International Day of the Child Today is International Day of the Child, also known as World Children’s Day. In 1959, 20/10 was the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. In 1989, 20/10 was the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. All We Can works with multiple partners who support the lives and well-being of children. One partner we’d like to highlight today is COFCAWE, in Uganda, who exist to empower children (and women) in health, social, and livelihood skills. They support children like Kassim, who was taken in by COFCAWE’s Safeguarding Committee after his parents neglected him and his sisters. They support children like Nasuuha who, before COFCAWE, missed lots of school because she couldn’t afford sanitary items during her period. With the help of COFCAWE, she has learned how to make her own reusable pads. They support children like Emmanuel, who was missing school because of a bad peer group and making bad life decisions. Since being part of COFCAWE’s peer educators training, his school performance and attendance and improved drastically. They also support children like Zahara, who was sexually assaulted and became pregnant. COFCAWE’s Safeguarding Committee supported her throughout her pregnancy as well as throughout the proceedings involving her abuser. As these four stories demonstrate, supporting children takes many different forms! We are grateful to COFCAWE, and our other partners working with children, for the invaluable work they do! (fb)

An update from our brilliant partner MeDRA Zimbabwe!! (fb)