Another highlight was the launch of the ECP@10 Campaign, it was a strong and well-coordinated event. I was proud that the launch and subsequent campaign was well received. I also thoroughly enjoyed the SDGs Academy first children’s residential camp at the Pioneer Hub in Limuru, Kenya. It was so much fun and the children amazed me with their ability to engage with the lessons we presented. Plus interacting and spending time with the GNRC Kenya volunteers during the camp was a really great experience. Thank you for walking with us!
Fred Nyabera: This year we’ve seen superb children’s participation, and this includes within our celebration of ECP@10 and also the SDGs Academy – how the children were able to grasp the concepts and be able to articulate in their own way. So, that would be one of my highlights, and of course another one to me would be, being able to synthesise and consolidate our actions for the last 10 years and seeing the impacts of that (work).
Hesha Perera: One of my highlights has been the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Academy for Children Model Classroom, by the End Child Poverty Knowledge Centre and the Sarvodaya Headquarters in Sri Lanka. The SDGs Academy uses concepts and dimensions of Global Development Education (GDE) that enable people (children) to develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed for securing a just, sustainable world in which everyone has the right to fulfill their potential. Through this, Sanara, a volunteer aged 17, shared her experience on how she started work on SDGs, and how the SDGs Model Classroom will be helpful for her and the children in Sri Lanka as a safe place for children to learn about SDGs.
Kefe Innocent: This year’s Children’s Solutions Lab (CL 2022) is my highlight, because it’s an idea that received such immense and a positive reception, based on the improvement we observed this year over the 2020/21 Children’s Solutions Lab. People from all walks of life applied, and there was an increased number of applications from various countries. Also, the ideas (by the children’s groups) were amazing. Through the CSL, we continue to raise awareness about this issue (ending child poverty) at a lobal platform. The CSL 2022 has been a perfect platform to expand the reach of Arigatou International, to children’s groups and to those organisations that work with children.
Michael Adikwu: My highlight for the year was the SDGs Academy first residential session, because it confirmed the reality and worth of the programme. We were able to work with children, 6 to 9 years, for such a good event. Every child has the right to enjoy a sustainably developed world. Providing a safe space for children to participate in building this world is my utmost priority and joy.
Nyambura Gichuki: My highlight this year has been the ECP@10 Campaign and all its component actions. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve progressed and how much good we’ve accomplished in partnership with others, since End Child Poverty was launched in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, back in 2012. It reaffirms what we say as a team, that “Together We Can”.
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Whilst poverty hurts all human beings, it is more threatening to children. Childhood is a time of unique opportunity and vulnerability, and experiencing poverty in its various dimensions can be particularly damaging to a child’s development. Poverty denies children their right to grow up free from deprivation and want, and develop healthily to their full potential.
Over the years, drivers of poverty including; conflicts, climate change, violence against children, and lately the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly escalated child poverty. Experts have observed that children who were already disadvantaged by poverty and more vulnerable are being affected even more gravely by the pandemic and their very development and even survival are threatened. In 2020, as COVID-19 turned into a global crisis, the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty estimated that the global downturn in economic growth could push 117 million more children into poverty by the end of that year alone, 2020. The world bank in a report in 2021 further noted that the Covid-19 pandemic could increase learning poverty among children by an additional 72 million to 454 million.
To date, 1 in 2 people living in poverty is a child. More than 250 million children suffer from 2 or more deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, while 75 million children are living in relative poverty in the world’s richest countries.
The statistics are endless and all tell a sorry state of the world’s children. We need to change this. Lifting children out of poverty will make a huge difference in their lives, and those of the families, communities, and countries in which they live.
At Arigatou International – End Child Poverty, we are committed to mobilizing faith-inspired resources towards building a world free of child poverty by addressing both the human and structural root causes of poverty through; theological reflection and action, advocacy, knowledge generation, and mobilizing grassroots actions towards ending child poverty.
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Whilst poverty hurts all human beings, it is more threatening to children. Childhood is a time of unique opportunity and vulnerability, and experiencing poverty in its various dimensions can be particularly damaging to a child’s development. Poverty denies children their right to grow up free from deprivation and want, and develop healthily to their full potential.
Over the years, drivers of poverty including; conflicts, climate change, violence against children, and lately the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly escalated child poverty. Experts have observed that children who were already disadvantaged by poverty and more vulnerable are being affected even more gravely by the pandemic and their very development and even survival are threatened. In 2020, as COVID-19 turned into a global crisis, the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty estimated that the global downturn in economic growth could push 117 million more children into poverty by the end of that year alone, 2020. The world bank in a report in 2021 further noted that the Covid-19 pandemic could increase learning poverty among children by an additional 72 million to 454 million.
To date, 1 in 2 people living in poverty is a child. More than 250 million children suffer from 2 or more deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, while 75 million children are living in relative poverty in the world’s richest countries.
The statistics are endless and all tell a sorry state of the world’s children. We need to change this. Lifting children out of poverty will make a huge difference in their lives, and those of the families, communities, and countries in which they live.
At Arigatou International – End Child Poverty, we are committed to mobilizing faith-inspired resources towards building a world free of child poverty by addressing both the human and structural root causes of poverty through; theological reflection and action, advocacy, knowledge generation, and mobilizing grassroots actions towards ending child poverty.
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