Stakeholders Seek  Integration of  “At-risk children,Young Adults To Reduce Menace 

Stakeholders Seek  Integration of  “At-risk children,Young Adults To Reduce Menace

Sola POPOOLA

Stakeholders have identified proper and sustained funding of the Ondo Project Advisory Committee (PAC) on At Risk Children Project (ARC-P) inorder  protect vulnerable children in the society.

This was the trust OF A 2-DAY STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP ON AT RISK CHILDREN PROJECT ORGANISED BY ONDO PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELD AT ROYAL BIRDS HOTELS AND TOWERS FROM 14TH – 15TH DECEMBER, 2022

The programme  was designed to identify the vulnerable children across the State.

This  included, but not limited to: out-of-school children, orphans, children forced into child marriage before age fifteen, children denied of education and young people who continually feel disconnected from the Society, occasioned by lack of care and opportunity for better livelihood, and also, to design an all-embracing, undisputable and agreeable blueprint geared towards the seamless activities of (ARC-P) in the State.

The intervention  sought to provide protection and hope for youths and children who are vulnerable in the State and to Ado  creating  a friendly environment for the vulnerable young adults and children in the society;

They also called for the sustenance of funding of activities and that  the Local Government should ensure availability of under-used structures such as training centers across the LGAs for the targeted children and youths;

The Local Government were encouraged to  ensure non-discrimination in the selection of beneficiaries and facilitator; and

Ondo Project Advisory Committee (PAC) on At Risk Children Project (ARC-P) to identify the vulnerable children across the State, which include but not limited to: out-of-school children, orphans, children forced into child marriage before age fifteen, children denied of education and young people who continually feel disconnected

Part  of the  Communique  “the State Government should sustain the funding of ARC-P programme and its leadership;

“That the Local Government should ensure availability of under-used structures such as training centers across the LGAs for the targeted children and youths;

“All identified at-risk children should be enrolled to benefit from the programme;

“Local Government should ensure non-discrimination in the selection of beneficiaries and facilitator; and

“Traditional, Religious and Community Leaders should give unflinching support for the success of the ARC-P programme.”

Credit  Sunshine truth