In Uganda, we work in partnership with six slum communities in and around Jinja to ensure that children are safer and better protected. Through this work with local communities, children are able to have a better start in life and their prospects for the future are greatly improved.
We now support six Child Protection Teams in six different communities (Loco, Masese I, Masese II, Masese III, Mafubira and Wandago) who serve to protect children living in their local areas. These teams of volunteers, trained and supported by our sister organisation Children on the Edge Africa, make a huge positive difference, not just to the children, but to the whole community. Read on to see some recent success stories…. Meet Joseph, whose hope and determination has ensured that the children in his community have a safe place to come and learn.
The school he founded in Kyaka II settlement in Uganda has recently benefited from a complete rebuild as part of our programme in Kyaka II and is now a bright, safe space where children can come to learn and play. Children on the Edge is a Child Rights organisation, but what does that mean? What does a child rights organisation do?
The past two years have been incredibly difficult for the local partners, children and communities we work alongside, as they have had to continually adapt to covid-19 restrictions and the broader impact of the pandemic. In every country where we work, they have been through so much.
As 2021 comes to a close, we want to create a continuing sense of hope and solidarity with the people and communities we work with in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Lebanon and Uganda. We are inviting our supporters to join us in sending a message of hope to share with our local partners in the New Year. On November 30th 2021, our expert panel from the UK and Uganda gathered online to share more information about our brand new Cluster Learning programme in Kyaka II settlement in Uganda.
Watch the recording of the event, where our panel talk about how the youngest Congolese refugee children have begun learning outside, in homes, under trees, in community spaces; why we developed the model; how it works and how we hope to develop the programme in the future. We're delighted to share an update on Laxmi, who you may have read about in previous years as 'Nisha'. Laxmi attends one of the Learning Centres we support in Bihar State, India and we first spoke to her when she was 10 years old. She's 13 now, and dreams of opening her own dance school. Read on to find out more....
The Rohingya refugee children we support in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh were delighted to return to school in September when our learning centres were allowed to open again after lockdown. But don’t just take our word for it, read on to hear from the students and teachers themselves.
Over the past few months, civil society groups across China, India, the US and UK have been working together on the Freedom to breathe campaign; supporting children’s calls for a right to clean air. Children on the Edge have added our voice to the campaign.
Complementing the 30 Early Childhood Development centres in Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda, our ‘Cluster Group’ pilot project has begun, offering early years education and support for over 800 children in communal spaces around their communities.
This approach has just won the Theirworld Education Innovation Awards and we are excited to be taking early years education to wherever the children are, making learning and early years support accessible to thousands more children who are currently cut off from education. Read on to find out more about this innovative pilot project. We’re delighted that our early years programme for Congolese refugee children in Uganda is one of five winners at the 2021 Theirworld Education Innovation Awards!
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