The World Children’s Day, celebrated in Austria and Germany on September 20, is under the motto “Children’s rights – building blocks for democracy!”. According to estimates by the UN Kinderhilfswerk UNICEF, over a billion children worldwide do not have enough access to education, health care, accommodation, nutrition, sanitary facilities or clean water. In addition, warlike arguments or effects of climate change – such as floods or droughts – are driving millions of children into poverty. The Austrian development organization youth A world has been committed to children and adolescents in risk situations worldwide under the guiding principle “Education overcomes poverty”.
Strengthen children’s rights
Together with long-standing partners on site, youth enables a world of quality school and vocational training projects in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. This ensures that youth ensures that the rights of the children are also redeemed. “Strengthening the rights of children is the crucial step on the way to a better future for disadvantaged young people worldwide”
explained Youth a world managing director Reinhard Heiererer. “To put the right to education into practice, is a very important point. But children also have to experience and learn what rights they have.”
Diverse programs for endangered children
In India, youth has been supporting a world for many years the partner organization Breads. The Bangalore Rural Educational Development Society (in German: Society for Rural Development and Education in Bangalore) coordinates many aid programs for endangered young people in the South Indian States. A total of 615 projects have already been implemented that have helped more than 100,000 children, women and young people. “Our programs are diverse. We save children from the catches of child labor, enable school and vocational training, but also promote children’s understanding of democracy. Because many do not know their rights”
told Youth a world project partner Father George PS During his visit to Vienna.
1,500 children’s marriages, 3,000 child workers freed
In order to bring your rights closer to you, Breads not only does educational work in rural regions, but also organizes so-called children’s rights clubs in schools. “The school children even wake up on impending children’s rights violations in their surroundings”the Salesian Don Boscos outlines the idea behind it. “If an injury to children’s rights happens, they draw attention to it.” In the past 23 years, more than 380,000 children and adolescents have participated in the offered children’s rights reconnaissance workshops in schools. As a result, more than 1,500 children’s marriages were stopped and over 3,000 children from forced labor were freed.
Hidden child labor as a big problem
Shilpa is one of the many young girls who, thanks to Bread, can live a child -friendly life again. The nine -year -old had to work as a housemaid, shielded from the public. Only thanks to the use of committed pupils in the local children’s rights club could be released. Instead of working every day, Shilpa is now going to school and receives important education. “Shilpa is an example of many working children who have been able to be freed in recent years. The biggest problem is that child labor is usually hidden. Often the children come from another region of India. They are brought to the big cities by human dealers to work for them. Coming in their home villages were affected by extreme poverty and lack of educational opportunities. tells Father George PS “After their rescue, immediate measures and support were provided. In addition, educational events were carried out for the affected children and their parents. In the end, the children returned to their families.”
School education The decisive factor
The youth of a world project partner emphasizes that school education is the decisive factor to combat child labor. Youth sees it as a world managing director Heierer: “As soon as children learn to read and write, they can also inform themselves about their rights and know that child labor or children’s marriage is prohibited in India. At the same time, quality schooling gives you the opportunity to live a self -determined life in dignity”
so heizes. “I therefore ask you: support our important work on site with your donation and give hope to the affected children.”
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