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17/06/2009, 11h17
Grand Merci à M. Laudolino Medina pour nous avoir transmis ce message de M. Hamimu Masudi, qui rappelle la genèse de la célébration de cette journée, ainsi que celui de Mme Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhate, en attaché
In Soweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today.
On its part, the UN Millennium Campaign has petitions African states, Civil Society Organizations and the private sector to tackle child and maternal mortality, school dropout, gender inequality and poor quality standards in UPE schools if Africa is to realize the Millennium Development Goals that relates to the welfare and safety of African children.
Hamimu Masudi
In Soweto, South Africa, thousands of black school children took to the streets in 1976, to protest the inferior quality of their education and to demand their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young boys and girls were shot down; and in the two weeks of protest that followed, more than a hundred people were killed and more than a thousand were injured.
To honour the memory of those killed and the courage of all those who marched, the Day of the African Child has been celebrated on 16 June every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. The Day also draws attention to the lives of African children today.
On its part, the UN Millennium Campaign has petitions African states, Civil Society Organizations and the private sector to tackle child and maternal mortality, school dropout, gender inequality and poor quality standards in UPE schools if Africa is to realize the Millennium Development Goals that relates to the welfare and safety of African children.
Hamimu Masudi