{"id":376,"date":"2025-06-16T08:03:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mendoofoundation.org\/?p=376"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:11:42","slug":"celebration-of-the-international-day-of-the-african-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mendoofoundation.org\/en\/archives\/376","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of the International Day of the African Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"376\" class=\"elementor elementor-376\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-741ede58 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"741ede58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28601c55\" data-id=\"28601c55\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d99bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52d99bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Celebration of the International Day of the African Child<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e27d53 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"39e27d53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53433d51 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53433d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>\"...commemorate the Soweto uprising in 1976...\"<\/i><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6087f86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6087f86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2475dce\" data-id=\"2475dce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5beeef4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5beeef4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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The day was established in 1991 by the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprising, when children were killed during a demonstration for their rights. To this end, <strong>the Joseph Mendo'o Foundation, in partnership with the FAH Foundation and Miss Cameroon 2024<\/strong>, organized a visit to <i><strong>the Bon Berger Orphanage in Nkoabang, Yaounde.<\/strong><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f2afec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21f2afec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\">The Secretary General of the Joseph Mendo'o Foundation, <strong>Mrs. Owona Owona n\u00e9e Afana Mich\u00e8le Claire<\/strong>, represented the entire Foundation , overseeing the celebration program and taking part in communion activities with the orphans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38162fe gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget 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