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Children
come first at Open Day
 Children
First, a Durban-based NGO promoting and protecting
the rights and wellbeing of children, invited
friends, colleagues and partner organisations
to mark the "World Day for Prevention of
Child Abuse" on 19 November 2002. The Day
was devoted to children, with guests from various
communities and children's rights organisations
enjoying displays, demonstrations, performances
and food at the Diakonia Centre in St Andrew's
Street, Durban. HIVAN participated with its own
information table, distributing copies of Sondela
and other materials.
In her opening address, Director of ChildLine,
Joan van Niekerk, commended the ChildrenFirst
Journal as being "... one of the few publications
dealing with the rights of children in South Africa.
It is truly indigenous writing from the real heart
of the NGO world and civil society, as well as
a watchdog, a networking tool and a cheap source
of information, important services and useful
resources."
Children First is registered as a Section 21
(not-for-gain) company and is committed to presenting
African perspectives on the situation of children
in South Africa and Africa. It does this by providing:
- a forum for sharing experience and knowledge
that may help develop models of good practice
for working with children
- a platform for debate of issues that affect
children and their carers
- opportunities for children to express their
views and concerns
- a tool for lobbying policymakers and opinion-formers
To contact Children First:
E-mail: office@childrenfirst.org.za
or
Tel/Fax: 27 (0) 31 307 3405.
Visit the Children First website on www.childrenfirst.org.za
or their offices at Room 67, Diakonia Centre,
20 St Andrews Street, Durban
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