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Nigeria Children set to mark the 30th Anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child with ‘Solution17 for CRC @30’.

Thirty (30) years ago, something happened that, looking back, was quite incredible…

…The world leaders came together in a moment of unity for the world’s children. They made a promise to every child to protect and fulfill their rights, by adopting the Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Contained in this promise is a profound idea: that children are not just little people who belong to their parents, or future adults in training; yet to become fully fledged human beings. Rather, the idea was that every child is imbued with RIGHTS themselves – RIGHTS they are born with and that cannot be taken away from them…

The Creative Youth Community Development Initiative r with the support of UNICEF Nigeria is set to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to generate massive global awareness on children’s right through education and creative developments. The event will also spurn creativities and the rich intellectual resources of the Nigeria children as it relates to issues that affect them.

for CRC @30 Literary Expression will utilize ‘Solution17 SDGs’ model developed by CYCDI to promote 30th Anniversary of Convention on the Rights of the Child. The model was created to proffer solutions to the world's most pressing problems through the application of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Website: www.cycdi.com/childrightsconvention30

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”- Helen Keller

Join us for CCB-ART for SDGs- on November 20, 2018 at the Cis Lagos

-Exhibition-Make, Create and Innovate

-Workshop- Health and Wellness

-Launch of

- Launch of Online Resource Library

-Awards for 17 Changemakers

Big thanks to German Missions in Nigeria, EU-UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Creative Youth Community Development Initiative & World Health Innovation Summit

Sahara Foundation

It is the International Day of the Girl Child today. The theme of this year's event is ”With Her: A Skilled Girl Force”, a conversation on the need to inspire, innovate and encourage girls to take charge of their own future.

We will be hosting Oluwabusola Subomi Majekodunmi of Steering for Greatness Foundation for a Facebook LIVE session by 11AM.

We also will be having tweet chats with Victoria Ibiwoye of OneAfricanChild and Foluke Michael of Creative Youth Initiative Against Corruption at 12PM and 1PM.

You can follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/SaharaPCSR

We look forward to you joining us.

-"Listening to children & youth is the 1st step to help them grow healthy & safe"-UNODC

"Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy & creativity of its youth will be left behind"-Kofi Annan

The Exhibition of 17 Changemakers will open by 10.00am at Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday, 26 June to mark United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

17 Students, 17 Schools, 17 Creative Ideas, 17 Solutions and 17 SDGs

UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime European Union at the UN – New York Creative Youth Community Development Initiative

Creative Youth Community Development Initiative will host VOTC 2018 Global Youth Action Day tomorrow to mark

-"Listening to children & youth is the 1st step to help them grow healthy & safe"

o Exhibition-SDGs
o Launch of Movie “TRAPPED”
o Music Release
o Documentary

Join us online tomorrow by 11am http://visionofthechild.com.ng

- UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime European Union at the UN – New York

Creative Youth Community Development Initiative

CYCDI- Vision of The Child will host the Global Action Youth Day on Tuesday, June 26 to mark

UNODC's Chief -Yury Fedotov calls on everyone to: -"Listening to children & youth is the 1st step to help them grow healthy & safe"-

VOTC 2018 Event highlights:

o Exhibition of 17 Works of Art United Nations
o Presentation of 17 SDGs Changemakers
o Launch of Movie “TRAPPED”
o Music Release
o Documentary –Solution 17

www.visionofthechild.com.ng

T R A P P E D

Chioma is only 12, a Junior School Student from GAM Comprehensive School.

She’s extremely creative and intelligent, born into a dysfunctional family! Chioma’s Dad is completely stuck with hard drugs, highly abusive, angry and frustrated.

The breakdown from school and home led Chioma into the street; then her world was totally paralysed. Her dreams, aspired quality education fizzled into thin air. She found a new world where unhealthy lifestyle became prevalent, an exciting new life indeed, she was cool with drug use, indecent life, low self-esteem…. “what a beautiful life” she thought.

Will help ever come? Funmi showed up to mend the world where she was TRAPPED, will her organisation- CYCDI headed by Mr. Eddie able to bring back the great dreams?

What happens to Chioma's gangs?

Special thanks to Actor Eddie Watson Eddie Watson

UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Creative Youth Community Development Initiative European Union in Nigeria European Union at the UN – New York

Foluke Michael International Ayodeji Oluwadare

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Artwork that speaks for the environment - Vanguard News

vanguardngr.com On Saturday May 3, the 50 Past Winners of ”Vision of the Child” (VOTC) participated in a live Painting and Literary Arts competition at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. This birthed the stunning works exhibited at the Civic Centre Hall during the Award night.

Lagos through the creative vision of the child - New Telegraph Online

newtelegraphonline.com The serene Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, was a rich hub of creativity recently as art works by participants in this year’s edition of the annual “Vision of the Child” (VoTC) project adorned the lobby. The works – paintings, architectural pieces among others – on display kept guest, teachers,...

Impact Your World partners with Vision of the Child. – Impact Your World

Vision of the child is to hear the voices of the youth & children and equip them to lead change. impactyourworld.org is partnering with VOTC to lead change in Nigeria.

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LAGOS THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CHILD

thisdaylive.com A night before the World Children’s Day celebrations, Lagos State government, in partnership with Diamond Bank, had its own special feast, parading the best of the artworks from the VISION OF THE C…

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Vision of the Child season 6 Welcome address by Foluke Michael, Project Director Vision of The Child (VoTC) Our keynote speaker Prof. Wole Soyinka
Nike Davies Okundaye & CEO decorating the 2017 VoTC participants.
Thank you ! Proud sponsor of The Vision of The Child (VoTC) since 2012.
To celebrate Lagos State at 50 on Enhance the heritage, advance the future.

Vision of the Child VoTC Live Stream - YouTube

WATCH US ON YOUTUBE @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8s9yTbRC--QC-dfvV8AV8A/live

youtube.com GRAND FINALE 2017

We will be live in 10mins. VOTC 2017 GRAND FINALE

We are ready?
It is tomorrow, May 26,2017.

Vision of The Child - Past winners® Vision of The Child Diamond Bank The Lagos State Government
Exhibition of VOTC 2017 "ENHANCE THE HERITAGE, ADVANCE THE FUTURE" 10am-4pm at the Civic Center Lagos State on May 26,2017
Dinner and award night for VOTC6 past winners choice Red Carpet: 5pm, Dinner:6pm
Diamond Bank has been supporting Vision of The Child Since 2012!
Kudos to Vision of The Child - Past winners® and over 4,000 participants till date!.....

Vision of The Child - Past winners® Vision of The Child Diamond Bank The Lagos State Government
Dinner and Award night
Date: May 26, 2017
Time: 6pm
Red carpet starts: 5pm

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Vision of The Child – Past Winner's Choice

lagosat50.org.ng Lagos@50-Vision of the Child “The WINNERS’ CHOICE EDITION”Date: Tuesday, 21st  February, 2017Venue:Diamond Bank, PGD's Place, Plot 4, Block 5, BIS Way, off Lekki-Epe ExpresswayTime:10am prompt Special Event:Opening of Sisi-Eko@50 Exhibition...

The exhibition will feature art painting representing following themes: “the first story building in Badagry,” “Point of no return, the Jerusalem of Lagos” “Oshodi a story to tell ” “Eko Transportation: the advanced future ” “Freedom Park: The untold story.” "Advancement in waste management" "Sisi Eko" "The three white cap chiefs" and "No place like Lagos" This amazing works of art are to project the National Heritage of Lagos State. To celebrate Lagos at 50, Votc past winners has gone round of lagos to see the beauty in it. This exhibition is opens from 10am-4pm at the Civic center. VOTC6 proudly sponsored by Diamond bank. www.visionofthechild.com.ng

VoTC: Winners in compelling display of creativity Archives - New Telegraph Newspapers

newtelegraphonline.com It was a brilliant, thought-provoking display of creativity as this year’s edition of the Vision of The Child (VoTC) entered its third phase with the live presentation of projects by the 40 past winners of previous editions at the Freedom Park, Lagos. The participants showed that their emergence as…

https://newtelegraphonline.com/tag/votc-winners-in-compelling-display-of-creativity/

It was a brilliant, thought-provoking display of creativity as this year’s edition of the Vision of The Child (VoTC) entered its third phase with the live presentation of projects by the 40 past winners of previous editions at the Freedom Park, Lagos. The participants showed that their emergence as winners in the past editions of VoTC was no fluke, given their presentations. The event attended by the 40 participants, their parents and teachers, and over 100 other students from schools around Lagos, kicked off with the opening of the exhibition

Vision of The Child - Past winners® Vision of The Child Diamond Bank The Lagos State Government
Exhibition of VOTC 2017 "ENHANCE THE HERITAGE, ADVANCE THE FUTURE" 10am-4pm at the Civic Center Lagos State on May 26,2017
Dinner and award night for VOTC6 past winners choice Red Carpet: 5pm, Dinner:6pm
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

Magu, Soyinka Join Forces In The Fight Against Corruption
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and the Acting Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu has identified Child Creativity as an essential tool in the fight against corruption.
The duo acknowledged that children demonstrate acute awareness of what goes on around them as depicted in paintings and literary works displayed during the opening of 'A Thousand and One Faces of Corruption' exhibition, themed 'Enhance the Heritage, Advance the Future' which held penultimate Saturday at the Freedom Park, Lagos Island.
The Art Exhibition is the 2017 Vision of The Child (VOTC) project, occasioned as part of activities marking the 'Lagos at 50 celebration'.
The Nobel Laureate wondered at the ignorance of those who believe that children lack the powers of observation and discernment regarding adult behaviours and happenings in society.
While commending the children for their art works, Soyinka who noted that Nigeria will be morally better as children challenge their creativity early in life and provide an outlet for those observations and feelings for which they sometimes seek the means of expression.
In his remarks, Magu who declared the occasion opened, informed participants that apart from investigation and prosecution of offenders, the Commission is mandated to educate and enlighten the public on the evils of corruption, economic and financial crimes as ways to preventing their occurrences.
He said he regarded the painting exhibition as one way of enlightenment, as some of the subjects of the paintings show the ways adults engage in corrupt practices and their effects on society.
According to Magu, "my views of the Nigerian child, from the across the plains, the hills, the forests and the swamps of Nigeria are those of innocence and boundless creativity. However, like most of the older generation, many of our youths seem also to be trapped in cocoons of corruption, which have been built around them.
However, Professor Soyinka's Vision of the Child project and the sheer breadth and depth of these paintings by these youngsters, demonstrate very well that our children have an acute awareness of what is going on around them and are breaking free of the shackles of corruption."
"These paintings speak to all strata of our society and to every flank of the war against corruption... The vision I see so eloquently expressed in these wonderful pieces of art is that of the irrepressible Nigerian spirit, refusing to be put down and reaching out for the Nigeria of our collective dreams: the Nigeria where our commonwealth is used for our common good and not looted by a few greedy, self-centered lot."
Magu reiterated the unrelenting spirit and courage of the Commission and its staff to carry through despite massive resources deployed by corruption to fight back at EFCC.
According to him, "we draw strength and encouragement to carry on from the likes of these children and Professor Wole Soyinka; we draw the courage to soldier on from millions of ordinary Nigerians whose only desires are for equity and justice".

Lagos@50 Special Edition: Soyinka, others at 'Vision of the Child' project presentation - Freedom Online

freedomonline.com.ng The 2017 edition of the VISION of The CHILD, VoTC, entered its third phase on Saturday, May 6, 2017 with the live presentation of projects by the 40 past winners of previous editions at the Freedom Park, Lagos. The event attended by the 40 participants, their parents and teachers, and over 100 othe...