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April 2019
In February 2019, our director was honored to be selected a Sakharov Fellow with the European Parliament. She traveled to Brussels in April where she was honored to meet the European Parliament President Antonio Tajani and Vice-President Heidi Hautala. She had the opportunity to learn how the EU defends and promotes human rights, and the mechanisms the EU provides to protect and support human rights defenders. Together with other selected Fellows, they discussed their human rights concerns with the staff of different European institutions: the Commission, the External Action Service and the Council of Ministers. She acquired insights into how European Parliament human rights urgency resolutions are proposed, discussed and approved. Impart Change is working on enhancing this opportunity by working on a partnership program with the EU delegation in Kenya. February 2019
Fun-Peace Education Activities for our Children's Peace Hub We are delighted to offset creative and innovative activities for our 2019 Children's Peace Hub Program. Some of the fun-filled activities we have held include a 'Kung Fu Panda' Animation Series discussion on care, kindness and tolerance, a Child Friendly Conflict Tree Analysis tree session, a Coloring Sheet session to teach patience and commitment, and a holiday Promise Bookmark Creation session to encourage kindness, respect, hard-work and care for the environment during April Holidays. October 2018
Consultative Forum for South Sudanese and Kenyan Youth Impart Change was delighted to host a consultative youth forum. The forum brought together 25 youth leaders and trailblazers. It sparked an enlightening dialogue that raised pertinent issues on youth development, human rights, peace and security in the region. The forum highlighted the role of South Sudanese and Kenyan youth in promoting peace, human rights and development in South Sudan and the Region. Championing youth leadership, rights and protection was also highlighted in the cases of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Aka Bobi Wine, a Member of Parliament in Uganda and Peter Bior, a youth leader in South Sudan who were recently detained. July 2018 Global Media and Literacy Week 2018 As a strong believer in the power of Media Information Literacy (MIL) to promote peace and security interventions, improve community health, enhance environmental conservation and promote sustainable cities, we are delighted to be part of the UNESCO Media and Information Literacy (MIL) International Organizing Committee (IOC) of the Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2018. The event is scheduled to take place in Lithuania and Latvia from 24th - 31st October 2018. As the event gets closer, we will mark it with one of our local partners. This year we are also working on integrating MIL in all areas of our programming by developing creative projects. We are excited about this prospect and look forward to sharing the good news soon. More information on Global MIL week 2018 can be found in the link below. June 2018 Her Voice Fund We are delighted to receive financial support from Her Voice Fund to implement our project 'Connecting the dots: Improving HIV/TB youth response by supporting young women working on HIV to contribute to Kenya’s Policy Assessment on HIV/AIDS and Health'. As part of contribution to mitigating structural violence, our goal is to increase the number of young women knowledgeable about local and international policies on HIV/TB prevention, treatment, care and support where they will be better placed to align it with their work. We are also focused on inspiring more young women to play an active role in HIV/TB policy development process where they will have the opportunity to contribute in reviewing, monitoring and evaluation of policies of existing local policies. For more information on Her Voice Fund, please click the link below. May 2018
Solutions Summit in Uganda Impart Change was privileged to participate in a Solutions Summit implemented by the Institute for Research and Education Exchange Board (IREX) as an initiative of the Community Solutions Fellowship Program. The goal of the inaugural Solutions Summit was to bring together Community Solutions Program alumni, U.S. partners and experts to discuss and address community-level violence and how we can promote social cohesion in at risk communities. The Summit took place in Kampala, Uganda from May 13, 2018 to May 16, 2018. For more information about IREX, please click the link below.
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