Children of “Zyber Hallulli” in Tirana welcome ALO 116 in their Home
Tirana, 05 March 2013 – ALO 116 – The Albanian National Child Helpline and the Children’s Human Rights Centre of Albania (CRCA Albania) launched today, with the support of UNICEF and the European Union, their national awareness campaign in schools on the topic ‘Children’s Rights and ALO 116 ‘. The campaign was launched at the Children’s Home “Zyber Hallulli” in Tirana. ALO 116’s awareness campaign in schools will be organized in cooperation with COMBI Programme ‘Communication for Behavior Change’ that takes place in schools as well.
Starting from today and in the months to come ALO 116 and its staff will visit schools across the country, in an awareness campaign regarding the respect for children’s rights and the counseling services the Albanian National Child Helpline offers to children and young people.
ALO 116 has a long experience in counseling in schools. This year’s campaign will help children and young people of the secondary and high schools to get acquainted with their rights, understand better counseling services of ALO 116, get information on youth issues and learn where and how to report cases of violence, abuse etc.
Today’s activity at the Children’s Home was organized by interactively communicating with children on the promotion of their rights. During the event a clear message on human rights and child rights was given to the children and youngsters so that they would feel supported by the institutions and the community. They were introduced to the services, the mission, the goals and the counseling that ALO 116 provides, as well as the inclusive policies on which ALO 116 has built its work.