Africa celebrates its children

Posted by K Mensah on 6/17/09 • Categorized as Africa, Politics

Per GBC in Ghana, the 19th edition of the Day of the African Child was observed in most parts of the world yesterday. The day was set aside by the African Union to commemorate the 1976 massacre of school children in Soweto, South Africa.

The celebration is to bring into focus, issues that affect the effective development of children and their well being. It is no secret that since the Day was set aside in 1990, some amount of progress has been made regarding the four main pillars of children’s rights, namely survival, development, protection and participation.

Twitterers worldwide took time off to join in the celebration:

chicblvd (California) RT @compassion Pray for the millions of children in Africa that struggle every day with extreme poverty. Today is Day of the African Child. 16 Jun 2009 from web

RightToPlayNL (Rotterdam, Netherlands) Celebrating the Day of the African Child with 400 kids was great! Check it out on http://www.righttoplay.nl/smartsite.dws?id=2131 17 Jun 2009 from web

solarafrica (Africa) In Sub Saharan Africa 1 in 7 children die before their 5th bday. Day of the African Child briefing report on MDG4. http://bit.ly/CaOWw 17 Jun 2009 from bit.ly

mensah (Accra, Ghana) I hope every African child will one day have access to free basic education as I celebrate belated Day of the Africa Child. 17 Jun 2009 from twhirl

jillc8354 (Undisclosed) Today is the Day of the African Child, in memory of thousands of children who were killed in the 1976 Soweto uprising…Please remember. 17 Jun 2009 from web

lhtorres (Cambridge, Mass.) Great #peacetile made by South African youth to share in honor of Day of the African Child: http://bit.ly/wU5F2 more at http://bit.ly/EF1yh 17 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck

MaritalSecrets (Dallas, Texas) Nigeria: First Lady Turai Decries Infant Mortality Rate: As Nigeria marks the Day of the African Child today, Fi.. http://bit.ly/cSyDj 17 Jun 2009 from twitterfeed