CHILD RIGHTS  AMBASSADORS 

NHFGN  knows that children can be effective change-makers in their communities when they are empowered to speak out about issues that affect them. They are the future peacemakers, they will build sustainable peacebuilding projects in their communities.

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Putting this into action has brought about the Child Rights Ambassadors Programme. This project works with children to help them identify issues that affect them and teach them how to advocate on behalf of themselves and other children in their communities. We give the children five key goals that the training will achieve to help them keep other children safe:

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1. Understanding Child rights 

2. International Child Rights Advocacy

3. Life skills 

4. Community Child Rights Advocacy

5. Child Protection in my community

6. BeSetting up Child Rights Clubs in my country.

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How does this build their capacity?

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Helping children identify issues and understand their rights is vital to ensure that they understand how they should be treated. Their advocacy projects following on from the training means that far more children and adults will hear the messages, and become more receptive to the goals of NHFGN. Training children in these skills helps to build a future with adults who are able to promote uphold other people's rights

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Methodology

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The first group of Child Rights Ambassadors was chosen, but in the very near future, they shall be elected democratically, from projects run by NHFGN chapters across the world and involve children who have committed to the programme and to be trained in children’s rights, child protection, life skills and community leadership. These elected children will act as representatives from their country.

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Child Rights Ambassadors attend a Child Rights training that has 6 modules that cover the following:

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1. Respecting others 

2. Leadership

3. Child Protection

4. Life Skills

5. Serving my Community/ Country

6. Promoting child human rights

7. Managing clubs and resources effectively

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• Child Rights Ambassadors are trained in several skills that include art as an advocacy tool for child human rights, and art as a therapy.

• Door-to-door child rights advocacy, talking about child rights with community members

• Appearing on social media and other media platforms talking about NHFGN. 

• Carrying out fundraising for their chapters, working with the local office,

• Working with country directors  to organise advocacy events in the community 

• Child Ambassadors will in turn elect their own office bearers for the period of their term to form committees that will represent their interests to the international Board and  Secretariat representing other children from across the world.

• They serve a period of 1 year and seek election if they have successfully carried out their projects well.

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