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The International Day of disabled persons

According to the World Bank OVC Toolkit, a vulnerable child is defined as one under the age of 18 years and currently at high risk of lacking adequate care and protection. However, even where the child has the utmost care and protection, he is still vulnerable by the simple reason of his being a child. There is however a class of children whose vulnerability is heightened as a result of physiological conditions over which they lack control – they are the children living with disability. Their condition is more apalling in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa where policies spare little or no thought for them. It is the International Day of Disabled Persons and for children out there living with disability, The Adekunle Child Foundation remembers them and inspires hope. # SpareaThoughtfortheVulnerableChild .

The International Day of the Girl Child

The International Day of the Girl Child is usually marked on the 11th day of October every year. As part of our activities to mark the International Day of the Girl Child, The Adekunle Child Foundation (TACF) decided to hold a Public Lecture to commemorate the Day on 12th October, 2017. Theme for 2017 was Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030.
TACF worked with Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), Abuja, the African Women Lawyers’ Association (Abuja Branch), Sisters, Wives and Mothers (SWiM), an NGO dedicated to women and girls’ empowerment and Inspirational Parenting Network (IPaN), a body dedicated to enlightening and empowering parents.
The women spoke to over 175 adolescent girls from primary and secondary schools in Garki, Abuja. It was an impactful event. The girls were excited. They asked questions. They were given various gifts. The eye-opener was the one-on-one sessions the girls had with the women. They opened up on the various abuses they were exposed to and they were offered solutions through counselling sessions.
The girl child is vulnerable and endangered. We must stand up for her and give her a voice.