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More than 500 students at St. Mary’s School Msongari, Nairobi were excited to learn about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they could be involved in achieving these global goals. In a visit in the school on 6th February 202, we were honoured to interact with the students, sharing about the need to involve

Children in Kenya and Sri Lanka have been learning about sustainable development through a fun and integrated approach. Through Arigatou International’s SDGs Academy for Children, more than 300 children participated in several learning sessions hosted by the SDGs Academy Pioneer Hub in Limuru, Kenya, and SDGs Academy Model Classroom in Colombo, Sri Lanka, within the

The Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) – Moldova, through the Association of Professional Women from Moldova has established and officially launched on, 26 July 2022 a children’s play park, in commemoration of the End Child Poverty 10 – anniversary, dubbed ECP@10. The park is intended to provide a safe space for children to

Arigatou International has launched the 2nd call for the Children’s Solutions Lab, inviting applications from the public throughout the month of March. In these applications, children’s groups (at least 4 children) around the world are invited to submit projects led by them that can propose context-sensitive and unique solutions to poverty affecting children in their

Dear Friends and Family, On behalf of Arigatou International’s – End Child Poverty, we would like to wish you a joyous holiday season filled with peace. As we continue to face the COVID-19 pandemic, we sincerely appreciate your unwavering friendship, partnership, goodwill and support throughout the year. During these holidays, we turn our thoughts and

“Elections is like water, it’s very fluid but we have an opportunity to shape the directions” It is within the view of this captivating statement by Anne Maua, a youth from Coastal Kenya that the ‘Youth for Peaceful Elections’ forum was shaped. The forum brought together 30 diverse young people from Kenya, aimed at reflecting

Fred Nyabera, the Director of Arigatou International – End Child poverty has been elected to serve in the International Partnership on Religion and Development (PaRD) steering group for the period 2021 – 2023. He is among 6 individuals elected in the new steering group, drawn from Faint Based Organisations, Civil Society and Academia, representing various

In Commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP), the End Child Poverty Knowledge Centre in collaboration with the Sarvodaya movement held a day-long event with over 110 pupils, teachers and parents at Unagaswela Primary School, Karandeniya, Galle in Sri Lanka. Realizing that the school was located in a rural area with

Isaiah, a boy from (Kiambu / Nairobi) spoke during a Children’s Online Safety awareness session organised by our partner in Kenya, Stepping Up Global. The event was held on 20th October 2021, as part of the “Together We Can End Child Poverty Worldwide” Campaign, and as a follow-up to the International Day for the Eradication

Over 70 children aged 7 to 16 years drawn from Mathare, Nairobi, were treated to a day of fun and games during the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP), 17th October 2021. Each with their talent, found a safe haven in a day-long children’s event organized by our partner, The Cry Of A

As part of the activities of the International Day of Eradication of Poverty(IDEP) and the larger ‘Together we can End Child Poverty Campaign’; on 9th October, 2021; over 40 children, youth and adults from different faiths gathered at the physical hub of the The SDGs Academy for Children at the Jumuia Conference and Country Home,

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need to give specific attention to restoring sources of livelihoods, especially for young people. This realization and reality formed the core of the discussions at a two-day consultation workshop for youth and Faith leaders organized by the Africa Faith Leaders Initiative (AFLI) between 23rd –

Through our annual End Child Poverty photo contest, we aim to tell visual stories of what individuals around the world are doing to address child poverty in their communities in specific ways. Furthermore, the photo contest creates a space for more people to take part in the ‘Together We Can End Child Poverty worldwide’ campaign.

Arigatou International – End Child Poverty has released its annual report for the year 2020/2021, covering from April 2020 to March 2021. While introducing the report to readers, Fred Nyabera, the Director Arigatou International – End Child Poverty noted that, “The year 2020 will forever be memorialized as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and

“I would like to leave Youth In Action better than I came, I believe the Youth In Action team of 2021 can make the world a better place, I hope to contribute…

The group of children behind the project “the Children of the Internet” from Santiago de Cuba gathered together in a workshop in October 2020 to brainstorm ideas to address poverty in their communities. They formulated several ideas and finally decided to support children that were suffering disproportionately from lack of educational materials especially digital gadgets

Santa’s Helpers, a group consisting of five children aged 13 to 18 years from Sombor, Serbia, has been collecting gift packs and donating them to vulnerable children during Christmas and New Year’s for several years. However, during 2020 and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, something was different.

Perturbed by the socio-economic impacts the Covid-19 pandemic was having on vulnerable children, four Peruvian children from the group ‘Expresarte’ longed to support their peers from vulnerable backgrounds. They brainstormed on different solutions and finally came up with a combined approach to support education and reduce poverty. The project idea came directly from their own

“Saada and Suleina are sisters living in a community where child marriages are still practiced. The two sisters are school going teenagers but their parents decide to marry them off, in line with the community’s customs. The marriage plans and procedures are concluded, making Saada and Suleina wives to two men in the community. But

The Children’s Parliament in India engaged more than 300 children from nine villages in dis-cussions to brainstorm what could be done to address issues related to education, health care and livelihoods. It was the mass school closures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic that moti-vated the children to decide on solutions to support access to education.

Dear Friends, Arigatou International – End Child Poverty wishes you a joyous holiday season filled with peace. This year has been undeniably challenging. With the global Covid-19 pandemic, we cannot merely wish the world around us away, rather, we have to take view of the finish line, and creatively disrupt our lives in order to

Barely slightly a month after October 17th, (the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, IDEP), the ‘Together we can end child poverty worldwide’ campaign, run by Arigatou International — End Child poverty has reached to over 5,000 children in more than 20 countries from 25 organizations, through grassroots actions towards eradicating poverty.

With the global Covid-19 pandemic having deeply affected vulnerable children and widened existing social inequalities in Romania, Education for Change (member of the Global Network of Religions for Children), our partner from Romania held a webinar reflecting on the best ways to develop and support initiatives by children and youth aimed at eradicating child poverty.

In our quest to create a world free of child poverty, we go beyond conventional social and economic approaches. Through our annual photo campaign, we always aim to go a notch higher and show child poverty, at the same time efforts being made to eradicate child poverty through photos. These photos often tell great visual

Arigatou International, through its initiatives; End Child Poverty and Ethics Education for children has launched the Children’s Solutions Lab. This solutions lab is a meaningful space and a participatory process for children from different backgrounds to come together to understand, dialogue and take action towards ending child poverty through solutions focused on education.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, IDEP, 17th October 2020 provides opportunity for concerted efforts by and for people living in poverty, to act on ways to overcome it. It is a day dedicated for individual and collective action, by all communities. This year, IDEP carries the theme, “Acting Together To Achieve Social

Listening to children and young people, working with them and seeing what they have to say on what we have done or not done in matters building positive peace were the key fundamentals action points relayed to every participant in this year’s Coimbatore peace festival. Speaking in the first virtual version of the first festival

As the world goes through the COVID-19 pandemic, people’s lives have dramatically changed as a result of the effects of the pandemic. A conspicuous effect of the pandemic has been a sharp change in children’s learning. Mass school closures have been witnessed worldwide, causing many children’s learning experiences to be reshaped by the sudden introduction

What stumbling blocks exist towards prevention and elimination of Gender Based Violence in your community? Can you come up with sustainable solutions towards mitigating these stumbling blocks and thereby eliminate Gender Based Violence (GBV)?

The Arigatou International is pleased to share that Rev. Fred Nyabera, the Director of End Child Poverty, is the recipient of the, “2019 Spirit of the United Nations.” The award is presented to members of the UN community including ambassadors, UN Staff, NGOs, and youth representatives ¬for upholding the founding spirit of the United Nations.

“Which religion is protected by the Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)? ” This question from Fred Nyabera, the Director of Arigatou International – End Child Poverty sparked conversation and reflections on Freedom of religion or Belief and Peace building.

{zphotos::91} There is need for more advocacy, awareness and documentation by faith actors as part of their efforts to contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs) in Africa. This was the general view and feeling of most of the faith actors during the Faith Leaders and technical representatives meeting of the African

“It is important for us to monitor the rate of gender-based violence in Burundi so that we can understand the best way to address the issue,” stated Innocent (another name) from the African Children and Youth Network for Human Rights / Réseau des Enfants et Jeunes Africains pour les Droits Humains (REJADH) Burundi. The evaluation

A society that promotes peace, a society that respects every religion, a society that respects the dignity of every human being is what the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement stands for, as borrowed from the Gandhian Philosophy. It is the promotion of these values that dominated most sentiments during the Sarvodaya 60th anniversary celebration in Colombo Sri

The youth were also involved in artwork on the last day of the seminar. The assignment was for every country to paint a picture which portrays the future of REJADH. From the paintings which we will be looking at shortly, the different countries gave exciting presentations of the future of REJADH.

The facilitators spoke to four different groups regarding mentorship and the connection between Gender Based Violence (GBV) and child protection. GBV is not only perpetrated on women but also on young children stated Kavitha Vijayaraj, Manager, End Child Poverty – Knowledge Centre Sri Lanka. GBV can have many direct impacts and indirect impacts on the

Shanti Ashram are now the winners of the most inspiring Children – led project in the just concluded Global Awards of the Learning to Live Together by the Arigatou International – Ethics Education program.

Media designates traditional media outlets such as radio, television, newspapers, and magazines, as well as electronic and online media such as e-mail, the Internet, social networking sites and blogs. Media is a powerful force for raising awareness, influencing public opinion and influencing decision-makers and their decisions, and ultimately for changing laws, policies and practices.

There are many advantages in engaging religious leaders in advocacy stated the Burundian team. Religious leaders are able to advocate for change, support and aid positive social transformation. 94% of the global population belong to a religious group; therefore Religious leaders can positively influence the attitudes and lifestyles of societies, for example, they are able

The Moral Imperative’s, “Results for Children: Faith Actors High Level Advocacy Forum in Investing in Early Childhood Development just went down, Bali, Indonesia.” The event, co-organized by the Moral Imperative to End Extreme Poverty and Arigatou International formed part of the Civil Society Organizations sessions at the just concluded joint Annual Meetings of the World