Education for 250 working children in Chiapas

During the month of December the National Meeting of working children was held, where they could share the reality in which they live, as well as identify themselves as dignified and rights workers.

There were activities of reflection and play where they shared and learned about teamwork, labor and human rights, as well as the importance of unity to achieve compliance.

Children and adolescents from the three meeting groups that participate with Melel Xojobal attended, as well as from states such as Oaxaca, Mexico City, Veracruz, Querétaro and Guatemala.

Having the opportunity to meet new realities and share experiences of struggle among children, strengthens their desire to be better people and feel proud of who they are.

During these months, intervention with children has been characterized by identity as a group. Personally we all have an identity, which is reinforced with the birth certificates and official documents that each person is generating in their life, however, we also have collective identity and one of Melel Xojobal's work objectives is to promote the community and the protagonism of them in the meeting spaces.

 Through group games and activities, it has been possible to determine the three names, of the three organized groups of girls and boys:

1- Cheerful girls and boys from Merposur

2- Girls and boys workers, weavers and craftsmen of Santo Domingo

3- Girls and boys workers of the Cathedral

 Having a group name is as important as a proper name, generates identity and desire to build a more just and equitable society from reality itself.