Children Empowerment Centers Arigatou International—End Child Poverty (End Child Poverty) partners with organisations to establish children empowerment centres, as safe spaces to secure children’s dignity and wellbeing, through non-formal and informal education. The Children Empowerment Centres aim to benefit children living in poverty or affected by poverty, and all children in society, by providing points
The inaugural Africa Children Summit was not just an ‘attend and go’ summit. It was a platform for children and partnering organization to showcase their work, creativity, and solutions towards creating a better world for children. With the budding SDGs Academy for Children, Arigatou International could ill-afford to miss this opportunity to promote it’s through
Have you ever attended a forum, session, workshop, or conversation where children are in charge? Chances are, you have not experienced this often or even at all. The inaugural Africa Children Summit, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 10th – 12th April, was such unique space entirely designed for and by children to be
Right to Children’s Participation Arigatou International fosters and promotes meaningful children’s participation and empowerment, as fundamental right of each child, espoused in the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). Through End Child Poverty, we have created specific avenues for children to learn, grow, interact with one another and their wider community, and
Children Children are at the heart of all that we do. Not only do we support working for children, but we further strongly encourage working together with children. We mobilise communities to listen to children with empathy and respect, welcoming their wisdom and gifts, and work side-by-side with children to overcome poverty. see more
On the evening of Sinhala and Hindu New Year April 2014, it was a festive day for all Sri Lankans. The garbage dump collapsed in Meethotamulla, Kolonnawa., claiming 38 lives and 180 families were displaced and the affected provided with temporary shelter in Kolonnawa and nearby community centers. The affected families were relocated into a
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
This year’s International Day of Education theme is ‘To Invest in People, Prioritize Education’. Indeed, quality and inclusive education has been deemed as one of the fastest and surest ways to pull children and entire communities out of poverty. Access to education directly corresponds with the levels of development, as evidenced by measures such as
The End Child Poverty Knowledge Centre, joined hands with the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in planting trees to commemorate ECP@10 (10th anniversary of Arigatou International – End Child Poverty). The Knowledge Center visited two schools in Galle District where they planted hundreds of trees and distributed tree seedlings among children, parents, teachers and staff and members
Arigatou International is a non-profit organization which works to bring people from all walks of life together to build a better world for children. Arigatou International is “All for Children,” and draws on universal principles of common good to offer compelling new ways for people of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to come together to address children’s issues.
Building a world free of child poverty by addressing both the human and structural root causes of poverty through theological
reflection and action, advocacy and knowledge-sharing, and grassroots action to assist children in poverty.
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