Tuesday, July 2, 2019

NGOS, TEACHERS, VSLA, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LEADERS SENSITIZED INSPIRE STRATEGIES

The sensitization meeting was attended by 30 participants from different sectors on introduce contents of inspire package promotion inception on ending violence against children. The team from RIC-NET and RIDE AFRICA facilitated the training and  shared  information on  different types of violence against children (VAC), effects and consequences of VAC, VAC national  surveys report  and INSPIRE packages.

The following are the different causes violence in Buyangabu District  identified  participants:
Forced and early marriage, Taking alcohol by parents, High crime levels, Receiving gifts from strangers, Denial of basic needs to children, Allowing children to go to video halls,Taking children at school early in the morning, Poverty, Hunger/stave, Being mishandled by parents, Lack of parental love, Poor culture and policies used to rise children, Fighting between parents, Decline in religious norms.
 Others are: Law levels of education Divorce, Unemployment, Limited implementation of the laws, Being ignorant about the rights of children , Peer pressure, Environment where the child is living.
Some parents/ guardians are irresponsible some are taken up by economic activities and are greedy to perpetuate child labour e.g. sending a child to work but the money is shared by the guardians or parents, Use of drugs e.g. marijuana opium etc.


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