Day of the African Child; Global Foundation for Public Speaking (GFPS) Hailed
By Julia Portia This year‘s Day of the African Child was themed “Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development.” The theme builds on the momentum created by the commemorations of the day in 2017; which was themed “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Children in Africa: Accelerating Protection, Empowerment and Equal Opportunity.” The pinnacle is poised on mainstreaming of children‘s rights in all developmental programs by the Member States, that is through Agenda 2030, Agenda 2040 and Agenda 2063 respectively. In 1991, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the then Organization for African Unity (OAU) instituted the Day of the African Child (DAC) in memory of the 16th June 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa. At that time, students marched in protest against the poor quality of education they received and demanded to be taught in their own languages. It was a hive of activities at West Gate Shopping Center, with at least 1000 students