Afruca - Safeguarding Children
Registered Charity Number: 1093027
AFRUCA Summit on African Children and Families in London 2014
Date: Saturday 11th October 2014
Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
Venue: Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury, Coram Street London WC1N 1HT
Event Convenor: Modupe Debbie Ariyo OBE, Founder of AFRUCA
Event Host: Priscilla Nwikpo, Presenter, The Woman Show, BEN TV
Chief Host: Diane Abbotts MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Keynote Speaker: Ade Adetosoye OBE, Strategic Director of Community and Children Services, City of London
Special Guest of Honour: Cécile Kyenge MEP and Former Minister for Integration, Italy
Special Performances: Magdaleen Adenaike, Jessica Chukwu and Ugandan Dance Troupe
Summit Aims and Objectives:
This major event is a follow up to the very successful first Summit on African Children and Families held in October 2013. It aims to explore key safeguarding issues and challenges faced by children of black and African origin across London with a view to generating ideas and solutions to help combat the problems. This event aims to empower young people, their parents and the community to take ownership of the myriad of challenges confronting them to be able to ensure better safeguarding and protection for children.
Participants will spend the day sharing knowledge, ideas and professing solutions to help support families who are facing challenges leading to risk of harm to children.
Please note that this event is for UK residents only.
Summit Format
This free, one day event will be in the form of plenary and workshop sessions. Many agencies and community organisations working on different issues are also exhibiting at this event. They will be on hand to take referrals from parents, young people and others who may require help and support in different ways.
Themes of this Summit
Themes will be explored through 4 different plenary workshops. Participants will be able to attend all workshops.
1. Workshop One: Discipline In African Families:
To Beat or Not to Beat? Special Session By AFRUCA Children’s Champions
Presenters: Ekanem Robertson, Courage Mthobeni, Margaret Agbabiaka and Franck Omombo
Chair: Prospera Tedam, Chair Board of Trustees AFRUCA and Senior Lecturer in Social Work- Practice University of Northampton.
2. Workshop Two: Is Female Genital Mutilation an African Problem?
Panelists: Dr. Comfort Momoh MBE, FGM/Public Health Specialist, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, Hawa Sessay, Founder Hawa Trust, Muzvare Betty Makoni, CNN World Hero and Founder Girl Child Worldwide Network and Leyla Hussein, Co-founder Daughters of Eve
Chair: TBC
3. Workshop Three: What Can We do About the Trafficking of African Children to the UK?
Presenters: Dorcas Erskine, Co-ordinator Poppy Project. Lola Gani-Yusuf, Anti-child Trafficking Co-ordinator, AFRUCA.
Chair: TBC
4. Workshop Four: Bullying, Sexual Abuse and Internet Safety: Enhancing Protection for African Families
Presenters: Jim Gamble, Chief Executive INEQE; Phinnah Ikeji, Founder, Parents of Black UK Pupils; Annette Williams, Service Manager, AFRUCA Centre for Children and Families, Manchester.
Chair: TBC
Lunch, Refreshments and Child Care
Free lunch and refreshments will be provided at the event. There are very limited child care facilities in place for children between the ages of 6 and 14. Parents who require child care must contact us separately to arrange.
Email: saater@afruca.org for child care facilities
We expect this free event to be over-subscribed. Please register your place now to avoid any disappointments.
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