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WFWP Kenya celebrates International Day of the African Child

WFWP Kenya chapter organized an event at Lampos Education Center, Kayole,Nairobi, Kenya. The school is based in the informal estates in the East of Nairobi and has 250 children.The goal was to commemorate the day and remind the children the importance of education and also teach character education as a way of creating a peaceful and conducive environment in the school.

International Day of the African Child 2023 Commemoration event by WFWP Kenya

By: Dr. Susan Kone International Day of the African Child was held on the 16th of June 2023 to honor the memories of students who were massacred in Soweto, South Africa in 1976 for protesting against injustice and inequality in the apartheid regime. The Day was first initiated in 1991 by the Organization of African Unity (Now AU) in 1991.