Mapel, Alur Youth Launch Girl-Child Education Campaign
Youth from Mapel and Alur have launched a girl-child education campaign. 27 April 2013 This is the first time for Alur Youth to intensify such campaign across Kwajieno Payam in Jur River County aiming to strengthen the value of women in the community.[ James Deng Dimo] By James Deng Dimo WAU, 25 April 2013 [Gurtong] –The joint launching covers three villages, Agur, Tindil and Bahr Chana and was organized by Alur Youth Union (AYU) in collaboration with Arkangelo Ali Association (AAA) and Heath Net TPO as a massive campaign targeting girl’s dropping out at schools before completing their studies or reaching marriage age. This is the first time for Alur Youth to intensify such campaign across Kwajieno Payam in Jur River County aiming to strengthen the value of women in the community. The launching has be officially marked by Mapel communities along side with mothers, and local traditional chiefs as a petition to make education a reality for all Alur girls in Jur River County. Mapel women during the launching chanted loudly against rape as many women were reportedly raped by elements under training at the SPLA camp in Mapel town last year, cases which are not clearly tried. Speaking during the launching ceremony, Mr Joseph Ungom Aken of Alur youth union leader urge the community to send all their children to school regardless of ages difference and disability. “School can teach us to tackle all problems such as Agriculture activities, technical works, business, leadership among others,” Aken told the crowd. The community of the three villages appreciated the Association of taking that chance of covering the entire community on making awareness on issues such as drug abuse which is affecting the youth of new nation. Also Bahr Channa community has so much appreciated the initiative of girl-child education and responded by promising to open up community school if AYU can facilitate for them the stationeries for their school. Aken concluded by thanking the NGOs that funded the campaign. The girl-child is a biological female offspring from birth to 18 years of age and it is a dangerous stage in women live stage both at Education affecting their studies. This is the age before one becomes young adult and is a period covers the crèche, nursery or early childhood (0 – 5 years), primary (6 – 12 years) and secondary school (12 – 18 years). During this period, the young child is totally under the care of the adult who may be her parents or guardians and older siblings. It is made up of infancy, childhood, early and late adolescence stages of development. During this period, the girl-child is malleable, builds and develops her personality and character, she is very dependent on the significant others, those on whom she models her behaviour, through observation, repetition and imitation. Her physical, mental, social, spiritual and emotional developments start and progress to get to the peak at the young adult stage where most girls at schools apparently drops out due to their physical biological changes. Mapel Alur Girl Child Education campaign launching also marked the first International Day of the Girl Child – October 11 – as designated by the 193 – member General Assembly 2012 in order “to recognize girl’s rights and highlight the unique challenges girls face around the world”. Posted in: Home, Education -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
