Children's Rights - Urgent Action Appeals
Please help us in our ongoing fight for Children's human rights in Central America by getting involved in our campaigns. Writing letters can save lives - if you have never written a letter before please refer to the "In Depth" section where we provide some tips on writing letters.
Current Campaigns
Killing of Marlon Noel Arliaga - July 2010
Campaign Action to urge the USA to ratify the UNCRC
February 2008 - Honduras - Stop the killings of children and Youth
February 2008 - Guatemala - Making street children and at risk youth a priority
August 2007 - Honduras - the tragedy continues
March 2007 - Action against violence on street children
March 2007 - Violence against children in Honduras
December 2006 - Street Children, the excluded face of HIV / AIDS
In Depth
Street Children Advocacy: Tips on letter writing.
Full text of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (PDF)
Download a UNICEF Summary of the Rights of the Child
June 2006 - Casa Alianza is concerned about attacks on street children by soldiers in Guatemala.
September 2005 - Casa Alianza's legal advisor in Guatemala has been murdered.
Updates
Murder of Erlin Rodriguez age 14: We have received notification from the Honduran authorities that the case has been fully investigated and the perpetrator Nelson Hernandez Ponce arrested and jailed. Our thanks to all supporters who wrote letters on this case and to the Honduran Authorities for sending full details of the investigation.
Email your MP and MEP
As well as writing to the relevant authorites (addresses are listed for each campaign), please also write to your local MP or MEP. You make contact via a free service at: www.writetothem.com. Please send copies of your appeals and any replies to Casa UK so that we can measure the response.
Sign up for our newsletter and get involved on an ongoing basis
You can sign up for e-news via the form that appears on the left hand side of this page. Alternatively to sign up for our postal newsletter please click here.
Support our work financially
Casa Alianza regularly takes action against those that violate the rights of street children. If you would like to make a contribution towards our work you can make a donation online or by post by downloading our donation form and sending it to the Freepost address given at the bottom of the form.
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