underway to expand the training to Purpose Training Institutes (MTC) which are under the MCDGC. The annual commemoration of the Day of the African Child (on June 16th) has become a platform to raise awareness on both the CRC and the ACRWC. Children are directly involved in this event through song, drama, dance and other performances. In 1991, Parliament adopted a resolution that every village should hold a day for children, in which progress on the implementation of children’s programmes are presented and discussed. Since 2000, this day has been integrated into the district development plans and is known as June Village Child Day. The Government of Zanzibar has also created children’s clubs both in and out of schools, to conduct peer education, especially during commemoration of national and international events. Televisions and radio stations now air special programmes for children. There have been newspapers articles on children’s rights and columns dedicated specifically to children’s issues. Human rights and child rights are currently not part of school curricula. However, the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT) has mainstreamed children’s rights education into the Child Friendly Schools Programme currently initiated in over 50 schools. It has also produced a child-friendly booklet on children’s rights which has been distributed to all Child Friendly Schools and Centres for Complementary Basic Education (COBET). NGOs have been key contributors in raising awareness on child rights and have conducted training carried out advocacy and distributed child friendly booklets. The Government is also carrying out community sensitization on child and human rights aiming at providing legal protection for the most vulnerable children in the communities. The community sensitization is carried out by young people who are trained in children rights and human rights in general and other legal issues affecting children including 9