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Meet Kip Oebanda, 19, Philippines
Kip helped plan the UN Special Session on Children. He was part of
the National Plan of Action and the preparatory meetings. He has been
working on children's rights issues since he was 7 years old.
Kip was born in IloIlo City in a prison camp. His parents had been
arrested for fighting against then-President Ferdinand Marcos. He
lived in the prison until he was 3.
As a delegate to the special session, he says he is especially concerned
about child labor.
"War is related to child labor," he said when asked why he was participating
in a Youth Against War event. He also helped plan the March for Children's
Rights held the day before. "War displaces children, then they are
not stable and have to work. They have no schools."
Back to Youth Against War. Photo: Suzanne Freeman |
