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Sky social is an NGO partner with UNICEF in Madhya Pradesh working towards advocating for child rights through their program ‘Youth for children’. As a part of this program Sky Social has mobilized youth across Madhya Pradesh to take action for the rights of the children through policy advocacy and various awareness activities online as well as offline.

Children and young people have the same general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity.

Sky social is an NGO partner with UNICEF in Madhya Pradesh working towards advocating for child rights through their program ‘Youth for children’. As a part of this program Sky Social has mobilized youth across Madhya Pradesh to take action for the rights of the children through policy advocacy and various awareness activities online as well as offline.

Children and young people have the same general human rights as adults and also specific rights that recognize their special needs. Children are neither the property of their parents nor are they helpless objects of charity. They are human beings and are the subject of their own rights.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the rights that must be realized for children to develop to their full potential. The Convention offers a vision of the child as an individual and as a member of a family and community, with rights and responsibilities appropriate to his or her age and stage of development. By recognizing children's rights in this way, the Convention firmly sets the focus on the whole child.

The Convention recognizes the fundamental human dignity of all children and the urgency of ensuring their well-being and development. It makes clear the idea that a basic quality of life should be the right of all children, rather than a privilege enjoyed by a few.

Sky Social has been supporting UNICEF’s various campaigns focused towards rights of children through varieds events organized at community level and with radio station for larger reach of the campaign.

Sky Social also initiated two unique programmes which are ‘Beti ki Awaaz’ or ‘Voice of Girl’ which was carried out in association with Radio Mirchi and the other one was ‘Youth4Children Camp’ where at the district level with support from local authorities this two days awareness camp for youngsters on child rights was organized. Through these initiatives Sky Social has mobilized around youth from across the country.

In 2019, the world marked 30 years since the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. And Sky Social celebrated CRC30 with various activities like street plays, child rights workshop, interactive campaigns, social media campaigns, various competitions, wall paintings and other awareness activities. All these activities were carried out by Sky Social’s youth volunteers who were sensitised and trained on the rights of children the important provisions of CRC.

Child Rights Advocacy has been an important part of the work Sky Social has been doing, and with multi-sectoral approach along with young engagement we are ensuring that children are able to get access to all the resources and their rights are not violated. Through a behavioural change approach Sky Social closely also works with various government departments and engage all the relevant stakeholders at all the levels including front-line workers.

Through the Youth for Children Programme, Sky Social is addressing various issues around child rights including education, healthcare, protection, safety, child marriage, nutrition, climate change and other related areas.

Youth4Children Camp with UNICEF

Sky Social with UNICEF organized a two - day residential camp Youth4Children Camp at Sehore, MP near Jamoniya Tank Village on 21st and 22nd October 2019. Youth4Children program aims to sensitize young people on the issues related to children at the same time to identify advocates for Child Rights. Through this program youth got an opportunity to understand and learn about child rights. The participants were youth who are influencers, bloggers, photographers, artist, social media enthusiasts’ and young entrepreneurs etc., who used their social media platforms to promote child rights. The camp was inaugurated by Mr. Ajay Gupta, District Collector, Sehore, Mr. Michael Juma, UNICEF Chief, MP, Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Motivational Speaker, Mr. Pawan Deolia, Senior Journalist and Ms. Rachna Bhudolia, District Head Women and Child Department.

Child Rights Week Celebration, Eradicating Child Marriage with UNICEF

On 13th November 2019, the celebration of international child rights week began. Sky Social with UNICEF was a part of an event which was about eradicating child marriage. The event was organized at Ankur School, Bhopal. The event started with a display of dolls in which 32% of them were married signifying that even today 32% of the children in India still gets married before the legal age of marriage. The guests of the event were Nirmala Buch (President, CRO), Michael Juma (Senior representative of UNICEF, MP) and Anil Gulati (Communication Specialist, UNICEF, MP). There were various youth volunteers also who were a part of this event. All the guests along with volunteers took a pledge that they will try their best to stop child marriages in India by doing a candlelight vigil inside the school campus.

Child Rights Week Celebration, Wall Painting and Workshop with UNICEF

Sky Social with UNICEF celebrated the international child rights week on 16th November 2019 at Bawadiya Kalan Government School, Bhopal. Youth volunteers also took part in this celebration. The event started with a fun activity with school children where they enjoyed with youth volunteers followed by a work shop on child rights and a rights-based activity called voice of children which was also organized by youth volunteers. Some youth volunteers with school children also did wall painting in the school premises with messages on child rights. There was an exhibition displayed consisting pictures taken by our youth participants at youth4children camp.

Child Rights Week Celebration, Poster Making and Photography Competition with UNICEF

On 18th November, five youth participants of Makhanlal University with Sky Social organized a poster making competition and photography competition on child rights. The participants of the competition covered various topics like child labor, right to play, right to participation, right to privacy and right to share their opinions.

World Children’s Day Celebration 2019

On 19th and 20th October 2019, Raja Bhoj Setu bridge, Minto Hall, VIP road and Bhopal gate went blue as we celebrated world children’s day, a campaign by UNICEF supported by Sky Social. This campaign ended with the first time ever building projection on child rights at Habibganj station followed by an exhibition of the pictures taken by our youth participants at youth4children camp.