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FIRST CHILDREN’S EMBASSY IN THE WORLD MEGJASHI 1992 – 2009
17 Years of acting of the First Children’s Embassy in the World – Megjashi, Republic of Macedonia 

The basic task of the First Children's Embassy
The basic task of the First Children's Embassy in the World "Megjashi", is to carry out the United Nations Declaration and Conventions on Children's Rights.

Father rapes daughter for 2 years
Muhamed A. (37) from Skopje, raped his daughter for 2 years, after he divorced his wife. The raped girl could not take the torture anymore and reported him to her mother S.A. which filed a complaint with the police immediately. 

ANOTHER CASE OF PEDOPHILIA IN STRUMICA
Raped his 13 year-old niece for a whole year

Increase of the sexual abuse over juveniles from their parents
The publicity stays on amazed from the frequent and ghastly incest cases everyday, which number increases from day to day. Nobody remains apathetic after discover and discloser of the tragic destiny of a 6-year-old girl, who after some months of sexual abuse got a pregnant from her father, as well as the strange destiny of the mother abused from its son, who in alcohol state brutalized and sexual abused the mother.

The prosecution lets the sleeping dogs lie
For the case of the two little girls who have been raped for three months by their father and his friend, the public prosecutor’s office should bring a process for criminal accountability against the Center for Social welfare.

Children’s Embassy Megjashi asks for liability for the last case of incest
The First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi asked for liability from the intermunicipal Center for Social welfare in Skopje, regarding the last case of pedophilia, where the father raped his two juvenile daughters. According to Children’s Embassy Megjashi incest wouldn’t have happened if the center hasn’t entrusted them to the S.S(34) and hasn’t allowed him to see his daughters at age of seven and eight, despite knowing that he is alcoholic and suspect of thefts.

DOUBLE PUNISHMENT FOR PEDOFILLERS
The maximum arrest punishement for the pedofillers,which is riching and up to 10 years,may be a content period about resocializing of these persons. Unfortunately,there is no a content number of experts in the country,who would work with them and would direct corectly,say the authorities.

Two new cases of incest and pedophilia
Another two teenagers raped by close acquaintances

THE PEDOPHILES IN MACEDONIA HAD PROBLEMATIC CHILDHOOD
A father of a minor, had raped his daughter for two years, an uncle had sexually harassed his 14 years old (daughter of a cousin), a father with his friend sexually abused his two daughters. These headlines on the news, lately, confirm the everyday abusive behavior and presence of pedophilia in Macedonia.

INTERNET- MAGNET FOR PEDOPHILES AND CRIMINALS
Social chat rooms are dangerous for children as well

TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND PUBLIC PROSECUTORS ON THE TOPIC OF ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING WHEN CHILDREN ARE THE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

Information for the Fund for support of children and youth – victims of sexual abuse
With the so far implementation of the campaign, more than 2.000 citizens and 10 companies donated 300.000 denars in the Fund for support of children and youth – victims of sexual abuse. These finances during April, 2009, through open call announcement in the daily news papers and decision made by independent commission, are assigned to four victims of sexual abuse an to two civil organizations, that in the next few mounts will be working on exceeding of the consequences from sexual abuse and prevention of future similar acts over children and youth.

SOS - telephone of the hope
First World Children’s Embassy MEGJASHI is part of the international network Child Helpline International – which unites SOS services for help of children from the countries world wide. The international day of the SOS lines took part for its celebration on the 17 of May.

More than 17 thousand children requested help from MEGJASHI
More than 17 thousand calls for help connected with abuse and violence upon children and juvenile delinquency were registered at the red phone of the First World Children’s Embassy MEGJASHI.

Children desperately are asking for help
There is an information about increasing of 25% in the number of registered phone calls of children who call SOS helpline and complained that their are sexually and psychologically abused by their parents. From total sum of calls 360 during the last year, 140 were from sexually abused children by their parents.

Interview, Radio Free Europe, 20.03.2009
In Macedonia there are 2000 children who beg in the streets every day. They are the most often victims of violence. I believe that when these children will be included in the educational system this event will be decreased .

We want to remind all the European Parliaments members as well as Macedonian Parliament members for their extremely important part in improving the children’s rights
We want to remind all the European Parliaments members as well as Macedonian Parliament members for their extremely important part in improving the children’s rights,how to initiate the maximum care for maintaing the best children’s interests in all the acts appropriated in the Parliaments which are suggestions of groupe of members,groupe of ministries or, simply as result of civil initiative.

Research ABOUT THE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
During the May 2009, Children Embassy Megjashi, in cooperation with the partner organizations of the towns Kumanovo (HO Mother), Tetovo (Center of Balkan Cooperation- Ljoja), Prilep (Center for Citizen’s Initiative), Kavadarci (Council for prevention of child delinquency), Strumica (Center for possible development-Gate) and Kichevo(Woman Citizen initiative Antic), have prepared questionnaire for the research of the children’s rights situation in Macedonia.

The Global Campaign for Education
The Global Campaign for Education is made up of organisations and individuals who believe that it is important for everyone to have an education. The Global Campaign for Education exists to ensure that governments and institutions keep their promises and that Education for All really is achieved.

Global Action Week
We are very glad to inform you that the First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi continues this year with the activities regarding the Global Action Week Campaign for Education that is internationally organized every year by the Global March against Child Labour. The main objective of the campaign is inclusion of every child in education, and providing literacy for all.

Global Campaign for Education - Queen Rania Honorary Chair 2009
During the one-week campaign which will take place from 20- 26 April 2009, several events will be organized. On the 22 April in the schools all around the world will take place THE BIG READ, when the children will dedicate one school class for reading stories and discussing about the importance of education. The central event is called THE BIG READ and it will take place on the 22 April at the Main Square in the city of Skopje, and also on public places in other cities in Macedonia.

What is the Big Read?
stil 774 million adults can not read this, and 75 million children who are not in school will be denied the chance to learn to read and write.

Celebrity Supporters
Every year the Global Campaign for Education receives support from an amazing array of individuals and organisations across the world, below are just a few who have shown their support to date.

“Childhood without abuse – towards a better child protection system in Eastern Europe” – Visibility research of the campaign See it, Hear it, Say it.
First Children's Embassy in the World - Megjashi has recently conducted study on the visibility of the See it, Hear it, Say it campaign among the Macedonian society. The campaign was run all over the country between 7th November and 10th December 2008. Messages of the campaign, encouraging to report cases of child abuse, were placed on citylights and billboards. Posters and leaflets were distributed to different events and institutions. Moreover, three daily newspapers and four TV channels informed about the campaign.

“Childhood without abuse – towards a better child protection system in Eastern Europe” – Research
 
First Children's Embassy in the World – Megjashi this year has started with the 3th year of the project realization “Childhood without abuse – towards a better child protection system in Eastern Europe” in cooperation with the Nobody Children Foundation, financed by the OAK Foundation. 

Local Supervision – Overview of the system of child support and the institutionalization in Macedonia

INITIATIVE FOR INCLUDING THE CHILDREN INTO THE SCHOOL
The daily centre for children which don`t go to school is has been functioning in the Children`sembassy of June 2007.

Support the street children
075/14 34 24 donate 50,00 denars
070/14 34 24 donate 100,00 denars
077/14 34 24 donate 100,00 denars

Visits by the Italian’s Members of the European Parliament and ITO SUPPORTING COMITY from Japan
The First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi was visited by the Italian’s Member of the European Parliament Alessandro Battilocchio and President of the FIDEAS Dr. Giuliano Bartolomei.

Interview for the weekly magazine KOMPLETNA March 2009
1.Couple of words about First World Children’s Embassy Megjashi, about its beginnings, its activities and care.

Cashbox
During the period from March till May 2009 in the cashboxes placed all over Macedonia by Firs Children’s Embassy in the World, citizens donated 104.552.00 denars.

DONATION FROM FRUCTAL AND NELT ST
On 10.06. 2009 year, the firm NELT ST donated 447 kg. biscquites to the first childrens Embassy in the world “MEGJASHI”.

FORMED UNION- MACEDONIA WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION
Considering the need of more effective working into the fight against the discrimination,the UNION Macedonia without discrimination,where the Children`s Embassy Megjashi is an active member,after 1 year unformal working  decided to formalise own existing.

THE CIVIL PLATFORM OF MACEDONIA ACCEPTED THE NEW STRATEGIC TARGETS
On 29.05.2009 year was happened a meeting of the Civil platform of Macedonia when were accepted several reports of the working,including and the realization of the previous programme,as well as the next strategic targets:

Recommendations from the Forum Discussion about Violence and Segregation in Schools
O To organize forum discussions about segregation and violence in schools with all that are working on education in the country (ministry, bureau for development of education, NGO’s, international organizations like OSCE and EU, experts, students, teachers, directors of schools, etc.)

Circus Skills Workshop
The third summer workshop for children between the ages of five and 16, organized by the First Chilren’s Embassy in the World – Megjashi, started yesterday, July 27. This year, just like in 2008, the workshop will teach children circus skills. The workshop concludes on Friday, July 31.


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