Tagged: child participation

Children in a Buddhist school

Giving children a voice against violence – the role of faith actors

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When Deaconess Juliet Eneh spoke at the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities’ (JLI) recent series on child participation, her message was clear: when children have a voice, violence against children goes down.  It was this reasoning that led her to help establish Christ Care. This mentoring program educates… Read more →←

“Release the yellow butterflies,” young people set sustainable goals

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Colombia is an enchanted land of magical realism and contrasts. It’s a country in which millions of creatures coexist in peace, making it a true paradise of biodiversity. Yet despite the country’s growing wealth, inequality in Colombia has also grown, and rural areas are the most affected. Indigenous people and Afro-Colombians… Read more →←
Children participate in a national drawing contest on A Better World for Children during CRC@25 celebrations in Burundi

Imagining a better world for children

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It’s an overcast Sunday afternoon and I am on the shores of Lake Tanganyika with a group of children, some local musicians and a camera crew. The hills on the Congolese side of the lake are barely visible through the haze. We’re gathered here to shoot the Burundi version of the famous song Imagine, John Lennon’s classic hymn to… Read more →←
For the Forum of Hope 52 children, aged 13 to 17, from seven countries of the Great Lakes region gathered in Burundi.

Forum of Hope shows that children’s voices matter

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Child participation is something that is talked about a lot, but in reality is seldom put into practice. This gap between theory and action is found everywhere, but it’s particularly striking in a number of Africa countries, where the concept of ‘rights and duties’ is still fairly new. To change the status quo, in DRC and Burundi… Read more →←
Successful involvement of children in social accountability initiatives requires careful planning and design.

Child-led social accountability: ingredients for success

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Children are not only at the heart of social accountability, but social accountability is also in the hearts of children. Children can be active participants, or perhaps better, players in the social accountability game, rather than just passive spectators and beneficiaries. But for this to work, certain ‘ingredients’ are important… Read more →←
There are over 50,000 Community Health Volunteers in Nepal, and they play a very important role in delivering health services in the country.

What Nepal can teach us about social accountability

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Nepal’s developmental success is perhaps one that is not told nor known enough. The country has seen primary school enrollment rates rising with gender parity, while child mortality rates have been declining. In 2010 Nepal received the Millennium Development Goal Award for reducing its maternal mortality ratio. Social accountability… Read more →←

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