"Childhood is the most precious heritage of humanity." Primary
The innocence of a child sleeping
Dressed in white And slowly dreaming
Freeze time
slowed down my steps and start to fade
For so many years I have filled my heart
I never thought I'd utter these words
go farther
E The older you get ... The more we know
And unless we show ourselves ...
(Primary - Faith - The Cure)
"We believe that all children have rights and that adults should do their
better because these rights are respected and implemented. Children's rights include the right to life, health, to a name, an identity, protection from abuse and neglect. It is part of these rights to participate fully in civil society in which they live, without any discrimination. Save the Children itself as a serious and professional partner to help create a society that truly give hope and opportunity for all children who live in our country. "
Angelo Simonazzi (Director General, Save the Children Italy)
Yesterday I received the membership card supporter of Save the Children Italy. E 'paper, and must be separated from the rest of the paper by hand, as it is only partially cut. E 'in white. On the sheet that accompanies it is written: "This is his card, fill it with his name and stating the number that is close to his name in all communication with Save the Children. " A DIY card. I'm glad that is not plastic, with my data printed on, perhaps with a nice magnetic stripe to ornarla. They have not spent a dime on crap, a card that is a piece of paper and the data we have to write them yourself. It 'was a nice surprise, and perhaps a child will eat anything more today.
(where work Save the Children? [Http://www.savethechildren.it/dove_lavoriamo.html])
At times it seems ridiculous that it is necessary in a world that enjoys every day of his successes and the many goals that continually reaches in a world that calls itself "civilized", to underline the moral detachment from a time when humanity had not yet apparently "civilized," somebody who fought for the rights of children are respected and recognized before then. In a "civilized" world. Perfect. And that is why, I suppose, that you must write a "Convention on the Rights of Children." We are so "civilized" it is necessary to encode the fact that a child has rights, that a child is a World Heritage Site. All right.
"Childhood is not the absolute innocence, innocence is no defense."
The Convention for Children's Rights (New York 1989) was the most ratified convention, with the note and glaring exception, as well as Somalia, the United States. For reasons that do not even want to return, as pretentious and stupid they are. But we are "civilized" America is a fine example of a free country and guarantor of freedom. And now.
With this convention for the first time we speak no longer of interest (best interest of the child), but of rights (rights). If you first drew the interest of the child always something else (it was interesting, for example in case of separation of parents, to be entrusted to the father (until the beginning of the century), then at mother, sometimes the guardian ...) now, finally, recognize human rights to the children as individuals and as children, we might say, and never one without the other.
"In Sweden, some children of foreign origin, have no right to go to kindergarten and their access to secondary education is limited."
But the problem is not legislative, and anthropology. Respect for someone (or a plant, an animal, a man or a child) is born of an agreement or a law. Institutions and organizations can do a lot, every day, constantly, to remove discrimination, violence, abuse, slavery, illiteracy, hunger, disease ... all things that children suffer even more than adults, especially in poorer areas of the planet. But with some splendid exceptions among the countries of the "civilized" world. Where institutions do not arrive, where the laws do not arrive, people should do something. The people. People like us. Cultural awareness. There is much to be done in this direction.
Britain and the United States justified by arguments wrenching the recruitment of children under 18 years in the case of the NATO intervention in Kosovo.
"civilized."
Save the Children is also involved in this. The Director General of Save the Children Italy writes about racial discrimination on children in Italy (after describing the practical problems with being foreign and therefore disadvantaged from the outset):
"This reveals that there are incidents of racism that creep in thousands of daily practices, our relationships with teachers, to those with peers, relations with the justice system. Often do not refer to ideological beliefs, but are dictated by the attitudes of ignorance and / or injury. "
Slavery traditional (as in adults, anyway ...) has practically disappeared in the world abolished and superseded by other legal forms of exploitation of person, and remains, found but not enough combated and punished, the enslavement of children in the best cases are forced to hard labor, under conditions of constant danger, poor hygiene, and, moreover, underpaid, and worst is commercialized, prostituted, sold ...
El Salvador, India. Earthquakes destroy schools, hospitals, houses ... they kill people. Imagine the anguish of a child who understands that you have lost everything, places, references, affections. Children are more susceptible to disease, the most emotionally fragile.
And the work of Save the Children is also to ensure that a Salvadoran girl of 12 years, a few days after the earthquake that destroyed the country in which he lived, to say, after a seminar on psychological support, that " We are all bad for what happened, but this week has helped us forget what we had and gave us restored hope in the future to be able to return to play. "
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