Health and Education for 200 children in Paraguay

Global Children in partnership with the Canadian Christian Children's Fund (CCFC) and the cooperation of the Taiwan Fund for Families and Children (TFCF) CCFC is promoting an initiative called Reference Centers for Participation and Leadership of children and adolescents for the protection of your Rights. The Reference Centers seek to encourage children and young people to develop knowledge, methodologies and skills related to child participation and protection, in order to create social awareness of these rights and influence the public agenda at the local, departmental level and national. The Center was named by the youth of the Rohayhu Remansito Committee (CORORE), with the acronym ACISTIR, which means Learning, Knowledge, Information, Sociable, Work, Ideas and Respect.

With the slogan "Leading participation in the defense and promotion of the rights of children and adolescents" on March 28 in the Community Center was held the V Forum for children and adolescents Remansito. The meeting was organized by the Committee Rohayhu Remansito (CORORE), and children and adolescents participated, who met to think and share problems that affect them daily and propose solutions. Referents from the school councils and student centers of the eight schools and community colleges addressed issues such as basic health care, the environment (recreation spaces), poverty, safety and drug addiction, education and inclusion. The activity culminated with the presentation of the proposals of the students to the departmental and municipal authorities. At the meeting a cooperation agreement was signed between Global Infancia, Enseña por Paraguay, Melodía Cultural Center and the Rehabilitation Center for people with disabilities Marcando Pasos, to develop relevant projects and actions that contribute to the achievement of a comprehensive education and quality, as well as the strengthening of Public Policies in favor of children and adolescents.
We congratulate the boys and girls protagonists of the change in Remansito, especially the Committee of Adolescents CORORE, for their effort and commitment in the organization of the event.