Children’s rights are central to all aspects of UNICEF’s work, including education, and we use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as a framework for our activities.
UNICEF Ireland aims to promote children’s rights in schools in two ways: by supporting schools to ensure that rights are embedded in their ethos and policy-making; and by offering resources and activities to ensure that children and young people can learn about children’s rights in the classroom and beyond. Please email nikita@unicef.ie for further information.
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Pupils of Second class, Scoil Raifteiri with their teacher Mr Padraic Heaney
We would like to extend our thanks to all of the pupils in second class, Scoil Raifteiri, Castlebar Co Mayo who donated €300 to Unicef Ireland. They very kindly donated the gifts they received at their recent 1st Holy Communion. The pupils raised an outstanding €620 and split the funds locally to help build a special Cystic Fibrosis Unit at Mayo General Hospital. We are so grateful for their wonderful support and generosity!
As UNICEF Ireland is voluntary funded we rely on as much support from the public as possible to enable us to continue our life saving work in the field.