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	Joint advocacy programme on Child Rights & Responsibilities,to mark the Day of Prayer & action for Children November 2009
	Expected Outcome:
	Organizing Partners:
	To Know More About
	objectives of our Campagin
	Observence of the Day
	Advocacy Campagin
	About DPAC

Expected Outcome:

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Advocacy campaign conducted and Opportunities provided for children to learn more about their Rights, Respect and Responsibilities covering 20,000 children
A day of Prayer & Action for children 2009 planned, executed & evaluated
Organized one ethics education workshop for 200 volunteers
Organized 4 Ethics education workshops for 200 children
Children led 10 projects supported and organized

Organizing Partners:

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Shanti Ashram
200 Youth and Child Volunteers
50 Schools in Coimbatore
Indian Members of GNRC/ Arigatou International

We envision a world in which all children are empowered to develop their spirituality embracing ethical values, learning to live in solidarity with people of different religions and civilizations, and building faith in that, which people refer to as God, Ultimate Reality or Divine Presence.

TO KNOW MORE ABOUT

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DPAC 2009, Shanti Ashram :

G.Vijayaragavan : 9994156626 vijay.varma035@gmail.com

Joint Advocacy Campaign :
J.Sudharson : 9786779121 sudharson2020@gmail.com

Children led Projects : S.Praveen kumar : 9940920582 jeevpraveen@gmail.com

Ethics Eductaion workshop : A. Vigethearan : 9003341160 nevi2eelam@yahoo.co.in

Objectives of our Campign

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To carry out a joint advocacy programme on Child Rights & Responsibilities centered
around two important observances :

India's National 'Children's Day'

'A Day for Prayer & Action for Children’

The advocacy campaign will be led by 200 youth & child volunteers and 20,000 Children will be reached through this campaign
To build capacities of children & young people to live together by organizing Ethics Education Workshops using the Learning to Live Together manual To support 10 children led projects on helping impact 'Child Poverty'

We will observe on the 20th of November at 5p.m. with Religious leaders from the Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh & Jain traditions at the 1500 year old Perur Patteswarar temple & Walk to Mahathma Gandhi's memorial on the banks of the Noyyal River and participate in a Community Interfaith Prayer

On the 21st of November we will conclude the campaign At Shanti Ashram at 10.30 a.m. with 500 CHILDREN from 50 schools And Representatives of the Gandhian Institutions, Government, Unicef & Media Young People & children will share their experiences about the Joint Advocacy campaign & the 10 children led projects Implemented to help impact Those affected by 'Child Poverty' in Coimbatore, INDIA

ORGANIZING EVERY CHILD MATTERS! ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN WILL BE ORGANIZED IN 3

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Volunteer Mobilization :
200 volunteers from 10 colleges of Coimbatore will work together with children in making this campaign possible through

Volunteers Meetings

Finalization of Time frame & schedule

Setting up of 5 Working Teams

Developing a campaign strategy

Capacity Building :

Capacity building workshops will be conducted for 200 volunteers.

Advocacy Campaign will be implanted in partnership with 50 Schools

The work will include preparation of Advocacy Materials on Child Rights & Responsibilities, Developing and presenting of the scope of the Campaign to school principals & Birth certificate verification of 20,000 children in tandem with Awareness on Childs Rights & Responsibilities.

About DPAC world Wide

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DPAC is a new initiative on behalf of the world's children. A distinguished planning committee chaired by Dr.Kul Gautham (former Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF) and including religious leaders from the world's religions, with representatives from UNICEF and UNESCO has been constituted to coordinate this effort. 20th of November has been designated by the United Nations as Universal Children's Day to be celebrated by the world's religions as 'A World Day of Prayer and Action for Children.' On that day, which coincides with the anniversary of the most universally embraced human rights treaty – the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we propose that prayers and meditations to be held in the places of worship and veneration on a common theme that relates to the wellbeing of children and protection of their rights.
It is proposed that services and acts of worship are held by particular religious communities, as well as interfaith ceremonies and rituals where people from different faiths come together to pray and recommit themselves to working for children's well being.

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Because
We envision a world in which all children are empowered to develop their spirituality embracing ethical values, learning to live in solidarity with people of different religions and civilizations, and building faith in that, which people refer to as God, Ultimate Reality or Divine Presence