World Children Conference #WCC2020 event is the collaborative effort of SDG Choupal and SDGs For Children. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets that all 193 UN Member States, including India have committed to achieve between 2016 and 2030. The SDGs are universal in scope, and their call to leave no one behind puts the World’s most vulnerable and marginalized people – including children – at the top of the agenda.
SDG Choupal is a multistake holder community led initiative supported by NITI Aayog, UNHabitat Youth Nairobi ,Commonwealth Secretariat London ,UNESCAP ,UN Global Compact ,Rotary International ,Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, Ministry of Social Justice Govt. of India, MSME, NSIC, RIS, TERI and many others front led by Nagrik Foundation. It is dedicated to support the mission of localizing the SDGs while empowering communities and stake holders to make it a truly peoples movement .
SDGs For Children was founded in 2014 by the young Indian teenager Ayush Chopra. It is an initiative to give platform to children across the globe to CONNECT, CREATE and COLLABORATE. On 26th September 2019, SDGs For Children got officially incorporated under the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporation Act.
#SDGChildrenChoupal Project, launched in June 2020 have amplified the voices of children across globe jointly with SDGsForChildren. No matter how big or small children are doing in their daily lives to help achieve any of the 17 Sustainable development goals, they were invited to share their #SDGsStories. World children Conference will be hosted to celebrate these voices along with many others in the Grand Finale. Children across the globe are welcome to join us and get their stage to inspire other millions.
We have received huge participation response from Childrens of over 25 countries and the number is still increasing. The event will have Guest Speakers sharing their Stories along with the FIRST TIME EVER – Open Mic on SDGs. Every registered participant, irrespective of the age, will get chance to participate in the fun and engaging activities during the Conference.
The event is co-hosted by SDG Choupal, UN-Habitat Nairobi and is supported by Nagrik Foundation . Dainik Bhaskar is the Development Media Partner for the event. World Children Conference is an effort powered by SDGs for Children.
Link to Register as participant: http://www.sdgsforchildren.org/world_children_conference.php
Link to Register as Speaker: http://www.sdgsforchildren.org/Speaker_Registration.php
Date: 22nd August 2020
Time: 7:00 PM IST, 9:30 AM EST
