Our Awareness-Raising Programs

For Children who are Actors in Their own Rights and in Sustainable Development

One of Enfants du Monde’s missions is to contribute to the implementation of children’s rights in Switzerland and around the world, with a view to sustainable development, not only by educating schoolchildren, but also by enabling them to become actors and spokespersons for their own rights.

What Sets us Apart

Children’s participation at the heart of our approach

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has noted that children are not well informed about their rights and that their views on matters affecting them are not sufficiently taken into account. It therefore recommends that States, including Switzerland, systematically address children’s rights in schools and establish effective age-appropriate participation mechanisms. Our approach to education for sustainable development also enables children to connect with broader issues in their own countries and around the world.

Understanding your rights in context, in Switzerland and around the world

To meet these needs, Enfants du Monde carries out in-depth work on children’s rights education in schools as part of its projects in Switzerland and abroad. Rooted in an approach to education for sustainable development, the child rights education program enables schoolchildren in Switzerland, as well as in Guatemala and Burkina Faso, to reflect on their rights by addressing issues they encounter in their daily lives, both at school and at home. The aim is not only for them to know their rights, but also and above all to understand the challenges involved in implementing them in their cultural and social context. In this way, Enfants du Monde equips them to express themselves meaningfully about their rights and to actively defend them through meaningful actions in their schools and communities.

Spaces for participation for all

Enfants du Monde also offers all children involved in its program and actions two platforms where they can exercise their right to be heard on issues that concern them, both by the general public and by decision-makers: the Virtual Globe and the La parole aux enfants festival.