Organisations Working for Child Rights
FREE THE CHILDREN
It is an influential international children's movement
with young people all over the world speaking out and taking action
to improve the lives of children.
Free the Children is an international network of children helping
children through representation, leadership and action.
Free the Children has two main purposes
» To free children
from poverty, exploitation and abuse.
» To give children
a voice, leadership training, and opportunities to take action
on issues which affect them from a local to an international
level.
Free the Children is dedicated to eliminating the exploitation
of children around the world, by encouraging youth to volunteer
in, as well as to create programs and activities that relieve
the plight of underprivileged children.
Free the Children believes that all children have the right
to full intellectual, physical, emotional and social development.
Included in these basic human rights are the right and the responsibility
to participate in finding solutions to problems affecting them
and other children around the world.
About Free the Children
» Free the Children
is a registered non profit charitable children’s organization
existing in more than 35 countries around the world and growing
every day
» Only children under
the age of 18 within the organization vote on decisions regarding
policy and projects or act as spokespersons for children or
for the organization.
» Youth 18 and over
act as mentors or chaperones and help with administration and
leadership development.
» Most of the work
of Free the Children takes place on a local level among children
who have formed groups in their schools, neighbourhoods, religious
centres, communities, or among their friends. Children make
decisions regarding projects they undertake and organize the
actions themselves.
» Other children’s
groups run by children with similar goals are also welcome under
the umbrella of Free the Children.
» Children are linked
through national teams and an international secretariat.
» A children’s
Board of Directors makes decisions regarding the policy and
direction of the movement.
» The Adult Board
of Directors includes a lawyer and an accountant who handle
legal contracts for projects, government reports and finances.
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