Summer issue 9 JAN FEB MAR

2013

Child Friendly Community

UN convention

on the Rights of

child

Event Calendar

We wish you all the best for 2013

Communities for Children Alice Springs Anglicare NT in 2013 will continue to work with their partners in seeking to work towards achieving their vision Our Town will be a community where families are supported to nurture their children in a safe and caring environment.

Our Community Partner will continue to deliver their services

RA-NT

Akeyulerre Inc.

Tangentyere Council Inc

Lutheran Community Care

Communities for Children Anglicare NT Alice Springs will undertake a special project in 2013 which will seek to promote Alice Springs as a community looking forward to becoming a Child Friendly Community.

What is a Child Friendly Community? A Child Friendly Community is a local system of good governance committed to fulfilling children's rights.

A Child Friendly Community is actively engaged in fulfilling the right of every young citizen to:

Influence decisions about their community Express their opinion on the community they want Participate in family, community and social life Receive basic services such as health care and education Drink safe water and have access to proper sanitation Be protected from exploitation, violence and abuse Walk safely in the streets on their own Meet friends and play Have green spaces for plants and animals Live in an unpolluted environment Participate in cultural and social events Be an equal citizen of their community with access to every service, regardless of ethnic origin, religion, income, gender or disability. It is a community where the voices, needs, priorities and rights of children are an integral part of public policies, programmes and decisions. It is, as a result, a community that is fit for all.

Where did the Child Friendly Communities Initiative begin?

The Child Friendly Communities Initiative (CFCI) was launched in 1996 to act on the resolution passed during the second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) to make communities liveable places for all; in UNICEF terms, for "children first." The Conference declared that the well-being of children is the ultimate indicator of a healthy habitat, a democratic society and of good governance.

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

The principles contained in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child set the challenge for communities and all areas where people live, to think about how they are providing for the needs of the people who live there - especially the children. The CFCI publication 'Building Child Friendly Communities : A Framework for Action' puts forward a blueprint for how this can be done.

Please look out for more information in the community as the work unfolds.

On page 5 you will find a copy of the Rights of a Child

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3 4 World

Cancer Day

5 6 7 8 AFL Central

Australia

9 WNBL

Basketball

10 11 12 13 World

Radio Day

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17 18 19 20 World

Social Justice Day

21International Mother Language Day

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4 5 6 7 8 Internation-

al Women’s day

9 Pets on

Parade- 2013 Council lawns

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tional Day of Happiness

21 World

Poetry Day

22 World

Water Day

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Weather Day

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Good Friday

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Easter Saturday

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Easter

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March 2013

Calendar

of events

February

2013