A day designated to children´s rights. On November 20, 1989 the United Nations passed the International Convention on the Rights of the Child – an international treaty that is legally binding. Much has happened since to give children, to address their needs and to enforce their rights
The n-TV news channel recorded a segment on our project in Baraka. It shows the unimaginably difficult circumstances in which the people of Baraka live in and how the YOU Foundation will help them: http://www.n-tv.de/19857699
The people in Baraka will remember this day for the rest of their lives: The President of Senegal, Mr. Machy Sall, visited them in their slum in Dakar and expressed his joy about the improvements about to begin. 2000 inhabitants enthusiastically celebrated the President addressing them in their mother tongue Wolof. They know that substantial […]
The final phase in Dakar has begun: Soon, excavators and construction materials will occupy the dusty clearing that until now has been used as a soccer field by children. “Since more than 20 years, I know this slum and its refugees. It was high time to put an end to their poverty and to provide […]
On the occasion of the upcoming UNESCO World Literacy Day on September 8, UNESCO-Goodwill Ambassador Dr. h.c. Ute-Henriette Ohoven challenges organisations, initiatives and governments to step up their efforts to improve global literacy.
