Ezbet El Hagana – 4,5 Region – Nasser City – Cairo – Egypt
Cairo
Egypt
- Human rights
Based on the spirit of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Abanos pursues to be the alternative social, cultural and educational institution that meets- on the long run- all Economic, Social and Cultural needs of the poor, the displaced 4nd the refugee children, through respecting, realizing, achieving and applying their economic, social and cultural rights.
The Legal Frame of our Work
- The Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924 and in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 1959.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (in particular in articles 23 and 24).
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (in particular in article 10).
- The statutes and relevant instruments of specialized agencies and international organizations concerned with the welfare of children.
- Abanos' Starting Point (Activities organized with internal and self finance).
Guided by the felt needs, we began as a small scale group of children's rights activists interested in realizing the rights of the Sudanese displaced and refugee children in Egypt). In an attempt to improve their living conditions through integrating them in the society, providing them with the opportunities to express and improve the.
2003, Abanos started its first program named "Sudan'~Lands" with 11 Sudanese refugee children. In this program, the children learnt about their home land, its different regions, the characteristics of each region, this was through different art activities such as: Singing, Theatre, story telling, Poetry and Painting.
2003, Our Sudanese children performed a play titled "The Moon Boba". The play is written by Abeer Al-Ansary, the Chairman and Founder of Abanos and directed by Mohammed Elishi. It was performed (luring "Africa in a Week" festival.
In 26 January 2004, Abanos celebrated the "Sudanese Child Day", Abanos invited the Sudanese children living in Egypt: The Children of the Association of Building and Developing the South Community, Children of the Sudan's Children Charity, children of Sudia Association and the children of Upper Egypt.
2004, Abanos organized abnosiat exhibition 2004 summer course.
2005, Formation of children choir as a channel of children to address and promote issues related to their ESC rights.
2006, Production of (a child to child) news letter, which children participate in writing, drawing,
2006, Production of a documentary film that illustrates certain aspects of Arbaa wa Nus children lives.
2007, Women project for fashion desire and crasto.
2007, exhibition for women products.
Objectives:
• The promotion of the child's sense of dignity arid worth, arid which takes into account the child's age and the desirability of promoting.
• To recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child arid to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.
• Elimination poverty and the state of aimlessness that leads to the spread of violence and delinquency among the children in need.
• The promotion and protection of the children's economic, social and cultural rights.
• To activate and implement the international human rights documents related to the children's rights and ratified by the Egyptian government.
• To raise the awareness of the society of the necessity of the realization of the children's ESC rights.
• To improve the ESC rights of the marginalized social classes; to raise their educational and cultural level and to develop their skills and potentials.
• To emerge a social dialogue about the necessity of achieving and realizing the children's ESC rights.
• To improve the artistic sense in the marginalized communities in order to raise tile public sense and put an end to the prevailed state of violence.
• To promoting the child's sense of dignity and worth, to reinforces the child's respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others.
Specific Aims:
• Elimination of ignorance and illiteracy of children and women in the haphazard areas.
• Elimination the Computer illiteracy among the children.
• Teaching the limited-income women and children how to generate their income through vocational training.
• Collecting the children's rights resources and provide them for those who are interested in promoting and protecting children's rights.
• Promoting the child's reintegration and the child's assuming a constructive role in society through focusing on every child's positive characteristics.
• Initializing a dialogue between adults and children around the children's concerns and questions, through which Abanos' staff can identify the most needed.
Interventions:
• Raising that child's and mothers' cultural level to eliminate the harmful practices.
• Employing art as a means to deliver Abanos' human rights, cultural and educational message.
• Providing children and women with the mental and psychological health care, if needed.