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Arigatou International and Partners host an Interfaith Prayer with Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic

PRESS RELEASE Tokyo, 21 April 2020 Arigatou International and its Global Network of Religions for Children, together with several faith-based and interfaith organizations, will host a Live Interfaith Prayer with Children on Wednesday 22 April at 08.00 EST/14.00 CET. The Prayer will be livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook.

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Arigatou International launches Global Campaign to Mobilize Religious Leaders to Respond to the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children

PRESS RELEASE Tokyo, 7 April 2020 Arigatou International launched today a global campaign titled “Faith in Action for Children” calling on religious leaders and religious communities to increase their actions in response to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children. The campaign builds on the important role that faith plays in emergency situations to strengthen

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Launch of the Global Study “Faith and Children’s Rights: A Multi-religious Study on the Convention on the Rights of the Child”

Arigatou International, in close collaboration with UNICEF, the former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) and with the support of partners, the International Dialogue Center (KAICIID) and World Vision International, has launched the first ever global study on Faith and Children’s Rights to

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New Joint Efforts to End Violence Against Children

ISSUED 14th May 2017 – PANAMA CITY, PANAMA; NAIROBI, KENYA; SANTIAGO; CHILE; TOKYO, JAPAN; Five hundred faith leaders from 70 countries, joined by representatives of governments, the United Nations, and international and grassroots organizations, have made a solemn commitment to greater effort and cooperation in the cause of ending violence against children. The leaders met

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Celebrating 7th World Day, Religious and Secular Groups Aim to Stop Violence against Children

New York, November 20, 2014 – The World Day of Prayer and Action for Children celebrates its seventh annual World Day today. So far, affiliates in faith-based and secular groups are organizing 71 activities in 22 countries with the explicit aim of stopping violence against children.

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Interim Steering Committee on Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty holds Its First Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya

The Interfaith Initiative to End Child Poverty (IIECP) — the fourth Initiative by Arigatou International kicked off in Nairobi by holding its first Interim Steering Committee Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya from the 19th to 20th August 2013.

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Arigatou International – Nairobi officially launched

The Arigatou International – Nairobi office was officially launched on 17th October 2013 on the occasion of the International Day of Eradication of Poverty. UNICEF Kenya Country Representative Mr. Marcel Rudasingwa, who was representing the Regional Director Mr. Steven Allen, led other guests in the formal launch of Arigatou International – Nairobi. UNICEF Kenya Country

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