Day Of the African Child Celebration at CDR-Uganda-Teresa

Highlights of Day Of The African Child Celebration (CDR-Uganda Site) On June 20^th, the Centre hosted a celebration for The Day of The African Child whose theme this year was, The Rights Of Children With Disabilities: “ The duty to Protect, Respect, Promote and Fulfill”.  This complimented well the centre’s mandate to lobby and advocate for the rights of Children with special needs at district and national levels and equip parents with skills to take on policy makers and enforcers at the grass roots. One of the Centre’s aim is ensuring the Government through relevant ministries formulates and implements a participatory pro-disability budget in order to address their needs and disability rights. The Centre organized a procession with a school band and several schools with children carrying signs relevant to children’s rights with a focus on Children with special needs. It was a long walk but it was good to spread awareness to the villages we passed along the way from one school to the Centre. We had a wonderful celebrations of good dialogue, performances by the children with singing, dancing and poetry plus presentations from the Parent Network at the Centre and a petition handed to the local MP signed by the parents on different issues to support their children in schools, community and in income generating projects to help their children toward living a better quality of life. We had a lovely meal for all who attended under the leadership of Edith, one of our staff members and Nazarius who is our centre caretaker plus members of the Parents Network. It was a special day for the children we support in the communities with our community outreach home
\post by Teresa Wright