Activists Roll Out Campaign Against Child Abuses Child rights activists under the ANPPCAN initiative have launched a nationwide campaign set to create a secure environment for children in the country. By Kenneth Kazibwe A woman suspected of stealing a baby being paraded at Kampala Police Station A woman suspected of stealing a baby being paraded at Kampala Police Station Launching the campaign at Naguru infant primary school in Kampala, ANPPCAN Uganda executive director Anselm Wandega noted that this is intended to help children within homes, schools and all communities. Reaching out to 7,000 children in the districts of Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono, the project will treat victims of abuse; exploitation and violence which will help empower those at risk of abuse to fight it, said Wandega. We shall activate sharing forums for child protection at various levels from community to district level through fostering collective child protection responsibility and positive parenting, he added. The ANPPCAN boss cited a recent survey which revealed that the number of defilement cases had increased from 7,690 in 2011 to 8,076 and 9,598 in 2012 and 2013 respectively. It’s unfortunate that a number of children still cant identify many forms of violence meted on them and in case where they do, they are afraid to report mostly because the very people they are supposed to report to are the perpetrators of the practice, Wandega added. According to ANPPCAN, Kampala is a habitat to hundreds of children trafficked and displaced from disaster areas patented by poor caregivers and highly affected by child labour. We hope by the end of the project, we will have achieved positive parenting where parents will besides working to put food on the table spare time to communicate and strengthen the bond with their children. According to officials from the childs rights body, the most driving factor that sustains abuse is the erosion of the moral fabric that played a central role in ensuring protection and proper growth of children in the cultural context. The realities of globalization and urbanization, life on the streets as well as loss of parents means these are disabled in conducting their roles as had been in the tradition, officials from ANPPCAN noted. The Shs 600m project, according to ANPPCAN, will also provide an opportunity for parents and teachers to learn about other alternative forms of disciplining children rather than beating them up. In an interview with Chimpreports, Nakawa division mayor Benjamin Kalumba said the program will benefit children whose morals have decayed due to advancement in technology. The way of life for many children is not good because many of them have been neglected by parents but with the introduction of this program, the life of the most important asset of the nation will be brought back, Kalumba noted.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:11:00 +0000
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