana, Guinee, Togo, Mali and Togo and also youth and children's from Save the Children Sweden's countries; Cote d'Ivoire and Gambia.

The production of the comic books and cartoon started as you can see.
Today is another great day for the children and the youth from Senegal to continue the production of the cartoon and the comic books.
I hope everything will go on well.