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Child Rights

By working alongside communities to co-create protective environments that generate hope, life, colour and fun, we enable children to realise their rights.

Children are often at the highest risk of poverty, malnutrition, and abuse because they rely on adults, which makes them more vulnerable to rights violations and the effects of crises. 

As a result, children have special rights in addition to general human rights. Established by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, these rights ensure children can express themselves, receive education and healthcare, live in a safe environment, and are protected from harm.

Children on the Edge has a rights based approach. This means we always focus on the most marginalised and overlooked children, and seek to address the barriers that prevent them from realising their rights.

Instead of regarding children as passive objects of charity, we ensure they are seen as human beings with a distinct set of rights. We support them to know their worth, take centre stage, and become agents of change in their own futures. 

Each child we work with is valued as an individual and treated with dignity.  ​

We ensure children can shape and influence the programmes we support in a meaningful way, and resource them to become leaders in their communities. This could be through Child Councils, Child Rights Clubs, Children's Parliaments or Focus Group Discussions.

We want children to express themselves. We want them to have every opportunity to embrace colourful creativity in all its forms and have a lot of fun doing it. 

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Children on the Edge are helping refugee children see a world outside the camps, driving their aspirations and giving them a collection of childhood memories they can treasure
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Tanusri Das, Bangladesh Mukti Cox’s Bazar

Meet Shakib

12-year-old Shakib lives in a remote village in Bangladesh and attends the community school we support here. 

As a member of his school’s Child Council, Shakib shares his opinions on activities and helps teachers to implement them. He encourages his friends to come and checks to see if they are okay if they are absent. He has also participated in the  ‘Moja Kids’ video newsletter as a journalist, which has really boosted his confidence.

Local Child Protection Teams in Uganda train people on children’s rights and how to keep them safe. DONATE

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