Mumbai : Underlining its aim to empower orphaned and vulnerable children to reach their full potential Miracle Foundation India, a fully-licensed Section 25 non-profit organization, conducted their first-ever Children’s Youth Ambassador’s Workshop, ‘Meeting of the Champions’. The initiative took place from 27th to 29th of July, 2019 at Mumbai’s Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Center. Miracle Foundation India had received a total of 78 applications from
The selection panel comprised of representatives from Miracle Foundation India and children from associate child care homes with prior experience in media interactions, leadership and/or public speaking.
Expressing her excitement, Saloni (one of the Youth Ambassadors) said, “As a Youth Ambassador, I want to develop my strengths and abilities. I want to improve my knowledge on child rights and skills in communications, leadership, and understanding.”
The three-day workshop focused on training these emerging leaders to raise awareness on child rights through various skill-building sessions of storytelling, media training, and communication skills.
Speaking on the Program, Nivedita DasGupta, India Country Head, Miracle Foundation India said, “At the Miracle Foundation India, we believe in doing all that we can to empower and facilitate children in need of care & protection to realize their true potential. Over the years, we have been working towards improving the standards of care across CCIs (Childcare institutions) in India, and what better way to do this than to get our children to lead the change? We have always believed and advocated that every child has a right to be heard and participate. With this in mind, we have created the Children’s Youth Ambassador Program with a focus on raising awareness on
As Youth Ambassadors, children actively participated and got featured in social and general media to reform the childcare system. The program helped children to chart out an effective course of action, using their experiences and creativity to contribute to the improvement of the childcare system in the country. As part of the larger Child Participation and Youth Advocacy initiative at Miracle Foundation India, the goal of the Youth Ambassador program is to ensure that children have their voices heard and are actively engaged in the childcare system and family-based care space that serves them.