CHILD RIGHTS

Since being a child I have admired being my mothers boy. I have shared differences with people as a child and I have learnt the hard way to life. Most of African children have the courage to live life with or without their families.

Due to Aids scurge in Kenya and other nations of Africa, Children have been the hard hit in this whole sufferings encountered within the societies leave alone the communties. With over 3 million children in Kenya alone being orphans due to the HIV/AIDS Diseases, I came to learn that the world is dying slow death with the compromise neither pitty of the ones being left behind.

A community with no elders, only youth and most of the youth are between 6 - 15 years olds. With no means and ways of getting livelihood, I wonder if other countries within the global village life same as african counter pants like Europe and Asia. Most of the children in Africa have no rights, neither do they know what a right is to their life. Leave alone the parents neither the communities know that a child/children have their rights.

I head an NGO in Kenya and the organization deals with Women and children protection. This organization (MOTHER AND CHILD MISSION CENTRE KENYA) Came into inception in the year 2004 and with the main purpose of ascertaining the rights of women and children, within any societal setup and an exampler to other communities which adhere to their ethnic background as we call it the cultural and elderly believes within the societies.

With diversified fields we have been in we have programmed areas dealing direct to the children and knowing them better for their lives and likes. Example the cases of Rape/defilement among children in Kenya is something which is wanting and compromising to the communities in Kenya , hence most of our people are always men prone behaviour kind of. Hence what should the world do unto such situations where men take themselves to be superior in everything they touch, whilst other women tend to change things within the society, few support men to be their head not understanding that they have their rights and their childrens rights too to be adhred too, by these same men.

What can the society do unto men who defile children? I have this in mind but as a human right activist said, there is no need to custrate these men, since they are just as demons droped from hell to earth, not even dogs do rape their young ones, what has happened to the fathers, and uncles who rape the children the youngest being 3 years even 2 year old. Do we call that being insane or being a devil himself. a 57 year old raping a 4 year old girl, or a 60 year old raping a 10 year old boy, what can we call these kind of people in the society.

To make the matters worse the administration take long in prosecution of these culprits and even if justice is foreseen then too late or not even made. Once a man went scot free after being found guilty and admitting to the judge. In his plea he said he was willing to marry the girl, at the age of 10 when she was raped and the case being heard when she was 14 after four years.

To foresee justice for our children has been a hard nut to cruck since most of these cases are solved in within the community setups and the children are the ones being traumatised due to the scare in their life long time to come. Only to realise that the family had done so in their expense. By accepting bribes not to take the matters to the court of law. Even others goes to the extent of not mentioning it to the administrations.

MCMCK have been in the forefront to foresee that childrens rights especially the rape cases are dealt with as per the requirements, only that the legislation of this country (Kenya) have no harsh sentence to such cases. One is jailed for two to three years and being back to the community as the child is still traumatised to see the same person within. There should be amore harsher penalty to such offenderes who have the habit of rape to both women and children.

With other programmed areas such as Orphaned education I have tried to see that most of Aids orphaned children are atleast acomplishing their dream fo higher education, though this is an uphill task with other wellwishers it can be acomplished and be successful

Most of these children are brighter students unlike the children who have everything within their families. Since they have to take care of their young siblings, they have to work harder and foresee that their young ones are satisfied to the later.

MCMCK wishes to ask any one with a heart to help to assist in donations, of used clothing, food stuffs, shoes, bags, blankets, sheets, and cash donations. To foresee these children and young women don't practise prostitution, which the centre is trying to reduce HIV/AIDS cases among young women.

MCMCK Shall appreciate your contribution for you and I we are the world and the world need to save the remaining from dying, what can we do to accomplish these? Its only by foreseeing that the children of tomorow are adhered to and they receive their rights, as children whether they have parents or not, whether they are from Africa, Asia, Europe, etc or not. All children are equal and should be treated equally around the world. MCMCK has taken the mandate to that and we shall be encouraging all friends, friends of friends who can assist in any means:

Remember to save a child you have saved the future. For the future is theirs. We are at the present and we need to protect the future for once we were the future of today.

Thank you.

ZACHARIAH OCHIENG
CENTRE DIRECTOR
MOTHER AND CHILD MISSION CENTRE (KENYA)
P.O. BOX 44432 - 00100
NAIROBI - KENYA

Our Programmes

MCMCK have been in operational on these programmed areas since inception:

Health & HIV/AIDS – Nutrition, Malaria, malnutrition and Reproductive Health

Land management and irrigation – crop and food policies, boreholes and dam (water storage), Land tenure

Legal Rights – Rape among children and women, legal aid

Economic Empowerment – small grants & loans (capital) to small business accessing market outlook, linkage building with research and other business practioners in improving economic development

Community Policing – Insecurity, Draught compartment, Mother and child violence, child abuse and labor

Orphaned children education – higher education programmes

http://mcmck.cfsites.org/programmes

word from centre director

The organization is a women & children target with key target beneficiaries being women and youth, especially young girls and boys.

Women are the key decision-makers and are involved in all stages of programme; from conceptualization to planning, implementation and management.

Men are occasionally included in the committees, consultative forums and group memberships


Centre Director