On November 20, 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, establishing some fundamental standards for the well-being of every child in every part of the world. AMU, with its projects, is committed daily to guarantee the respect of these rights.
Right to education
In Sierra Leone dropout rates are very high, especially because schools are often located miles away from the villages. AMU supports the project to expand and adapt a building for the middle school in the village of Serekolia. To provide it with new classrooms, toilets, drinking water and chairs and desks. The entire community has started working to make this dream come true. And the project is moving forward quickly. The population of Serekolia is aware of the great change it is leading, for the present and for the future of their children.
Right to food and health
All children have the right to adequate nutrition and drink potable water . Because using non-potable water carries the risk of contracting diseases . In Burundi, for more than ten years, AMU – in collaboration with CASOBU – supports actions for the supply of drinking water in several villages in the province of Ruyigi. Work is currently being carried out for extend the existing network to all the communities in the area and in the hills of Nombe, Nyarunazi and Kigamba/Rubaragaza. And children can finally drink water without detriment to their health.
Right to play
All children have the right to play and have fun. Even little Dima, ten years old . The girl lives in Homs, Syria, with her parents and three brothers. She suffers from a serious disability . The war had made the treatments that the girl had been following for a long time very expensive. For this reason, she had been forced to interrupt them. It was only with the support of a physiotherapy center that is part of the Seeds of Hope program that Dima was able to get up again, take a few steps, and play.
Children’s right to a home
When the port of Beirut in Lebanon was shaken by a violent explosion on August 4, 2020, the walls of the houses shook, and shards of glass and pieces of furniture were thrown everywhere. The house of Antoniette and her four children was also damaged . They were all afraid: “I will never forget the day of the explosion, not even my children.” This tragedy involved a country that was already facing a serious economic crisis. AMU immediately took action with the Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement to restore the houses and ensure dignified living conditions.
