The First Children’s Forum, 2000: Making Ourselves Heard

When we got together at the preparatory meeting to define the agenda for the Children’s Forum, colleagues from every province discussed how we would convey our problems and suggestions to others. What methods would be appropriate? We wanted to make sure that we didn’t bore our audience and that our meaning was crystal clear.

We thought of the game, Twenty Questions, where you think of something or someone and your friends ask you questions to find out what’s on your mind. They can ask anything except the name of that thing. The questions are often endless: Is it alive? What colour is it? Is it here in this room right now? before they figure out what it is.

This fun game inspired us to define what our priority concern for the Forum would be, how should it be addressed, who would help, and when it should be resolved. We arranged ourselves into groups at different tables and using this method, discussed everything related to the matter in hand. Just like the game, time passed without notice and the effort didn’t become boring at all.

We’d like grown-ups who are reading this to remember this game, to return to their own childhood for a moment and see how we had such fun getting the job done.

Here come the results of our team efforts!

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