HOW TO ENSURE YOUNG CHILDREN THEIR RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. COMENIUS FOUNDATION EXPERIENCES (Jak realizowac prawa najmlodszych dzieci do rozwoju i partycypacji - doswiadczenia Fundacji Komenskiego)

The rights of children to education and participation are in Poland almost exclusively limited to age-school children. Young children are seen as needing health care, not educational stimulation. This is why the Committe on the Rights of the Child issued a special comment recommending to apply all of the rights of the child, including those fostering education and participation, to young children. It seems particularly important to implement the rights of the child to this age group, who can't express its own need autonomously and does not have any political or institutional support. Comenius Foundation is one of the very few Polish nongovernmental organizations, who focus on educational activities for this age group. The two described Comenius Foundation projects show how one can implement activities that allow the youngest citizens to educate themselves and participate into local social life.