Voices of Children in Ghana

Child participation is a fundamental human right and is a guiding principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). UNICEF in close collaboration with the Department of Children and a NGO, Curious Minds organized a consultation event which brought together over 100 children from one region in the month of September 2008.
The events involved focus group discussions and plenary sessions. Each focus group was conducted with children from various social and economic backgrounds where they discussed issues related to one of the following sectors: 1) Education, 2) Health & Nutrition, 3) Child Protection, 4) Advocacy, and 5) Water and Sanitation.
This process provided an important and interesting insight to take childrens views and perspectives into consideration for UNICEFs programme in the country.

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[wallaaf]

The young kid at 1:44 is very good speaker. I can see him being a politician in Ghana one day. Maybe the next Kofi Annan.

[MrsAndrea5]

smart kids

[NVFTV]

I agree with Wallaaf, I thought the same thing! Kudos to Unicef Ghana for bringing children into the conversation about their own well-being.

[Ashantequeen]

Nice Video. Very informative!

[kakompo]

Insightful