the state of the world's children from omep world conference in cork, 2014
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OMEP’s Aims
To protect and promote the wellbeing, health, rights, opportunity for optimal development, happiness, peacefulness, and early education of the world’s young children, their families, their teachers, and the institutions that serve them.
Organisation Mondiale Pour L´Éducation PréscolaireOrganización Mundial Para La Educación PreescolarWorld Organization For Early Childhood Education
Stolen Childhoods:Migrant, Refugee, Displaced and Exploited
Children around the World
66th OMEP World Assembly and ConferenceCork IrelandJuly 5, 2014
A G E N D AState of the World’s Children – Judith Wagner
Life for Children in Refugee Situations – Amber Eriksson
ZIP and KIP: OMEP’s Refugee Camp Projects - Grace Jepkemboi
Discussion
State of the World’s Children
A story we must know by heart.A story we must share.
It would be easierto turn away.....
Their stories horrify us ...break our hearts
and can also motivate us to do something
in concert with our strengths,
our interests, and our abilities.
If children can LIVE IT,
we can learn about it.
What is the worst problem
the world’s children face?
POVERTY
#1
Every day poverty deprives
over 1 billion children
of their basic human rights.
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22,000 children die every day
as a result of poverty.
Every 3.6 seconds a
person dies of
starvation.
Usually it is a child
under 5.
UNICEF 2013
The effects of poverty on young children (0 - 6) tend to be more profound and longer lasting than the effects upon older children and adults.
16% of children in the
developing world are
severely malnourished.
Low birth weight and lack of prenatal and postnatal care
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Children experience poverty and deprivation with their bodies ... their minds ... their hearts ... and their futures.
Statistics based on averages do not reveal differential effects on children and adults ... or boys and girls. The effects of poverty are more severe for girls.
Poverty is highly
correlated with other
major problems children
face.
#2Lack of clean water and
sanitation
Source BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hipicture_gallery05africa_getting_water_in_africa/html/1.stm
Women and girls walk hours a day to fetch water -- often unclean.
Water-borne illnesses are the second leading cause of death for children under five.
Water-borne illnesses kill 1,400 children every day.
Over 1 billion people worldwide lack access to safe
water.
Nomadic girls fill containers with waterfrom a puddle on the road in Somalia.
Photo from Tap Project: http://www.myspace.com/tapprojectsa/photos/521347#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A751747%7D
Even where school is available, girls often must do home duties
instead.
Children in Ghana fetching water
#3 Life as Refugees
Afghan refugee children in Jalozai, Pakistan wait for their transfer to a new refugee camp on the border.
More than 45 MILLION PEOPLE ARE REFUGEES OR DISPLACED
PERSONS.
20,700,000 children!
Of these 46% are children.
UNHCR, 2012
#4
War and violent conflictThe most common reason people become refugees
Source: UNICEF Progress for Children 2007
From 2002 -2005, 1.5 billion children
– 2/3 of the world’s child population- lived in the 42 countries
most affected by violent conflict.
These young sisters are among the "invisible refugees" in Pakistan.
Unaccompanied children often go uncounted among refugee
populations
Afghan refugee children work long hours to help their families survive.
Near Shamshatoo camp, this boy works in a brickyard.
#5
Child Labor
120 million of the world’s children are working full time to help support their impoverished families.
Source: International Labor Organization
#6
Trafficking and Slavery
Over 200,000 children work as slaves in West and Central Africa.
Source: UNICEF
Sex Trafficking, Child Prostitution, and Pornography
Taxi in Bulgaria openly advertises child
prostitutes.Source: http://www.gvnet.com/childprostitution/00-Graphics.htm
10-year-old girl sold by her parents into Phnom Penh’s underage sex
trade
Virgins bring a high price.
#7
Military Use of Children
Both military forces and armed opposition
forces recruit children as combatants --
often by kidnapping the children. Approximately 250,000 children are
thought to be fighting today.
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Child injured by a land mineexplosion in Jammu India
Information: Child Landmine Victims: http://eagleaid.org/europe/child_landmine_victims/
#8
Child Neglect
#9 LACK OF ACCESS TO
EDUCATION
Lack of education in one generation has serious consequences for the next generation..
and the next…
#10
Disasters
Rescue worker carries two-year-old Haitian boy after his home collapsed
Photo from London Evening Star
Women and children are disproportionately affected by disasters, whether natural or person-made.
#11
Indoctrination into violence
The world has promised them more.
WE have promised them more.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Article 6: Survival and Development
ALL children have the right to live and to develop to their full potential.
Each of us in our own way
can make the world a better place
for children.
All children...
EVERYWHERE
Children who have a house…
Children whose house fell down… (Haiti, 2010)
Children with big red hats…
Children who need new clothes…
Children with million dollar smiles…
Children with their own special smiles…
Children who can fly…
Children who can run…
Children who make music…
And children who fish naked…
WHAT CAN I DO?★ Something, anything, for any child.
★ What you are already doing ... and just a little more.
★ Inform college students and high school students....they are the next generation of child advocates.
★ Teach the children....build habits of caring, sharing, peace, and advocating for others.
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Join hands with others who are looking for ways
to help the world’s children ...
look around this room ...
OMEP
Promoting the wellbeing, rights, happiness, and early
education of all the world’s children
Video by Judith T. Wagner, Ph.D.Deputy President, World OMEP
Vice President for North America and Caribbean
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