- 10th Anniversary Dinner and Dance
Date: Saturday 16 July 2011
Time: 6pm to midnight
Venue: Hilton London Docklands Riverside Hotel
Our 10th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner and Dance was held to celebrate AFRUCA's 10 years of dedicated service to African Children in the UK and to raise funds for our sister organisation: AFRUCA Foundation for the Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable Children in Nigeria.
Special Guests of Honour:
- Her Excellency Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, First Lady, Ekiti State, Nigeria
- His Excellency Edward M Turay, Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the UK
The evening was held at the prestigious Hilton London Docklands Riverside Hotel, with views over the Thames and Canary Wharf, people joined AFRUCA for a special evening to celebrate our work with African children. Included were a cross section of VIPs and other notable guests, a sumptuous buffet and a fantastic range of entertainment including comedy, music, fashion show, dance, sale auction, and a whole host of other interesting attractions including a Special Drama Performance by members of AFRUCA Youth Forum.
Special Thanks: Her Excellency Erelu Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, First Lady, Ekiti State, Nigeria | His Excellency Edward M Turay, Sierra Leonean Ambassador to the UK | The Hilton Docklands Hotel | Your hosts Ms Jobeda Ali & Mr Ade Daramy | AFRUCA’s Youth Forum | Iroko Theatre Company | Bhatt Murphy Solicitors | Obonjo Comedian | The Olusegun Ologo Band | Afrik Air & Kirskirine Events | All AFRUCA Staff, Trustees and Volunteers | Lekan Fatodu, Publisher, Check Out Magazine | Eryca Freemantle, Celebrity Make-up Artist | Dayo Israel, Motivational Speaker | Angela Tella, Registered Dietician and Consultant Nutritionist | Tunde Oyedoyin, Compass Newspaper | Aminata Kamara | Abeokuta Girls Grammar School Old Girls Association | Tundun Adeyemo, Tell Magazine
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- Special Interactive Session with Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, First Lady Ekiti State, Nigeria
Date: Friday 15th July 2011
Time: 6pm - 9pm
Venue: Hogan and Lovell International LLP, Central London
Her Excellency, Chief Mrs Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, the first lady of Ekiti State in Nigeria was very well known as the dynamic and amiable Executive Director of Akina Mama Wa Afrika (AMwA), a foremost women’s NGO based in London. Many Africans in London recall with nostalgia the contributions made by AMwA in the lives of African women through many of its programmes and activities under the Directorship of Bisi, as she was fondly called. Indeed, many women are now in leadership and decision-making positions today having benefitted from AMwA’s range of women’s leadership development programmes.
In 2000, Chief Mrs Fayemi left Akina Mama Wa Afrika to run the African Women’s Development Fund, (AWDF) which she co-founded with two other African women. AWDF is the first Africa-wide, grant-making fund, which supports the work of organisations promoting women’s rights in Africa. Since it began grant making in 2001, AWDF has supported over 800 women’s organisations in 42 African countries with over U$16m in grants. AWDF has played a key role in the promotion and protection of women’s rights in Africa, through its support of grassroots initiatives, policy engagements and movement building for social justice. Chief Mrs Fayemi has received many awards, recognitions and honours for her work with African women. In April 2009, she was named by New African Magazine as one of the 20 most influential African women on the continent. She has recently taken on a new role as President of AWDF.
Today, Chief Mrs Fayemi is actively championing positive change as the wife of the Governor of Ekiti State where she is pioneering a range of community intervention and social change programmes for women and children. She recently launched the “Ekiti Development Foundation” to help promote community development projects in the State. Chief Mrs Fayemi is the Special Guest of Honour at AFRUCA’s 10th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner holding on Saturday 16 July 2011. This Special Interactive event is being held in her honour by AFRUCA as a forum for her to share her experiences of leadership, innovation, women’s empowerment and social change with other African women. We want her to use her very inspirational life story to encourage and motivate other African women present at the event.
- 10th Anniversary Seminar
Seminar: The Unseen Slave Next Door - Addressing the Trafficking of Children for Domestic Slavery
Date: Friday 1st July 2011
Venue: Hogan and Lovell International LLP, Central London
Time: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Seminar Fee:
£40 per delegate. Profits went toward supporting victims of trafficking
Target Group:Child Rights Practitioners, Policy Makers, Immigration and Borders officials, The Police, Social Workers, Lawyers, Barristers and Immigration practitioners, Faith groups, NGOs – local and international
Introduction: Domestic servitude is a shocking reality whereby children and adults are treated as mere chattel. They are bought, owned, controlled, exploited and enslaved in people’s houses. Children who should be at school are working 18 hours a day, seven days a week. They are exposed to inhumane and degrading treatment, which includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Domestic Servitude takes place next to us, in our community, in our environment. Domestic servitude is modern day slavery and one of the most hidden forms of child cruelty.
This year in the UK there have been 2 successful convictions against individual for trafficking and exploiting humans as domestic slaves[1]. A group of four young women successfully brought a suit against the Metropolitan Police Service for professional negligence for failing to investigate their trafficking claim for domestic servitude. In other instances, a local authority agreed a settlement figure with a former victim of domestic slavery. It is certain that many more cases like the above will come to the fore.
Yet despite all the above legal achievements, this is still just a drop in the ocean. Domestic servitude is a too often an overlooked crime, despite the deeply concerning large numbers of victims. In 2010 CEOP[2] (Child Exploitation Online Protection) recorded 25 children exploited for domestic servitude and 19 children exploited for forced labour. Although Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 makes it an offence to hold someone in slavery or servitude or require them to perform forced or compulsory labour, too often human traffickers are still able to avoid detection and prosecution.
Experts in the field believe agencies and government do not see Domestic Servitude as being on a par with Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation – hence the low level of intervention involved in detecting and protecting victims. This gap in intervention and prosecution of traffickers means the practice is continuing unabated yet the impacts and consequences of this abuse are as devastating for victims and survivors.
In addition, according to the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, the National Referral Mechanism put in place by the UK Government to help victims of trafficking for exploitation, is “not fit for purpose”[3]. Recent NRM statistics show that out of 187 referrals of children from countries outside the UK only 32 children (17%) have been granted a positive final decision that they are accepted as victims of trafficking[4]
This conference will bring together a range of practitioners with responsibility for counter trafficking work. It will explore many of the factors that continue to fuel the growth in the trafficking of children for domestic servitude as well as gaps in the system that makes the safeguarding of victims difficult. It will examine recent court cases with a view to identifying lessons to be learnt by agencies in putting together strategies and protocols for addressing the problem.
Speakers: Chair: Debbie Ariyo, AFRUCA Director | Ms. Christine Beddoe, ECPAT Director | Cherifa Atoussi, AFRUCA, Anti Child Trafficking Officer – The Challenges of Supporting Victims of Domestic Slavery | Mr Tony Murphy, Partner, Bhatt Murphy Solicitors: Using the Human Rights Act to ensure trafficking is effectively investigated | Survivor of Domestic Servitude “Buki” – My Experience as a Victim of Domestic Slavery
[1] A case of modern day slavery in the suburbs, BBC News, March 2011 and Pastor Jailed for trafficking African Slave, BBC News, March 2011
[2] CEOP Strategic Threat Assessment 2010
[3] Wrong kind of victim? One year on…an analysis of UK measures to protect trafficked persons, Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group, June 2010
[4] Child Trafficking In the UK, A Snapshot, ECPAT 2010
- AFRUCA Annual General Meeting 2011
Date: Thursday 1st July 2011
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Venue: Princess Diana of Wales Memorial Fund Conference Rooms, Central London
The Chair of the Board of Trustees of AFRUCA – Africans Unite Against Child Abuse, Mrs Prospera Tedam invited you to our 2011 Annual General Meeting of AFRUCA and a presentation on AFRUCA’s Child Protection Training Programme for African Parents in London by Mr Ade Sawyerr, author of project Independent Evaluation Report
- 10th Anniversary Reception
Date: Tuesday 14 June 2011
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Venue: Freshfields Bauhaus Deringer LLP, Central London
Our 10th Anniversary Reception brought together our friends, supporters, partners, donors, stakeholders and other well-wishers to celebrate our 10 years' of dedicated service to African Children in the UK.
The event presented an opportunity for us to showcase our work over the past 10 years. There were testimonials by our partners and friends who have been closely involved in our work and who are proud of what we have achieved for the benefit of African children in the UK.
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- BNLF Annual Careers Event
Date: Tuesday 28 June 2011
Time: 6.00pm – 8.30pm
Venue: EAPD UK LLP, Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street, London EC2M 1QS
Speakers:
Boma Ozobia, Managing Partner, Sterling Partnership & President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association
Sade Odekeye AREC, Director Tempest Consult, Legal Recruitment
Omosuyi Fred Omojole, Trainee Solicitor, Slaughter & May
Abimbola Badejo, Barrister, 5 Pump Court
An opportunity for Q&A’s followed by networking and light refreshments
- Follow up meeting to the Channel 4 programme ‘Dispatches’ on witchcraft abuse in the UK
Date: 23rd October 2010
Time: 1pm -2:30pm
Venue: 1 Raby Cross, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2FF
- Training: Working with Black African Children
Date: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Time: 9am – 4:00pm
Venue: Manchester City Centre
Available Delegate Spaces: 25
Delegate Fee: £80.00
Target group: All staff working with children and families
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- AFRUCA Celebrates Black History Month
Title: An interactive session with 4 prestigious African authors
Venue: Metro Bar, 6 St. Christopher’s Place, London, W1U 1ND (2 mins from oxford circus and bond street tubes)
Date: Friday 15 October 2010
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Title: Witchcraft Branding, Spirit Possession and the Implications for Child Safeguarding
Venue: Central London
Date: 22nd October 2010
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- AFRUCA Fundraising Event
"STOP THE ABUSE" Fundraising Evening - Manchester
Date: Friday 2nd October 2010
Time: 8pm - 2am
Venue: Iguana Bar, 115-117 Manchester road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9PG ( Opposite Chorlton Leisure Centre)
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- Channel 4 Dispatches: Britain's Witch Children Follow Up Community Meeting - Manchester
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
Date: Friday 24th September 2010
Time: 1pm-3pm
- Child Protection training workshop for African Parents
Venue: Forward in Faith Ministries UK, Methodist Church, Fielden Road, Blackburn
Date: Sunday 19th September 2010
Time: 1pm
- Training: Working with Faith to Safeguard African Children
Date: Monday 12th July 2010
Venue: Central London
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- Training for Practitioners
Title: Working with Black African Children and Families
Venue: Manchester City Centre
Date: Thursday 15th July 2010
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Title: Working with Black African Children and Families
Venue: Central London
Date: Tuesday 15th June 2010
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Title: Working with Faith to Safeguard African Children
Venue: Manchester City Centre
Date: Thursday 17th June 2010>
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Title: Working with Faith to Safeguard African Children
Venue: Central London
Date: Tuesday 11 May 2010
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Title: Working with Black African Children and Families
Venue: Manchester City Centre
Date: Thursday 20 May 2010
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- Training for Parents
We hold Child Protection Courses for African parents in London, Manchester, Newcastle and Liverpool throughout the year. Please contact us for further information if you are interested in attending.
Title: Child Protection for African Parents Training Event
Date: Saturday 20th February 2010
Time: 10-2pm
Venue: Bolton
Title: Trafficking of African Children to the UK: The New Slavery
Date: 25th February 2010
Time: 6.00 - 8.30pm
Venue: House of Commons, Attlee Suite, Portcullis House
Host: Emily Thornberry MP
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Title: Have your Say! Safeguarding Young People's Forum
Date: Saturday 27th February 2010
Time: 11-2pm
Venue: ACANE Centre, Newcastle
Title: Working with Black African Children and Families
Date: 10 March 2010
Time: 9am - 4pm
Venue: London
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Title: Working with Black African Children and Families
Date: 24 March 2010
Time: 9am - 4pm
Venue: Manchester
Title: Working with Faith to Safeguard African Children
Date: 8 February 2010
Time: 9am - 4pm
Venue: London
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Title: Breaking the Silence: Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in the Black Community
Date: 11 March 2010
Time: 10am - 3pm
Venue: The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, the County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7PB
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Title: Breaking the Cycle of Fear: Witchcraft, Juju and Safeguarding Victims of Human Trafficking
This event is a repeat of the very popular one held in November 2009
Date: Wednesday 27th of January 2010
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: Central London
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Title: Safeguarding African Children Trafficked in the UK
Date: Monday 14th December 2009
Time: 13:00- 4.30
Venue: City Parochial Foundation Offices, 6 Middle Street, London, EC1A 7PH
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Title: Child Protection Training for African Parents
Date: 28 November 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue: Newcastle
Title: Breaking the Cycle of Fear: Witchcraft, Juju and Safeguarding Victims of Human Trafficking
Date: Wednesday 25th November 2009
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Venue: Central London
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Title: Child Protection Training for African Parents
Date: Saturday 21st November 2009
Time: TBC
Venue: Adwick, Manchester
Title: Child Protection Training For African parents - London
Date: Saturday 21st November 2009
Time: 2:00pm -4:00pm
Venue: New Life Ministries, 14 Rectory Road, Hackney
Title: Breaking the Silence: Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in the London Black Community (An event to commemorate the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse)
Date: Friday 20th November 2009
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: Conference Suite, 1st Floor, Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, Islington, London N1 3QP
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Title: Working with Black African Children and Families
Date: 12 November 2009
Time: 9am - 4:00pm
Venue: Manchester City Centre
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Title: Child Protection Training For African parents - London
Date: Saturday 7 November 2009
Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Venue: The Resource Center. 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA
Title: Working With Faith to Safeguard African Children
Date: Tuesday 20th October 2009
Time: 8:45am - 4:00pm
Venue: Central London
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Title: Child Protection Training for African Parents
Date: 17 October 2009
Time: 11am-2pm
Venue: Bolton
Title: Child Protection Training for African Parents
Date: 14 October 2009
Time: 11am-2pm
Venue: Manchester
Title: Working With Black African Children and Families
Date: Thursday 8th October 2009
Time: 9am - 4:00pm
Venue: Manchester City Centre
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Title: Child Protection Training For African parents - London
Date: Saturday 3 October 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: 10 Manor Gardens, Holloway, London N7 6LA
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