IDAY network in 2021

> I’m a proud domestic worker!

Domestic work (housekeepers, gardeners, babysitters, etc.) is a source of employment in Africa. But the rights and professional training of domestic workers still need to be strengthened. Discover the actions of IDAY in Kenya, Rwanda, DRC and Togo…it’s moving! Learn more

> In Benin, youth act for the environment

IDAY-Benin has set up 15 school gardens, with the support of the Addax&Oryx Foundation. These gardens have made the young people aware of the environmental challenges of our time and on which they can act. Learn more

> Africa, my home, my hope 

On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, the coalitions of the IDAY network have set up actions to raise awareness among pupils about the risks of illegal immigration. Young people were asked to think about who they want to be at home and which heroes near them inspire them. An album contains the texts and drawings of young people from Guinea, DRC and Kenya. Learn more

> Learning in the garden, a recipe that works!

IDAY-Cameroon has set up 60 school gardens in 4 years thanks to the support of the Turing Foundation. A partnership with Teachers without Borders Belgium has allowed the development of green pedagogy. Cameroonian teachers make the school garden their learning place and who also teach the young people to take care of their health thanks to medicinal plants such as Artemisia annua. Learn more

> One child, one birth certificate

On the occasion of the International Day of the African Child, IDAY-Senegal chose to focus its advocacy action on the issue of children without birth certificates. They addressed the school managements of the disadvantaged neighbourhoods of the Dakar suburbs to identify the children who could not pass their national exams at the end of primary school because they were not registered at the civil registry. The files were then compiled with the neighbourhood mothers and parents and submitted to the department in charge in order to obtain regularisation.Around a hundred children were able to take the exam thanks to this action. Beyond the direct impact on these children, the advocacy action with the Ministry of National Education led, 6 months later, to the drafting of a document by the Ministry of National Education of Senegal indicating the development of a permanent mechanism for the detection and systematic support for the regularisation of pupils without birth certificates in schools. Learn more

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