George Kayange
Volunteer Activity:
Child Rights Information & Documentation Centre April 01, 2012 - April 01, 2013
Stories by this Volunteer
Impacting on Communities through CRIDOC Resource Centre (Library)!
Child Rights Information & Documentation Centre , by George Kayange
March 14, 2012
Under the Documentation & Information Management Programme, CRIDOC has put in place a resource centre/library that provides such information to various stakeholders, including pupils from surrounding schools, researchers, NGO representative and the general public.The Centre was established in order to achieve some of the organisation's core goals, which is to document and create access to information on issues pertaining to children/youth and related issues.CRIDOC has received donations of books and other materials from the Bishop Mackenzie International High School; the UK-based Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), the National AIDS Commission (NAC), among many others.As an institutional member of the National Library Service (NLS), it has also received a considerable amount of educational resources specifically for children.In particular, the resource centre is also being accessed by pupils/students from various schools within Lilongwe...
HIV and SRH Services in Schools
Child Rights Information & Documentation Centre , by George Kayange
March 14, 2012
Under the School Outreach Programme, implemented by Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre (CRIDOC), we have been providing information and service on integrated health information, education and counseling on Sexual Reproductive Health as well as HIV and AIDS.Through libraries and clubs that we establish and manage in schools, we also distribute contraceptives, lubricants, condoms, and IEC materials such as posters, leaflets and other reading materials.We use these structures to mobilize not only club members but even out-of-school youths in surrounding schools to participate in some of the activities (e.g. dialogues) with a view of increasing demand for HIV and SRH services within and outside the school settings.Through our programme, we also seek to positively influence change of harmful social, cultural and gender norms, which are a barrier to SRH...
Awareness Campaigns on Child Rights In Dedza, Malawi
Child Rights Information & Documentation Centre , by George Kayange
March 14, 2012
INTRODUCTIONChild Rights Information and Documentation Centre (CRIDOC) in collaboration with the Youth and Child Rights Shield (YOCRIS) carried out District Awareness Campaigns in Dedza on the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act (2010) under the umbrella of the NGO Coalition on Child Rights (NGOCCR).The NGO Coalition on Child Rights (NGOCCR) is a legally registered coalition of existing and willing registered coalitions that work on child rights and related aspects, which was established and formalized on 6th May 2010 at a conference of over 60 child rights focused and governance centered NGOs and networks to attain the vision of creating the NGO Coalition on Child Rights.The NGOCCR embarked on a campaign to popularize a new law - which the Malawi Parliament passed in 2010 - with the aim of enhancing...
