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CCP – ‘Changed Children Project’ – Adding Value to a Street Child

The “Changed Children” Project is an initiative of Foundation for Turning Community Concern into Citizen Action in Nigeria Project. CCP is focusing on what the Almajiri children need to survive and have opportunities to lead stable, rewarding lives. CCP is advocating for the rights of the Almajiri children to survive; to be safe; to belong; and to develop. CCP believes in SAVE THE CHILDREN vision that all children are equally entitled to have rights; and promoting children’s rights to children provides a platform for healthy personal development and respect for the civil and political forces that underpin stable societies.

The CCP education is aimed at preparing the Almajiri’s child for responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin.

CCP's bbjectives are to:

Argue for the elimination of the most hazardous and exploitative forms of children’s words
Advocate for support of Almajiris’ schools, the root cause of children needing to work
Highlight the need to improve children’s rights for appropriate education, healthcare and recreation to all concerned actors
Ensure that Almajiris children have the opportunity to play an active role in making decisions that affect their lives
Developing a way to build good and healthy relationship between the Almajiris children, other children and the communities at large
Challenging discrimination
Providing services for Almajiris children, such as informal moral education, free health care and intellectual recreation activities
Co-coordinating family tracing and reunification programmes for the Almajiris families so reducing the risks faced by the Almajiris.