The International Day for Street Children is celebrated every year on April 12 which provides a platform for the millions of street children around the world to share their voices about their rights.
In 2012 the theme for the International Day for Street Children is `challenging perceptions’.
The International Day for Street Children was launched in 2011 by the Consortium for Street Children (CSC), bringing together its 70 members to raise awareness of street children by being `louder together’. The day is celebrated by street children, NGOs, policy makers, celebrities, corporate and individuals across the globe.
Since the first international day in 2011, the United Nations commissioned a report into street children in order to be better able to protect and promote their rights.
Street children are often ignored and stigmatised. They have no support, no family, school, healthcare; they face violence and hunger daily. Unless governments take responsibility and change policy and practice to include street children, for every child helped, another two will be forced onto the street.
The International Day for Street Children gives a louder voice to millions of street children all around the world so their rights cannot be ignored. Street children need to be on national government’s policy agendas and their specific needs recognised and addressed.
By raising further awareness and working with governments to actively include these children in policy and practice, it will make a direct impact on the lives of the estimated 100 million street children worldwide.
Rafi Peer’s anniversary observed: A gigantic force behind Pakistan’s theater and theatrical talents, founder of modern drama in Pakistan and a playwright Rafi Peer was remembered on his death anniversary here on Wednesday.
Born in Rawalpindi on 21st March 1900, Rafi Peer was the son of Peer Tajuddin, a well-known barrister. It was contact with this intellectual circle of his father’s friends that led Rafi Peer to write at a early age and it was thus too that he became involved with politics.
Rafi Peer was among the pioneers of performing arts in Pakistan and his work and legacy carried on by his family is now recognized not only in Pakistan but on international stage as well. In early 1900s, he went to England to study law but somehow got interested in theater and when he came back, he started working for All India Radio and also wrote plays. He had a chance to work with leading artists of the time and worked hard to create some legendary dramas. He later established theater practice which went on to become popular among masses.
His work in theater was carried on by his family and today ‘Peer Theater Workshop’ is Pakistan’s leading theatrical production organizations.
At time of independence, he was offered lucrative opportunities to work in India, but refused those and decided to come to Pakistan where he continued to live. He died on April, 11, 1974.
PRI offers poultry training programme: A week-long, free of cost, poultry training programme is being offered by Poultry Research Institute (PRI), Benazir Bhutto Road, (Murree Road) Shamsabad Rawalpindi.
The training programme will start on April 16 with 8.00 AM to 1:00 PM timing of the course.
Interested men and women can apply for the course while prospectus of the programme can be taken from the office of PRI. The applications may be submitted in the office of Director PRI till April 16 at 9:00 AM.
Qamar seeks people’s cooperation : Federal minister for Water Syed Naveed Qamar has said that the nation has to take some concrete steps to cope with the energy crisis in the country. Talking to a private news channel, he said energy crisis is very severe in country and we have to change our life style to save the energy. We have to share energy crisis.
He said the government has energy security plans and many projects are under implementation adding I belong to Karachi and I will go to business community of Karachi to convince them for the implementation of decisions of Energy Conference.
