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Our Centre has
taken up ‘Children’s Rights Artwork ‘as a rights based programme
through its ‘Children’s Rights Centre’ for rural and urban
children in and around Madurai, Tamilnadu, South India under the
aegis of the Art Venture, Singapore This is an innovative
programme for children in the age group 7-17,which aims at
providing ways to learn,debate,raise awareness and foster
activism about their rights to
survival,protection,development,participation as enshrined in
the UN Convention on the rights of the child(1989) through
artwork.
The children’s Right Artwork not only aims at building a
holistic understanding of Child Rights and exploring areas of
concern that affect children and their rights but also combining
arts with a study of the UN convention on the rights of children
as a way to promote children’s understanding of their legal
status in society. The artwork includes folk dances, folk music
and songs, drawing and painting, cartooning, children’s rights
mural, floor arts, needlecrafts, lacework, writing contests and
competitions, portrait and figure drawing and cartooning on
computers etc, which develop art skills, improve self confidence
and enhance creative and enjoyment in the arts and to know of
their rights to childhood.
It focuses on creating an awareness among the children and the
adults as well concerning various rights based issues namely
education,peace,poverty,environment,discrimination,disability,child
labour,armed conflicts, health, sexual exploitation, violence
against children,media,children in conflict with law. Children
will be provided with an opportunity to explore what ‘the best
interests of the child’ mean in the UN Convention on the rights
of the child through arts education and participation. They have
a chance to express their attitude about their rights and to
share and discuss their experiences with others.Within a span of
three years the project will cover 15000 female and male
children from 50 schools which are located in and around Madurai
and its neighbouring villages.
As part of our Children’s rights through artwork initiative our
organisation has organised a series of poster contests for
school children in the age group of 5-17 in March 2008. As
nearly as 370 school children from 47 schools from actively
participated in the events.
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