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Safehouses to protect Cape kids
A network of child protection safehouses will be built across Western Cape York under a Queensland Government plan to protect Indigenous kids from abuse and neglect. Queensland Child Safety Minister Margaret Keech announced the initiative today while visiting ACT for Kids - the child protection group which will be responsible for running the new facilities in partnership with the West Coast Cape York Traditional Land Owners Corporation.
Kids rights - in their own words
Nearly every country in the world has made promises to kids through the United Nations. But ironically there are very few version sof the UN Charter of Child Rights in words which kids can easily understand.
ACT for Kids has done something about this by creating an amazing wall poster for kids, which lists all their rights under the charter in their language. By making our customised copy of the charter available to Aussie kids, we hope to educate them by and their parents about child rights.
Members of the public can buy A1-sized copies of the poster for $19.95. Call us today on 1300 228 000 to get a copy.
Learning to be
In this article, Journalist Frances Whiting takes a closer look at our Early Education Program - a special preschool designed to help create a brigther future for children whose lives have already been devastated by abuse and neglect.
