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October - 2008

CHILDREN AND MINES
By Paul Martin, UNICEF Representative for Colombia
April 11, 2008

Aurelio’s sweet nature doesn’t seem to mesh with his tragedy. He is 12 years old, and was born in one of the Antioquia towns affected by the conflict. He’s in third grade and he likes to study. However, football is his real thing, although he can’t play like before. A mine blew off one of his legs, and for the last three years he has been leaning on a crutch, which helps him to use his prosthesis, which he has to change every six months.

8,000 Children in Soacha (Colombia) participated in the Global Handwashing Day

Bogotá, October 16, 2008. Colombia experienced the first the first campaign of the Global Handwashing Day with the participation of 8,000 children from the municipality of Soacha, near Bogotá. The campaign was promoted by the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Territorial Development and UNICEF, and had the support of the Office of the Government of Cundinamarca, the Office of the Mayor of Soacha and Regional Autonomous Corporation, CAR.

In the fight to save children’s lives, washing hands takes centre stage

NEW YORK, 15 October 2008 – Today marks the first ever Global Handwashing Day, celebrated in over 70 countries across five continents in an effort to mobilize and motivate millions around the world to wash their hands with soap.

Her Majestiy Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan learns about an innovative educational tool during her visit to a school in Argentina

Buenos Aires, 22 octubre de 2008 – During a working visit to Argentina, Her Majesty Queen Rania visited the Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento school, where UNICEF and the Ministry of Education of the province of Buenos Aires are supporting an innovative project featuring an auto-evaluation tool designed to measure the quality of education.

LAW ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

On August 17 the Bill of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in which the law on Children and Adolescents is promulgated”, a proposal that prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition, Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Special Protection, Civil Registration, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, and Water and Sanitation. Based on what you know about the country’s situation, what would you propose doing to consolidate these priorities?

GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY, WITH SOAP

Next Wednesday, October 15, 50 countries including Colombia will celebrate the first Global Handwashing Day, declared by the United Nations General Assembly.

Children’s rights: in the eye of the jurisdictional hurricane in Bogotá

Bogotá, October 3, 2008. The Universidad Diego Portales of Chile and UNICEF, under the sponsorship of the Superior Council of the Judicature, the Office of the Inspector General of the Nation, Colombia’s People’s Ombudsman’s Office, the Supreme Court of Chile and the Chilean Public Criminal Defender’s Office will hold the Eleventh Course on Jurisdictional Protection of Children’s Rights, from October 6 to 10, 2008.

Joint message on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day,
October 5, 2008

Today is World Teachers’ Day, a day when we acknowledge the essential role teachers play in providing children, young people and adults with a relevant and appropriate education. However, in many countries, there is a severe shortage of teachers, with an estimated 2 million new posts and 18 million additional teachers needed worldwide if universal primary education is to be achieved by 2015.

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Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)

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