In the hope to fulfil the mandates of the United Nations' General Comments from the 2017 edition of the celebration, Global Support for Kids Initiative found the imperative of meeting with organizations and government agencies that have cognate duties in child affairs. The meeting discussed the impacts of the comments generated from 2017 International Day for Street Children. Perhaps, that culminated into the wide participation the stakeholders meeting enjoyed.
The thrust of this year's edition (Turn those Words to Reality) is targeted to get government involved in the survival and education of street-connected children. Emphasis was, however, placed on the need for governments’ active involvement in the welfare and growth of street children. With particular interest in empathy above sympathy, participants at the program emphasized need for cares and love to be shared with these children who have been inordinately severed from ‘social security’. This introduced the believe that they’re not social misfits or the dregs of the society who can only benefit from the pity and sympathy of the public, instead they should be given equal rights and attention as they grow into full-fledged independent citizens of the country.
To the extent the meeting could go, represented ministries and all other NGOs and student bodies pledged their supports for the project of turning the messages from the General Comments to a reality. As such, we enjoin the public to pick cues from Ekiti state and ensure the rights of street-connected children are protected. It is a project of all and Global Support for Kids Initiative hopes to see everyone becoming conscious of the rights and privileges of street-connected children.
