Children's Parliament Initiative

The initiative seeks to educate, empower and engage children and youth through the Children’s
Parliament mechanism in order to become effective contributors to democracy and proactive citizens. The project seeks to develop the skills of the children and youth through comprehensive trainings based on experiential learning and guided practice in real life situations. The project nurtures a set of well-informed pro-active youth who would, through their interventions would create an ‘Atmosphere for Change’ in Nagaland.

GOAL

The children and youth are empowered to be proactive contributors to democracy, progress and development in the communities through the Children’s Parliament Mechanism.

OBJECTIVES

Children in communities and institutions are mobilized, sensitized, formed into children’s parliaments and are engaged in discussion and action aimed at fulfillment of their rights and sustainable development of the community at large.
Children and youth are capacitated and skilled on rights and duties as citizens and possess
enhanced knowledge, attitudes, aptitudes, and skills that contribute their unbridled growth and development along with their peers elsewhere.
The children are empowered towards making informed responses to the policies and implementation of programmes and are proactively engaged in the protection and promotion of the rights of the children, especially the vulnerable and the marginalized.
An enabling environment for fostering child led initiatives is sustained in the institutions and communities through the participation and engagement of all stakeholders.

Highlights

DISTRICT CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENTS

District Level Children's Parliaments have been formed and nurtured in 4 districts of the state. The district parliament is formed with the representation of the institutional and neighbourhood children's parliaments in the district.

INTER-PARLIAMENT EXCHANGE & PLANNING

The District Level Children's parliaments conducts at least 2 general sessions during the year. The general sessions are combined with inter-parliament competitions, debates, cultural exchange programmes and capacity building programmes on various thematic areas.

CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENT Community Engagements

The Children’s Parliament with an aim to contribute towards protecting the environment and promoting healthy surroundings, conducted various social and environmental activities by way of social work, cleanliness drive, banning of sale of tobacco to the students and installation and management of waste bins in the neighbourhood.

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES

The members of the Children’s Parliaments are Capacitated on various programmes like Concept and functions of the Children’s Parliament, The Rights, issues and Schemes of the Children The Local governance systems The Life skills training, Building of leadership qualities, personality development, Team building, career guidance and mental health.

Children's Parliament Initiative

GOAL

OBJECTIVES

Highlights

DISTRICT CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENTS

INTER-PARLIAMENT EXCHANGE & PLANNING

CHILDREN'S PARLIAMENT Community Engagements

CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES

our team

Vekhenshe K Genevive

State Training Lead

Vincent Kithan

Training Associate

Maheni Martha

Training Associate

D. Aquinas Pammei

Training Associate

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