Remembering the African child

The International Day of the African Child, is celebrated each year on June 16. Initiated by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), it honours those who lost their lives during the infamous ‘Soweto Uprising’, in 1976. Through out Africa campaigns are held in recognition of the importance of the African child. UNICEF, one of the key global bodies which has attached the much needed importance to this day; narrowing down this year’s theme around the pressing issue of child trafficking. Trafficking of children is one of those miserable societal shortcomings, happening in both the industrialized and developing nations alike.