jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) along with the Walrus magazine is launching its second annual high school essay competition! Write the Wrong is a nation-wide competition created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of the Child.

This year, we are accepting essays from high school students on the topic of a child’s rights. Short listed essays will be judged by a range of individuals in the human rights and media fields, and the winning essay will be published in the Walrus!

All submissions are due April 9th, 2010 ! Essays can be uploaded on the website, or sent to our head office. For more information on submission guidelines or to see the 2009 Write the Wrong essay winner, please visit our website: http://www.jhr.ca/writethewrong .

Please send any questions to sima@jhr.ca. Looking forward to reading some amazing essays!

Taken from the JHR Foreign Correspondence Site.

The small village of Tombo on the Freetown peninsula is a centre of artisanal fishing in Sierra Leone, but its future and the future of all local fishermen in the country might be at risk.

Between 500 and 600 fishermen use the Tombo Harbor to go to sea everyday. These men provide fish for markets in the local area, in Freetown and beyond, as well as a source of food for their families. This industry creates a source of income, and a source of food, enough to support the whole community.

According to fisherman Ibrahim Sorie, lower fish yields and an increase in fuel prices is making it more difficult for fishermen to make a living. Despite consuming between twenty-five to thirty litres of fuel per trip out to sea, “we can still make a profit,” but the margin between profit and loss is getting increasingly small.

Read the rest of the article here.