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There are nearly 150 million children living on the streets of the world today. Most will never receive a primary education, or make more than $1 per day.

In fact, 50% will not survive the next four years.

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Summer Program 2005

Granted through: DC Children And Youth Investment Trust Corporation. It provides FREE programming for children in DC
Organized by: Reaching Out, (founded in summer 2002) Youth Advocate Program International
Location: HD Woodson SHS, 5500 HS Eads St. NE WDC
No of Children: 50; 8-18 ages
Period: July 5-August 10, 2005
Program: Monday to Friday, 8.30 AM- 4 PM. FREE breakfast and lunch. Meals provided by DC Summer Meals Program at HD Woodson SHS.
Content: Academics, Community Leadership, Conflict Resolution disguised in Drama and Mind Game Activities, Social Interaction, Athletics, Health, Kid’s Choice Activities, Fieldtrips & Learn to Swim
Special Day of Child Recognition for the Benefit of the Parents!
Contact person: Christian Greene
Telephone: 202-723-2704 (Christian) 202-244-6410 (YAPI)
Fax: 1-202-244-6396
E-mail: reachingoutskids@go.com
New Education Course Curriculum Modules - Free

YAP International has developed seven course curriculum modules on our various issues. They are simple to learn/use, take less than one hour to teach, are easily dowloadable, and are free. Please use them as often as you want.

Youth Human Rights Club

Youth Advocate Program International introduces a new initiative to empower children and youth to advocate on behalf of children’s human rights.  The Youth Human Rights Club (YHRC) program provides an avenue for children ages 18 and younger to carry out service, education and advocacy projects to assist youth in need.

More information coming soon!!!

Resource Material Expansion at YAP International
We have invested much of our time during the last year in developing new resource materials. For your use, we now have ten issue summaries (at left), seven course curriculum modules and accompanying PowerPoint presentations, eight new resource papers, and a new website to better serve you. We welcome you to use these resources. As with all of our materials, they are free-of-charge.

Links to International Child Protection Conventions

For your convenience, and by popular demand, we have added a list of links to the full text of more than thirty international child protection conventions of modern history. We have also developed a glossary of common terms used in the child rights and protection arenas, for your convenience.

New Child Trafficking Page with Links

Due to the numerous requests for information regarding child trafficking, we have developed a new page on the issue that includes links to one of the most respected partners in the field: The Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University. We encourage you to visit this page, and our full page of links to dozens of other well-known and respected child rights and protection organizations.

UN Global Study on Violence Against Children
Throughout the next year, the North America Consultation Committee for the U.N. Global Study on Violence Against Children will be collecting and compiling information from children throughout North America regarding violence today. A small group of NGOs, including YAP International, has developed a plan to coordinate and collect this data. - for more details

Potential New UN/NGO Relationship Reform

As a member of the NGO Committee on UNICEF, we received an advance report from a U.N. High-Level-Panel on Civil Society relations. The report, with its panel lead by former president Fernando H. Cardoso of Brazil, is referred to as the "Cardoso-Report". The report opens discussion on UN relationship reform with its "constituencies", primarily civil society organizations. In November, we met with UNICEF to discuss the evolving NGO/UNICEF role. - for more details
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YAP International, through awareness, education, research, advocacy, policy, and youth participation positively impacts thousands of children every year.

National Youth Advocate Program has been providing our funding during the first decade of our work, and now we hope to expand our work with your help. Please support our valuable activities.

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Issue Presentations for Interested Groups
If you would like us to make a presentation to your organization, agency, association, or youth conference, you can learn more by clicking below on: youth training; consulting services; and/or strategy and planning.

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