Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun, delivering a speech on Climate Change during the Kenya Climate Change Art & Essay Competition hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Education in collaboration with USAID and UNDP.
The voice of children is highly ignored on most governance issues. This is the time for young people to air their concerns and challenge the governing bodies.
Young people with an interest in the future of Kenya are hereby welcome to air their voices during this election period. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in conjunction with the Standard Group PLC is inviting young persons to write and talk about what they would like the next government to do for them.
The winners of the essay competition will be invited to ask their questions directly to politicians during a special TV debate on children’s issues.
The essays will be centred on six different topics including the best start to life. This includes nutrition as well as health and education for children aged 0 to five years old. All this is in a bid to connect schools to the internet to improve learning outcomes.
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On matters of health and children’s welfare, the subject areas are well categorised.
Primary and community health for children, social protection, which translates to helping poor families financially and ending violence against children at home, school and the community.
Eventually, the last topic will address climate change. How to move Kenya to a green economy and help communities adapt to droughts and floods will be the main focus.
The winning essays will be featured in the Sunday Standard’s Generation Next Magazine (this pullout), KTN’s Club Kiboko, Ms President’s TV show on KTN and on Unicef Kenya’s website and the Standard Group’s website.
Winners will also receive a school bag or a T-shirt for young people from Unicef. A goodie bag from the Standard Group and a certificate signed by both Unicef and Standard Group are additional gifts.
