Children march for safe learning spaces on World Children’s Day
Children make up about half of Timor-Leste’s population, but in a traditionally hierarchical society, the opinions of young people are often ignored. But not for long. This World Children’s Day, meet the young Timorese standing up for a safe, inclusive future for all. A sharp rap-rap-rap of a heartbeat drumroll broke the noise of the chattering…, Now is children’s time!, “Today, we want to put children’s dreams, necessities, difficulties and challenges in the public centre to alter people to this universal priority,” she said. “We all set ourselves the goal for a good life for our children and the nation, to give an environment of health and stability, without violence, in which our children’s dreams and goals…, , “Children are the fini ba futuru”, “Children are the fini ba futuru,” added 16-year-old Anzelia de Andrade with a cheery grin; the seeds of the future. “Sometimes when children speak adults don’t really listen to their opinions, because they think children are just playing, but they need to listen to children’s thoughts; they’re smart.” wcd 26 Nov 2018 six Captive audience…, And people were listening, The concert was attended by Hiroshi Minami, the Ambassador of Japan to Timor-Leste; Minister for Social Solidarity and Inclusion, Armanda Berta dos Santos, the Secretary of State for Social Communications Mericio Juvinal do Reis Akara; and hundreds of students from schools all over Dili, who listened in earnest as their peers spoke with passion…, Video on #GoBlue children concert for #SafeLearningSpace, World Children's Day 2018 in Timor-Leste