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Global Youth Ambassador��John��Gbenagnon��at a youth forum he held in Benin for Day of the African Child

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Almost 500 million children around the world live in��countries affected by crises such as conflicts, natural disasters and disease outbreaks.

Millions of those children are in Africa and are missing out on their education, receiving poor quality schooling or at risk of dropping out of school altogether.

That�鶹APP�s why this year�鶹APP�s theme for the annual Day of the African Child is���鶹APP�Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children�鶹APP�s Rights�鶹APP�. A said the continent �鶹APP�remains the��most conflict-prone region in the world�鶹APP�.

June 16 is the day when young campaigners stand up for children�鶹APP�s rights in Africa �鶹APP� including our network of ��(GYAs).

This��blog will feature news, pictures and social media postings from some of the Day of the African Child events. You can also find out about , that led to this day being marked each year.

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FOUR GYAs, FOUR GREAT IDEAS

Four of our GYAS successfully submitted a proposal and were awarded a small grant from A World at School to mark Day of the African Child 2016.

Ichide Charles from Nigeria is to raise awareness of IDP (internally displaced people) education through an event with children, young people, local government officials and NGOs, which will include a drama and poetry competition.

Ijeoma Idika-Chima, also from Nigeria, is producing a documentary to show the challenges, needs and possible solutions to support education among vulnerable children affected by the Boko Haram crisis. .

John Gbenagnon from Benin is exploring how children can achieve their full potential at school through the arts, using a Twitter chat, a radio show and an event of performances, panels and discussions. .

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Moses Browne from Liberia is advocating for the United Nations�鶹APP��� �鶹APP� inclusive and quality education for all �鶹APP� through public events, a parade and a petition that will go to the Liberian government. The rest of the GYAs in Liberia have been supporting him in his planning and organisation.

MOSES IN LIBERIA

Moses Browne met with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia, at his parade in the capital Monrovia.

And here are some of the people taking part in the parade.

Moses has written a blog about how students presented a petition statement to members of the Liberian legislature. He also met President Sirleaf, who said: �鶹APP�Let�鶹APP�s meet to discuss further on the best approaches and actions this administration can take to address the education challenge so that all children can be enrolled and have access to quality education.�鶹APP���

Moses also wrote a blog for Huffington Post about education in Liberia and young people�鶹APP�s calls for change.

JOHN IN BENIN

John Gbenagnon was delighted with the way the day went. He said: �鶹APP�Everything was excellent today. The forum was a great success and we were at Radio Benin Culture �鶹APP� the programme was excellent.�鶹APP�

Here are some pictures from the youth forum in the capital city of Porto-Novo.

And here�鶹APP�s what the Souhoutou Initiative �鶹APP� an NGO which works on gender, leadership, development, translation, coaching and communication �鶹APP� ��thought about the youth forum.

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IJEOMA IN NIGERIA

These pictures show Ijeoma Idika-Chima doing interviews for her documentary film about education among vulnerable children in northeastern Nigeria. She said: �鶹APP�Teenz Global Foundation is producing a documentary that focuses on the challenges, needs and possible solutions to support education among vulnerable children affected by the Boko Haram crisis.

�鶹APP�The filming went very well. Most of the children were camera-shy, so we have had to restructure our questions a bit such that they were not upset but could share their story.�鶹APP�

She said Teenz Global Foundation�鶹APP�s aim �鶹APP�is to work with the IDP (internally displaced people) camp authorities to establish a school or raise scholarships for the children to attend LEA while we still provide psycho-social support and Open Learning Kits for them.�鶹APP�

ICHIDE IN NIGERIA

Ichide Charles held an event at Ureu-Offong/Oroko in Akwa Ibom state, featuring children,��young people, community youth leaders, local government officials and NGOs. They included��70 youth from the Sustainable Development Goals Club of the National Youth Service Corps.

It included a drama and poetry competition to engage 40 children from six schools on the ideas of the Day of the African Child.

There were interactive sessions and motivational talks on education change, IDP (internally displaced people) education and the Safe Schools Initiative.

A World At School�鶹APP�s Global Youth Ambassadors in Africa are kindly supported by the players of the People�鶹APP�s Postcode Lottery.

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