In 2018, as every year, the United Nations in New York commemorated 17 October, the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty. This year, six illustrated posters from the "Letter's Colors" exhibition were on display.
This year, the commemoration took place in the lobby of the main UN building, which gave great visibility to the event...
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Mr. Chairman, Our revered Traditional Rulers present, Hon Assembly men and women present, Elders of the communities, Circuit Supervisors present,Women’s group representatives, Youth group leaders present, School children Present Men and Women, Children and Youth groups present, Invited Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is gratifying to be...
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By adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the extreme violence and suffering of the second World War, the world’s nations proclaimed their refusal to accept that any person be crushed by other people. They affirmed the basic humanity of all people.
Yet still today, in both north and south, in both east and west, in both...
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For me, poverty is about neglected areas that are not taken care of, or where there are no resources for families such as libraries, good schools and good stores. In the stores here, most of the groceries are out of date. The store owners think that we’re content to live this way because they think we do not have a voice, but that is not the...
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The following two themes, which take into account the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2019, are proposed for the October 17 commemoration this year:
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