Today is International Day for Street Children! 🙌
Join us as we recognise frontline workers who continuously support #streetchildren and help them create their own stories for a better future.
#StreetChildrensDay#StoriesFromTheStreets
🔊“Right based and child centred #streetwork is the first step towards positive, long-term change in street child life. It opens a door for their positive development and the realization of their rights “
Fred Mbise, Global Trainer at @streetinvest#CSCNetworkForum2021
"Parents are affected by #COVID19 as children are forced into #childmarriage and #teenagepregnancy.
School fees have been also been raised for private schools.
Gov't should therefore include children in budget planning. - Barak - Child
#ChildBudgetingUg
- With @CSBAGUGANDA
#ChildBudgetingUG
Child mothers should be counselled, guided and further supported to go back to school. Teenage pregnancy should not mean the end of #Education.
Investing in the prevention of child abuse and the provision of infrastructure to expedite access to justice for survivors is key in ending #ViolenceAgainstChildren
🌐Today is #InternationalYouthDay
Governments need to ensure services meet the needs of young people - including adolescents in street situations.
🔆Imagination, ideals and energy of young people are vital for the continuing development of the societies!
Violence in and around schools severely impacts educational outcomes, and society pays a heavy price as a result, with an estimated $11 trillion in lost lifetime earnings, according to a new report. - @WorldBank
Read full report - here https://t.co/IBrlSMAzHD
The statistics are quite alarming!
When it comes to vulnerable children who are subjected to trafficking, we will 📢📢SPEAK UP for them.
Join us and help shed light on child trafficking! >>>>https://t.co/NTwPz6z7Rk
#EndChildTrafficking#EndHumanTrafficking
By the end of June 2021, nearly 2,000,000 (two million) children have lost a mother, father, and/or grandparent (caregiver) - a tragic legacy of #COVID19 mortality - @WorldBank
We MUST do more to prevent children from migrating to the #street
📌Read - https://t.co/z45sLVcTMy
A spot-check done by @DailyMonitor
yesterday found majority of #streetchildren and #teenagemothers roaming the streets of Kampala, sparking questions about their safety during the #COVID19 pandemic.
Read here - https://t.co/65nNGe2inG
Counting Down - #1Day to the high-level Pan-African Conference aimed at amplifying Africa’s success and mobilising political commitment to end violence against children.
Register here - https://t.co/jMP3KlrDsh