Street children and child labour - public meeting July 15th

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | press release Thursday July 03, 2003 17:19 by International Service Ireland

International Service Ireland

Global Networking Public Meeting

STREET CHILDREN AND CHILD LABOUR


A public meeting to share information and the experience of Jeunesse et Developpment, a Malian Non Government Organisation in West Africa on child centred and child managed Street Children and Child labour campaigns with Irish Aid Agencies on the international campaign 'Stop Child Labour'.



Concern will share its experiences on the international ‘Stop Child Labour’ which involves the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, the TUI and INTO in Ireland as well as German and Dutch partners. The campaign focuses on the inclusion of children in primary education.



Jeunesse et Developpment from Mali will share its experience of child centred programmes, Reflect methodologies to empower young street children to develop their potential and play an active role in their own development in Mali in particular. They will also share their experience of the broader co-alition of work with street children in Mali, Togo and Burkina Faso which was the result of the Barnako Declaration in late 2000 and which makes a number of demands and recommendations on education, training, employment and reintegration of street children into the wider community in West Africa.



International Service Ireland is a newly established unit of International Service (UK) , formerly known as United Nations International Service. This meeting is part of celebrations to mark 50 years of working in international development. International Service directly works with local partners in Bolivia, Brazil, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Palestine.



All welcome



Date: July 15th 2003

Venue: Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin 1

Time: 7.30 - 9.30 pm



Wheelchair accessible.

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