Zimbabwe, 10 January 2010 - In Kadoma, the WCY held clean up and child rights awareness campaigns in a bid to team up with the City Council’s department of health services in fighting the spread of cholera. Children went about the main shopping center heralding the doctrine of cleanliness and good health. A new child led group has been formulated with the aim of widening children’s opportunity to participate in issues affecting them. The group focuses on building awareness on child rights, capacity building on child participation issues and income generating activities aimed at improving the lives of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the group. Source: African Movement of Working Child...

NIAMEY, NIGER, 28 December 2010 - Despite a good harvest and pastoral season in late 2010, the nutritional situation of children remains alarming in Niger where more than 15 children in 100 suffer from acute malnutrition, according to the results of the National Nutrition Survey made public on 16 December.  The Niger government, UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) called on the international community to intensify its efforts and mobilize all means necessary to fight against child malnutrition and its structural causes to sustainably meet the needs of the most vulnerable children. The prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) among children under five years...

Bauchi, Nigeria 22 December 2010 — The United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to Governments and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country to give maximum support for the promotion of Child rights.The organisation made the call while expressing worry over some state Governments' alleged refusal in setting up implementation committee on the Child Rights Act as required by the law.UNICEF made the appeal through its Communication Officer (Media & External Relations) Bauchi Field Office, Mr. Samuel Kaalu, during the recent three-day Media training on ethical reporting and child rights advocacy for select journalists in the print and electronic media from the zone ...

Thies, Senegal, 3rd December 2010 -  The communications group of the AMWCY held their annual meeting from 22nd to 1st of December 2010 at the CCDD in Thies, Senegal. The meeting gathered 17 participants from 17 countries. The group discussed the state of communication, foremost the activities that were implemented to give more visibility to the actions of the WCYS and of the associations. Then they shared information about the state of the preparation of the World Social Forum (WSF) which will take place in Dakar from 6th to 11th of February 2011. Also discussed where the activities planned by the AMWCY during the forum: - debates around topics that have to do with childhood like: mobi...