ASSOCIATIONS NETWORKS

• REEJER (Réseau des Educateurs des Enfants et Jeunes de la Rue) has recently opened in Kinshasa, RDC ( flash - march 2004). This network wants to federate all the associations in the Congo that work with children. Its objectives are to train the teachers, share experiences, encourage joint efforts, provide coordination particularly in critical circumstances (e.g. kidnapping of children), supply advice through a bureau, draw attention of the needs to the authorities and public and to help in family requirements. The network has already 68 members employing some 400 helpers.

• Abadacogora, Rwanda ( flash - march 2004) is a member of "Enfants et Jeunes Travailleurs" (EJT) which provides tuition for all youth, including street children. EGT, an offspring from ENDA/ Dakar, shares its know-how and educational supplies with other centres. Three fledgling centres have started up, managed by 25 children now independent, but each receives a visit from a trained helper at least once a week.
  mariusdion@hotmail.com

• ENDA Sénégal et Jeunesse Action ( flash - march 2004) organised the sixth "Meeting for African Children and Young Workers" in Thiès. This comprised 336 groups from53 towns and 18 countries. Subjects on the agenda included: progress in the Children’s Rights, the fight against exploitation, professional training and the creation of revenue-earning activities. jeuda@enda.sn

• Tissons ( flash - october 2002) operates in Mali and Burkina Faso. Its activities are "intangible": they consist in creating synergies, information networks and mutual aid among the various groups in the field. Its efforts have been rewarded in Burkina Faso by the drawing up of a "national programme for street children" over a 5 year period with the ministries concerned and 45 associations known to Tissons.
  tissons@club-internet.fr

• The Consortium for Street Children ( flash - march 2002) is an international network providing legal aid to associations dealing with respect for childrens' rights. Apply (preferably in English) to:

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... Educational principles from different associations

Created on 29 april, 2006 - Updated on 17 november, 2007