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Every year UNICef's OutRight campaign empowers children and young people to realise their own rights, and speak out in support of the rights of all children (article 12).
Every year UNICef's OutRight campaign empowers children and young people to realise their own rights, and speak out in support of the rights of all children (article 12).
In the following videos, our rights group introduce this year's campaign.
Introducing-OutRight-2020-21-Presentation-Children part 1.mp4Introducing-OutRight-2020-21-Presentation-Children part 2.mp4How does climate change affect children's rights?
How does climate change affect children's rights?
Climate change puts children’s most basic rights at risk, seriously affecting their access to health, food, water, clean air, education and protection. Around the world, the growing number of extreme weather events is putting more and more children’s lives in danger. Every year, environmental factors take the lives of 1.7 million children under five.
For an even greater number of children, these events mean a reduced chance of a happy, healthy future. When floods hit, schools and health clinics are destroyed. When droughts occur, children spend less time in school because they have to walk miles to collect water. Rising sea levels and toxic air pollution turn children’s communities into hazardous environments to grow up in.
Source: UNICEF Website
As part of the Campaign, all our pupils have investigated the reasons for 'Climate Change' and some of the ways in which they can make a difference. The children are passionate in their belief that things must change and in KS2 they wrote to Alok Sharma, the Government minister with responsibility for COP26 (The Climate Change Conference) which will take place in Glasgow in November this year (2021).
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