Children's Parliament - Uganda

25/03/2021

By purchasing our products, you're supporting supporting children's crafts and our cause to defend the rights of children. A table set goes for only 120000/= . Style yo dining with children's fabulous unique touch!

21/12/2019

This Christmas we want to be a blessing to Uthman, a 5yrs kid who can't walk but moves with the help of the fore head due to heavy head that his neck can't support.
He can't see, his father abandoned him and stays with a mother solely in a rented room around within Kawempe Division.
Much as she tries to work for survival, they lack nutritious foods, beddings, and things to use on a daily basis. Any well wisher with a wheel chair to enable him move, we shall be blessed and honoured!

14/12/2019

Children deserve a lot of investment ranging from education, a safe environment and support to their potentials!

04/11/2019

Best of luck to all candidates

24/09/2019

CHILDREN’S PARLIAMENT ETHOS
If we were to conceptualise the Children’s Parliament as a space:

When children come into this space we want them to bring with them their knowledge of what it is like to be a child, their ideas and their opinions, and to be willing to voice and explore them.

When adults come into this space we want them to bring with them their facilitation skills, their commitment to listen to and welcome children’s opinions and a belief that children have a high degree of talent and ability. We also want adults to bring their memories of what it was like to be a child.

When children work together in this space they have the opportunity to take responsibility and work in self-directed groups. They also develop friendships and gain new insights into the diversity of children’s backgrounds, experiences, hopes and dreams.

When adults and children work together in this space they create something both rich and challenging. There is the opportunity to form relationships of mutual trust, respect and honesty, and there is huge potential for adults to learn and gain insights from children and vice versa.

Finally, in terms of describing our ethos and ways of working Children’s Parliament is not about advocating on children’s behalf, we believe children can advocate effectively for themselves if the right environment is created and support is in place. This is an initiative rich in learning for adults if they listen carefully. Our work is based on children having fun and engaging in projects and investigations in and across our themes which reflect the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

30/07/2019

SAY NO TO CHILD TRAFFICKING.

29/07/2019

It's everyone 's responsibility to keep children in school.

23/07/2019

Child marriage threatens to destroy the future of a generation of Ugandan children. Its revealed, one girl is at risk of child marriage every minute with nearly half of girls married before they turn 18yrs.
Child marriage is ranked the most critical issue facing girls in Uganda with 60%, followed by school dropout, unemployment, gender based violence and alcoholism.

Although the legal age for marriage in Uganda is 18, child marriage still persists on a massive scale, National statistics show at least one in 10 girls are married by the age of 15 & 40 percent by age 18. One in four teenage girls over 15 have already given birth or are pregnant.

The rates of child marriage in Uganda are the second worst in the East African Community, with only South Sudan doing worse. “Child marriage is a form of child abuse. It forces children out of education, traps them in a cycle of poverty, and endangers the lives of young mothers and their babies.

“There are laws in place to prevent this, but they need to be enforced and better disseminated in rural communities. We are calling on the government of Uganda to step up efforts to implement action plans that include full access to health, community attitudes. Parents must also play their part and keep their children safe from child marriage,”.

16/07/2019

12/07/2019

Mothers.... We condemn this to the innocent children. They need your help, support and proper upbringing. They also have Rights which we must all observe and protect!

12/07/2019

Main problems faced by children in Uganda:
1. Child Poverty. In Uganda, more than a third of all inhabitants live below the poverty line and we find that in many cases children are the heads of the families.

2. Right to food. Many Ugandan children suffer from malnutrition and thus their chance to grow healthy and compete with the world is affected.

3.Right to Education. Nearly one out of every five children in Uganda is uneducated. ...

4. Street Children are becoming a big threat that children have to do street baging to survive because they cant afford a meal and many sleep on empty stomachs.

5. Child Labour.