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INTERVIEW

Children are the experts on their lives

November 19 2020 - Interview with Arianna Tripodi, Youth Participation Advisor, Youth & ICT4D and Gabriella Rask, Coordinator of the International Youth Coalition. The participation of children and young people is a right. Nonetheless, it is often still considered an additional luxury, participation is limited to older children only or children and youth are invited as mostly passive listeners, who are not considered equal participants in debates affecting their lives. Gabriella Rask and Arianna Tripodi explain in this interview what child and youth participation should be like.

Child and Youth Participation

The power of children as change makers

November 23 2020 - Fasika* is 13 years old and lives at the SOS Children’s Village Jimma, in Ethiopia;. She organises charity events and mobilizes children in families support by SOS Children’s Villages, to help vulnerable children in the community.

Care Leavers

Care leaver support networks are essential

November 17 2020 - Care leavers face a variety of challenges. They struggle with their identity. They carry trauma from their past. They face discrimination. And when they reach legal age, they are usually left without support. A recent online workshop discussed how peer-led networks are making a difference.

Youth Participation

Young people introduce recycling

November 21 2020 - The Go Green initiative was founded by young people to introduce improved recycling to their community in Lebanon. The initiative is part of the Youth Power programme supporting young changemakers in realizing innovative ideas that contribute to sustainable development. 19-year old Michel is one of the co-founders of the initiative.

Youth Empowerment

A journey from hardship to empowerment

November 18 2020 - From a very young age, tens of thousands of children from all over the Senegal are sent by their parents to live and study at Quranic schools to become talibé. Like many other talibé children, Issifou's* story is one of trial and hardship.

Nagorno-Karabakh

I am my sister's keeper

November 13 2020 - Rita and Jenny are inseparable. They were among the 35 children brought to the SOS Children’s Village in Kotayk, Armenia after their boarding school was evacuated. They and the other children will be cared for as long as necessary.