Human Rights 2009

Human Rights Day

Nailsea School asked the Livingstone Tanzania Trust to come and visit the school on the 9th December 2009 to talk about poverty, food security and education as part of their Human Rights Day. This was a very exciting day with great enthusiasm from the students and teachers and we were delighted to be involved.

The Livingstone Tanzania Trust want all the young people to understand what poverty means to people in Tanzania and to understand that it does not need to be this way, poverty can be alleviated and we are showing practical steps as to how.

Article 4 of the UN’s Human Right’s Charter: No one shall be held is slavery. “Millions of people in the world’s poorest countries remain imprisoned, enslaved, and in chains. They are trapped in the prison of poverty. It is time to set them free.” – Nelson Mandela

Article 25: Everyone has the right to a standard of loving adequate for the health and well being of himself and his family including food, clothing, housing, medical care and necessary social services.

Article 26: Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free and compulsory in the elemental and fundamental stages.