`On
Friday 28 July 2016, the Institute for the Advancement of Children’s Rights
(IACR) donated essential items to children in need, at the Shelter for Children
situated in Bakoteh in the Kanifing Municipality.
The
shelter houses needy children ranging from orphans to child victims of baby
dumping and other abandoned children.
The
donation package included food items, clothing, laundry soap and carpets.
The
donation is part of IACR’s efforts in ensuring the protection and promotion of
the best interests of the child.
It
also followed a courtesy visit by the foundation to the shelter on 14 July
2016, which afforded the foundation an opportunity to identify possible areas
of collaboration and support for the shelter.
IACR
strongly believes in supporting needy children to enable them realize their
full potential and become responsible members of society
The
items were handed over to the shelter manager and Landing Secka by Muhammed
Ndure, on behalf of IACR President Barrister Malick H.B. Jallow.
The
Institute for the Advancement of Children’s Rights (IACR) was established in
December 2013 by Gambian lawyer Malick H.B. Jallow Esq.
IACR
is a non governmental, non profit, impartial and non partisan organization with
a mandate to promote and protect the rights of children in The Gambia through
the provision of legal support and assistance to indigent children in conflict
with the law.
The
institute also seeks to help build a preventive strategy to address the
root-causes to why children get into conflict with the law.
To
that end, the institute aims to improve the effectiveness and implementation of
domestic, African and international human rights instruments on rights of
children, including the Children’s Act of The Gambia 2005, the African charter
on the rights and welfare of the child and the convention on the rights of the
child.
