Child labour has been a is one of the major challenges in North Central Nigeria and indeed in Nigeria. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), child labour deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development.

RCE Lagos Organizes Symposium on ESD in the Future of Youths

Youth in the region of Lagos are still not sufficiently aware on sustainability issues. RCE Lagos is organizing the event “The place of ESD in the Future of Youths in the Region” on July 26, 2017 at the Presbyterian Church Hall in Yaba Lagos*.

Open Call for Youth Coordinators

Photo: UNESCO

At the request of the youth delegates at the 10^th Global RCE Meeting and with the endorsement of the Ubuntu Committee of Peers for the RCEs, all RCEs are expected to designate a youth coordinator for each RCE.

Board Members of RCE Denmark have unanimously agreed to set up and fund the first established RCE Youth Network in Europe.

The Youth Network comprises of ten diverse and motivated youth from different parts of Denmark, they include four pupils from primary school, two students from high school, two craft apprentices and two other youth. RCE Denmark will support the Youth Network and would serve as mentor to the Youth with the help of NEXT, one of the largest educational institutions in Denmark and Europe.

Date: 1-3 March, 2017

Location: MMUST, Main Campus, Kakamega, Kenya