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Summary: AMWCY- Burundi and Ethiopia's AWCYs have
recently been accepted as members of the
movement following a meeting held in Senegal.
AMWCY- Burundi and Ethiopia's AWCYs have recently been accepted as
members of the movement. Ten African commission of the AMWCY held a
meeting at Thies (Senegal) from February 21 to March 5. After having
respectively examined financial and activities reports, and new
memberships applications, they accepted those of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
and Bujumbura (Burundi) AWCYs. As a result they now have 64 AWCYs
across 20 countrie
AMWCY- Plan Enda- A partnership agreement signed.
Three representatives of AMWCY have signed a 3-year regional
partnership agreement of $1 420 000US with The NGOs Plan and Enda
TM. This ceremony was held in the presence of a number of personalities,
bodies, NGOs etc. namely: Senegalese government officials, Save the
Children, UNICEF, Women's Networks, farmers and rural economies, as
well as many a national and international media. This partnership will
enable, among others, the movement to organise a series of training
sessions and technical support missions. It will also help them disseminate
and make known the 'WCY challenge' through literature writing and
publications support and will provide AWCY members and their
coordinators with the logistics. Finally it will enable them to organise
meetings between the African commission of the movement and the
working group, and strengthen AMWCY participation in selected
international bodies. The AMWCY technical and managerial related matters
will be taken in charge by Enda TM.
AMWCY- First reactions from children's organisation: "Some achievements
but there is more room for improvement as poverty is gaining further
grounds."
12 member-countries of AWCY have been covered in a Children's
organisation study by the AMWCY in the framework of GMC (Global
movement for children) since January 2005. The children's parliament AWCY
took part in the discussions, which will continue throughout the year 2005.
As conclusions from the study, it was observed that, the various
governments embarked upon many activities among which a lot of
sensitisation done in the fields of health and education. However, much
still remains to be done as regards action plans for the fight against
poverty. They therefore urge the Children, the Public Authorities, the
International Community, and the Private Sector as well, to intensify efforts
so as to hold to their 'A world fit for children' commitments.
Benin, Guinea-Conakry, Mauritania, Senegal, 'National coordinations' held
meetings.
The AWCY national coordinations convened meetings at the beginning of
the year to adopt their 2005 action plans; the beninese wing of WCY
presented their action plans to different partners among which, IPEC/ILO,
Plan-Benin and UNICEF in Cotonou. They received counselling and advice
from these partners. As for their counterparts in Guinea-Conakry, an official
of the Ministry of the Social Welfare and a member of the Children's
Parliament held discussions with the WCYs. In Mauritania, the national
AWCY bureau was installed. And finally the WCY of Senegal gave additional
information thereby consolidating their answers to the study
questionnaires.
Benin: [email protected]
Guinea: cnaejtguiné[email protected] / [email protected]
Mauritania: [email protected] / [email protected]
Senegal: [email protected] / [email protected]
Guinea-Bissau. WCY learnt how to make their voices heard
After being given the technical support by the AMWCY in terms of
communication facilitation, the working children and youth association the
Guinea-Bissau made their voices heard hence the local and administrative
authorities lend better ear to them. The authorities agreed to henceforth
share views and opinions with the association on childhood-related
matters and promised to take them into account.
Lima Peru - Local authorities displaced children at risk from the Down Town
"Generacion", a project located at the centre of the Capital city-Lima, was
specialised in giving assistance to 'Children at risk'. It offered them a new
home and treated these children indiscriminately well. But it put an end to
these services due to pressure. The authorities went ahead taking away 6
of the children at risk who came for medical consultation and displaced the
other 26 to remote institutions. This move was deplored by many people
who embarked upon a solidarity campaign two weeks ago asking for the
reopening of the centre.
Madagascar- A bid to set up a community Pharmacy.
The Malagasy WCY had, for several years, benefited from 'Médecins sans
Frontière' healthcare services. And as this project drew to an end, the WCY
took upon themselves to include in their 2005 action plan the setting up of
a communal pharmacy that will enable them to solve their medical supplies
problems.
Mali- Talks were held on health related matters in the koranic schools
In 2004, Enda Mali organised 26 talks debates in Bamako on themes such
as HIV/AIDS, Talibés' hygiene and beggary issues. The talibés and their
teachers of the 3 partner-centres of Enda-Mali hosted these talks. These
centres have hundreds of those Talibés-students.
D.R. Congo Bukavu- The long trek of Bukavu AWCY
As early as 1994, Bukavu WCYs first attempt to meet together proved futile
owing to the unfortunate break- out of the war. In 2002, PEDER invited 78
WCY to a reflexion workshop on activities-related problems they
encounter. In 2004 the Bukavu AWCY adopted the grassroots- to- urban
levels approach. With the support of PEDER, representatives of the "sub-
groups (grassroots-level group) held their statutory general assembly on
February 04, 2005.
Rwanda- WCY will call on the President of the Republic
The Rwanda AWCY together with five other associations have been invited
to meet the Rwanda President. This is in line with the President's decision
to grant audiences to associations in order to acquaint himself with their
activities and problems.