Summary: The theme of this year's Day of the African Child is "Planning and Budgeting for the Well being of the Child: A Collective Responsibility".
The Day of the African Child is held in June every year to commemorate the Soweto uprisings in South Africa in 1976. More than one hundred black students were killed and more than a thousand were injured in a march to protest against the inferior quality of their education and demand the right to be taught in their own language instead of Afrikaans, the language of white settlers. The day, which has been held since 1991 when it was first initiated by the Organisation of African Unity, also draws attention to the lives of African children today. It has become an opportunity to examine progress towards health, education, equality and security for all African children and on the implementation of the regional African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Read the speech on this year's theme by the Acting Chairperson of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Further information
Day of the African Child 2010: Planning and Budgeting for the Well being of the Child - A collective responsibility
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http://www.crin.org/docs/Speech_DAC_2010.doc
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