Representatives of the ASR network return to Haiti motivated by their participation in the First Central American and the Caribbean follow-up meeting to the UN Study on Violence against Children.
Jean Salomón, president of the Haitian ASR network (Down with Restavek Network) and lawyer Nadine François, the network’s advocacy coordinator, participated in this gathering of some 250 high-level government, civil society and youth representatives from Central America, Dominican Republic, México and Cuba.
2011 ends with prizes and recognition for the excellent results achieved by three partners in the CWS LAC Children’s Program
Identifying solid, innovative local organizations whose programs help to transform the reality of the communities where they work is key to efforts by the ecumenical cooperation agency Church World Service to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice all over the world.
Sonia Pierre: A colossus of a heart demanding justice By Jasmine Huggins, Church World Service and Christian Aid Senior Advocacy Officer for Haiti
Sonia Pierre was a feminist, activist, leader, mother, grandmother, counselor, speaker, defender of human rights, development practitioner and humanitarian. She died Sunday afternoon, December 4, much too young at age 48, having lived almost three times that many lifetimes, worn out from having fought since the age of 13 for the defense of rights of her community, Dominicans of Haitian descent who live mostly on the margins of Dominican society.
CWS welcomes and supports participation of Haitian partner in key Central America and Caribbean meeting to stop Violence against Children
With CWS support and encouragement from CWS partners in Latin America, Jean Salomón, president of CWS-accompanied Haitian network ASR (Down with Restavek Network) and lawyer Nadine François, the network’s advocacy focal point, are ready to travel this week to neighbouring Dominican Republic where they will bring Haitian voices, expertise and perspectives to a very important regional meeting that will raise awareness on the need to prevent and respond to violence against children.
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Photos left to right:
Doug Smith, Projeto Meninos e Meninas de Rúa, Paul Jeffrey,
Rick Reinhard, Martha Farmelo
