10 months into the COVID19 pandemic, children and young people face a very different world with perpetual – and evolving – challenges. But if we are serious about respecting their rights and acting on them, we must re-look at the UN Convention on the Rights…
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“Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the walls.”- Erin Kenny How would you feel if you were robbed of your right to play in your childhood? To be forbidden to leave the house and stay holed up inside? To be forced…
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What are your memories of playing as a child? Some of us will remember hide and seek, kho kho, gully cricket, hopscotch and many other games. Others may recollect arguing about rules for stick ball or taking turns batting, or creating imaginary worlds with our…
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#Covidunder19 is an initiative by a group of young people, child rights activists, civil society organizations and other stakeholders which creates space for children across the globe to be meaningfully involved in the discussions about the responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. The initiative set out…
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On 3rd February 2020, our team rescued Paramasivam from the Villupuram Railway Station. We found him roaming around on the platform all alone and so our team member decided to go talk to him. He told us that he bunked his school and has come…
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HE WILL MAKE THE SKIES HIDE IN SHAME He was always looking His eyes glossy with tears As they had been straining He had forgotten how to blink His eyes closed now The pain soothes away Yet he keeps seeing Through his closed eyes The…
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The year 2020 saw the spread of the Covid-19 virus, that translated into a pandemic and the subsequent lockdown of the entire world. Among all the chaos that ensued last year, the children were the most affected due the safety and other measures taken…
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When our outreach teams found an 11-year-old boy wandering around platform eight at Dadar Station they knew he was in danger. Being so young and vulnerable he was a target for traffickers and those looking to abuse and exploit children, using the busy stations as…
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