UNICEF: Kenyan children "Run for Our Rights"

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NAIROBI, Kenya, 25 November 2009 Approximately 300 Kenyan children sprinted through the busy streets of downtown Nairobi this week, chanting the phrase our rights! at the Run for our Rights event marking the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Visually impaired Kenyan runner and Beijing Special Olympics Gold Medal winner Henry Kirwa took part in the run, along with representatives from the UNICEF Kenya office and the UNICEF Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Mr. Kirwa dedicated the day to children everywhere who are living with disabilities.

Because I was visually impaired, I was not able to go to school as a child, said Mr. Kirwa. Also, because my community was very poor, we paid very little much attention to education and to the needs of children with disabilities.

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