#RedHandDay

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Monthly Roundup January 2024

Here are some of my recommendations on who to follow on Instagram for updates and/or ways you can take action:

@so.informed

@letstalkpalestine

@euromedhr

@humanrightswatch

@amnesty

@red_maat

@cjpmeoffical

@unicef

@sulalanimalrescue

@savethechildrencanada

@oxfamcanada

@oncanadaproject

@wearthepeace

@devthepineapple

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10 Good News Stories for Kids in 2023 Despite a Difficult Year, Children’s Rights Made Progress

Rohingya refugee children in a school classroom at a refugee camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, March 9, 2023. © 2023 Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo

Thomas Kwoyelo: Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebel commander on trial

"The long-awaited trial of a child soldier-turned-commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has begun in Uganda.

Thomas Kwoyelo faces more than 70 charges - including murder, rape and the recruitment of child soldiers. He becomes the first LRA commander to be tried by a Ugandan court, marking a watershed moment for the country's judicial system."

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Heart Month 2024 is an annual observance in February dedicated to raising awareness about heart health and cardiovascular diseases.

Visit Heart and Stroke to learn more: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/

Every year on February 12th, Red Hand Day encourages political leaders to stop the use of child soldiers. This day is also referred to as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers.

Hundreds and thousands of handprints have been collected in more than 50 countries and handed over to politicians and to responsible parties, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. There is progress, but there are still 250,000 child soldiers in the world.

Help to stop this abuse of children. Show your Red Hand to the world!

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Red Hand Day Messages, Quotes and Greetings

Celebrate this day with inspiring Red Hand quotes and sayings. Share with your family and friends Red Hand Day wishes and greetings. In this post, we have come up with a collection of Red Hand Day messages, wishes, greetings, images, whatsapp status.

[jamieroxxartist]

Today Feb 12, 2024, is both: #InternationalDayAgainst theUseofChildSoldiers! & #RedHandDay!

(https://nationaltoday.com/international-day-against-the-use-of-child-soldiers)

(https://nationaltoday.com/red-hand-day)

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Red Hand Day 12 February

#discountstore #dryfruits #freehomedelivery #discountstoredryfruits #dryfruitlucknow #dryfruitfreehomedelivery #redhandday

[jan-87-ger]

Gemeinsam können wir diese Ausbeutung von Kindern stoppen! Gib deine rote Hand! . . . #redhand #redhandday #unicef #unicefyouth #peace #peaceful #peacefully #peace✌️ #peaceofmind #peaceandlove #frieden #weltfrieden #friedenrockt #makelovenotwar #makelove #motherearth #oneearth #peaceonearth #savethechildren #freiheit #freidenker #lebenskunst #kindersoldaten #childsoldiers #unicefdeutschland #earth #freedom (hier: Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btyl-w8nTOV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p1z6xqbt85lm

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February 12th is #RedHandDay

No use of children as soldiers!

Promotion of peace education.

To Stop the Use of #ChildSoldiers

#ChildhoodIsSacred

Children belong on playground, not in combat units!

We R against any use of children in war. Children need to be protected.

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#LyariGirlsCafe #Pakistan

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We all go through a lot growing up if you don’t tell your story no will and know that your story can change someone’s life #showdonshow #daddyshowkey #lionclan #asalamamovement #ajegunletotheworld #positionurself #Repost @unicefusa with @repostsaveapp · · · This is the true story of a child soldier’s incredible escape from armed forces in South Sudan. #ChildrenUnderAttack #RedHandDay https://www.instagram.com/p/BtzDNeFn5R8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10yq3dqoev44s

[haikugenerosity-blog]

43/365 #HaikuCalendar: #BeenCaught #RedHanded #PleaseStopUsingChildSoldiers #RedHandDayFifteen #RedHandDay #senryu #haiku #poem #poetry

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The 5 most common myths about child soldiers: @warchildcan https://www.warchild.org.uk/whats-happening/blogs/5-myths-child-soldiers #RedHandDay #childsoldiers #warchild

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Monthly Roundup February 2023

Statement by the Prime Minister on the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers

“Today, we commit to continuing to work with the international community to ensure that all children can live their lives free from violence. Together, we can make sure children remain children, and build a safer, more just future for all.”

The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace, and Security

Strategic Plan for 2022 - 2025

Why aren’t child soldiers treated as human trafficking ‘survivors’?

"What happens to child soldiers once the fighting is over? How do they re-integrate into society, and who supports them to find a new place in civilian life?"

"Children who have been used by armed actors do not reintegrate easily. Depending on when they were used and how old they were at the time, they may return to civilian life still as children or as adults. Regardless, many of them will be viewed with suspicion, stigmatised, or outright rejected by their families, communities, governments, and even the international community."

"Engaging with child soldiers as ‘survivors’ is one way to open up a path for involving them in policy and programme design. It’s also a potentially powerful way of changing the narrative around them in ways that can ease their reintegration."

How can we sustain systems of support that are designed with the experiences of child soldiers at their centre?

"What is needed now are ideas for how governments and humanitarian organisations could bring former child soldiers into the policy and programming process, so that the system could – for the first time in their lives – work for them."

Here’s how AI is helping Africa’s endangered elephants

"In collaboration with Dutch tech start-up Hack the Planet, a team of British scientists at Stirling University has developed a new camera that could help protect elephants and other wildlife. The AI-powered device connects directly to satellites and sends real-time information to forest rangers or local villagers."

'The Elephant Whisperers' — An Oscar-nominated love story about people and pachyderms

"[Bellie] is part of the Kattunayakan community, a tribal group that, for generations, has devoted itself to caring for elephants. "For us Kattunayakans, the well-being of the forest is all that matters," she says."

"I wanted the audience to stop seeing animals as the 'other' and start seeing them as one of us," she says. "The Elephant Whisperers helps people understand more about the elephants and their human caretakers, how they love and understand each other, how they've learnt to adapt and co-exist."

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Red Hand Day Messages, Quotes and Greetings

Celebrate this day with inspiring Red Hand quotes and sayings. Share with your family and friends Red Hand Day wishes and greetings. In this post, we have come up with a collection of Red Hand Day messages, wishes, greetings, images, whatsapp status. Make it a special Red Hand Day for child soldiers by posting Red Hand Day wishes on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

[jamieroxxartist]

Today Feb 12, 2023 is both: #InternationalDayAgainst theUseofChildSoldiers! & #RedHandDay!

(https://nationaltoday.com/international-day-against-the-use-of-child-soldiers)

(https://nationaltoday.com/red-hand-day)

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Papst Franziskus I.

Franziskus I: Kindersoldaten werden ihrer Kindheit, ihrer Unschuld, ihrer Zukunft und oft sogar ihres Lebens beraubt. Jedes einzelne dieser Kinder ist ein Schrei, der zu Gott aufsteigt und die Erwachsenen anklagt, die Waffen in ihre kleinen Hände gelegt haben. #RedHandDay https://twitter.com/Pontifex_de/status/1492445877713051651

[babaalexander]

February 12: Observing Red Hand Day Red Hand Day or International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, February 12 each year, is an annual commemoration day on which pleas are made to political leaders and events are staged around the world to draw attention to the fates of child soldiers, children who are forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts. The aim of Red Hand Day is to call for action against this practice, and support for children who are affected by it. Children have been used repeatedly as soldiers in recent years including armed conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Myanmar, Philippines, Colombia, Palestine, and Ukraine. Estimates on the number of children engaging in armed conflict around the world showed no change between 2006 and 2009. Rehabilitation for child-soldiers returned to their communities ranges from inadequate to non-existent. Red Hand Day was initiated in 2002 when the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict entered into force on February 12, 2002. This protocol was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in May 2000 and currently has signatures from over 100 different nations. A number of international organizations are active against the use of children as soldiers. These organizations include, for example, the United Nations Child Fund (UNICEF), Amnesty International, Terre des Hommes or the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The work of these organizations can be summarized by the abbreviation DDR: Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration. #February12 #RedHandDay #RedHand #RedHandDay2018 #InternationalDayagainsttheUseofChildSoldiers #world #child #soldiers #children #wars #Congo #Rwanda #Uganda #Sudan #CôtedIvoire #Myanmar #Philippines #Colombia #Palestine #Ukraine #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsChildFund #UNICEF #AmnestyInternational #TerredesHommes #International #RedCross #RedCrescentMovement #ChildRights #ChildWelfare

[2plan22]

RT @Canada: Cdn ret’d Lt. Gen @romeodallaire started @ChildSoldiers to end recruitment & use of child soldiers… https://t.co/KczhYCOD4U 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/830944839390859264

Cdn ret’d Lt. Gen @romeodallaire started @ChildSoldiers to end recruitment & use of child soldiers #ChildrenNotSoldiers #RedHandDay @Dalcssd https://t.co/lVv1arhVNx

— Canada (@Canada) February 13, 2017