EFSC supports CSC's International Day for Street Children Campaign

12th of April - The Day

The International Day for Street Children is celebrated every year on April 12th. The day provides a platform for the millions of street children around the world - and their champions - to speak out so that their rights cannot be ignored.

2013 sees the launch of a petition to ‘Demand a Day’ and call for UN recognition. Find out more about what is happening this year! Find out more about what happened in previous years .

The day is celebrated by street children, NGOs, celebrities, policy makers, businesses and individuals around the world and over the last two years word has spread and support for the day has grown.

High profile supporters include Steven Gerrard, Danny Boyle, John Major and Bianca Jagger.

The International Day for Street Children was launched in 2011 by the Consortium for Street Children (CSC), the leading international network dedicated to realising the rights of street children worldwide. However the day is not owned by any one organisation and ultimately the aim is that the United Nations adopt and recognise it as a UN day.

The International Day for Street Children is supported by Aviva, the world's 6th largest insurance group, HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations and Tesco, one of the world's leading retailers.

 To read the UN OHCHR report, please visit  www.streetchildrenresources.org/resources/protection-and-promotion-of-the-rights-of-children-working-andor-living-on-the-streets/

 Source: http://www.streetchildrenday.org/the-day/

 20.02.2013

The European Commission adopts recommendation on the issue of 'Investing in Children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage'

To read the recommendation click here

EFSC HELDS FINAL CONFERENCE OF ITS TWO-YEAR DAPHNE III ACTION GRANT PROJECT, ESCAPE

11 December 2012 - Brussels

  To donwload the Practitioner'sTraining Guide - click here

 EFSC TO SUPPORT WORTLDVISION'S 'CHILD HEALTH NOW' CAMPAIGN

13th -20th of November 2012

Every year over 6.9 million children under the age of 5 die due to causes that could be easily prevented or treated such as pneumonia , neonatal causes, malnutrition and diarrohea. The progress being made is not going fast enough and it is crucial that all civil society actors join forces to claim a desire  for change and that this is made visible to the world leaders.

Therefore, on behalf of World Vision, EFSC calls for people across the gloe to take one simple action: raise their hands so that all children can survive 5!

For more information visit www.childhealthnow.org or contact alexandra_newlands@wvi.org

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL AND INFORMATION

• Summary Report of the event -Pledges to the EU Commission, EU Member States and National and Local Authorities