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VOICE children’s right to be heard How UNICEF UK helped Your support helped UNICEF UK: empower 27,000 young people in Kenya as part of the Kick AIDS Out of Kenya programme, using football to provide HIV prevention messages and challenge negative perceptions of women train and support young people from the UK at the J8 Summit in Rome provide backing for nationwide child radio in Mozambique with more than 250 child producers and presenters support BBC2’s The Speaker final to find the best 14–18-year old public speaker in the UK, filming a programme on why child rights matter and much more … IN FOCUS : JUNIOR 8 SUMMIT IN ITALY “I want the G8 leaders to listen to what young people today have to say and include us in key decisions.” Sara Saleh, age 16, UK delegate to J8 J8 takes place prior to the G8 Summit, and is a unique chance for young people to have their ideas heard by leaders of the eight leading industrialised nations. Teams of four young people from the G8 nations as well as Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Mexico and South Africa met in L’Aquila, Italy, to discuss climate change, development in Africa, and child rights. On 9 July, the J8 delegates presented the Rome Declaration and Action Plan to the G8 leaders, putting forward their ideas and recommendations for action. Channel Five News followed our entire J8 process – from the launch of a competition to find four UK representatives to the J8 Summit itself. Our J8 team reported on their experiences for Channel Five News. UNICEF UK ACHIEVEMENTS 2009 Please help more children to have a voice, visit unicef.org.uk/achieve
“I lost both of my parents to AIDS. It’s changed my life.” Zena, age 23, is part of the UNICEF-supported Kick AIDS Out of Kenya programme. Duncan, age 14, was voted Britain’s best young orator by BBC2’s The Speaker. His final speech was on children’s right to education. The UK team at J8 (Harry Phinda, Melika Myers, Sara Saleh, Birzi Saleh) meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of the 2009 G8 Summit in Italy. IN FOCUS : CHILD ABUSE IN CAMBODIA Sexual abuse and exploitation of children – including rape, prostitution, pornography and trafficking – have been increasing since Cambodia began to open up to tourism in the early 1990s. Many children work in horrific conditions in Cambodia’s sex industry. One survey of 53 girls found that most lived in small dark rooms and served five to ten customers per day. Almost all had suffered physical abuse at the hands of brothel owners and customers. Teenage girls at The Cambodian Centre for the Protection of Children's RIghts, a sanctuary for child prostitutes rescued from Cambodian brothels. To put it right, UNICEF UK helped establish national and regional helplines so that children can speak confidentially about their trauma. We also helped provide specialist training for more than 2,800 police officers on tackling the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. This support aided in the rescue of more than 750 victims (one in four of whom was a child). It also contributed to the arrest of nearly 600 suspects – a 20 per cent increase on 2008. Please help more children to have a voice, visit unicef.org.uk/achieve UNICEF UK ACHIEVEMENTS 2009 21
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