Putting children and youth first
We are the only actor governed by working children and youth, for children and youth, working to address the confluence of poverty, exploitation, and abuse in all its forms.
Our Approach
All our activities begin at the grass-root level with groups for children and led by children. Activities of different grass-roots groups are specific to each group’s needs and capacities. However, all their actions are united in their adherence to the 12 child rights established by the founders of AMWCY.
Our 12 rights were established by working children and youth themselves when AMWCY was created. Therefore, they are the core of our advocacy
Our 12 Rights
Right 01
To read and write
Right 02
To express oneself
Right 03
To be taught a trade
Right 04
To play and leisure
Right 05
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Right 06
To be listened to
Right 07
To rest when in sickness
Right 08
To work in safety
Right 09
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Right 10
To stay in the village
Right 11
To light and limited work
Right 12
To equitable justice
Our Priorities
Protection
We inform, educate, empower, protect and accompany vulnerable children especially working children and youth to realize their dreams in Africa
Skills Building
We are the only grassroots pan-African movement led by working children and youth. We raise our voice among authorities and decision-makers to promote and support the respect of our rights
Civic Participation
We empower ourselves and build our skills to stand up for our rights and to transform from victims into actors via experience sharing.
Voice
We advocate for the participation of children in all civil spaces and community engagement in decision making
Protection
We inform, educate, empower, protect and accompany vulnerable children especially working children and youth to realize their dreams in Africa
Skills Building
We are the only grassroots pan-African movement led by working children and youth. We raise our voice among authorities and decision-makers to promote and support the respect of our rights
Civic Participation
We empower ourselves and build our skills to stand up for our rights and to transform from victims into actors via experience sharing.
Voice
We advocate for the participation of children in all civil spaces and community engagement in decision making
Activities
– Advocacy and standard setting
– Child-friendly spaces and peer-to-peer education
– Community dialogues, family mediation
– Engagement of parents and leaders
Activities
– Representation and participations at high level forums (UN, AU)
– Participation in national and regional civil society networks
– Self-awareness of rights and power by children
Activities
– Vocational and life skills training
– Empowered decision making about work
– Literacy training and support to return to school
Activities
– Education on COVID-19 and other current issues
– Community clean-up
– Tree planting and environmental action
Our response to COVID-19
thanks to our quick and targeted actions, we were able to introduce the barrier gestures to a large community quickly, contributing effectively to anti covid actions
Programs and Projects
Current Work
Testimonials
In a few numbers
members in 28 countries
children protected in 2019 from violence, abuse, exploitation and child marriage
youth, boys and girls educated and informed directly by AMWCY , through its networks on COVID-19.
people reached through messages and opportunities that were reinforced through radio programming
Featured Articles
Launch of ‘Tounga: It must change!’
We share with you the link of the cartoon movie "Tounga: It needs to change! » from MAEJT, inspired by the ECOWAS strategic framework on child protection.
Friends in need: the children's support network helping migrants in west Africa
A grassroots volunteer group is helping child migrants in west Africa, by treating them as friends rather than inferiors.
Children find their own solutions to change their lives
Last autumn, Aimé Bada and James Boyon, Training Officer at Enda Tiers Monde and Child Protection Officer at the AMWCY respectively, gave an interview to Child to Child to discuss the African Movement of Working Children and Youth (AMWCY).
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28 countries
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