Destination: ESCWA, Downtown,
Beirut
Date: Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Event: International Human Rights Day
Action: All Makassed
students gathered in front of ESCWA to highlight their campaign which was about
Children’s rights.
KSPS G5 students also gathered there, as a part
of their ISA 2014-2015 activities/projects. Othman KG students also
joined our team, together we made a huge circle requesting the rights of our
children, the rights that has to be respected and granted.
Purpose: Students discovered
their rights and also became aware of those rights.
On this special occasion, I would like to share
Rash Sukkar’s speech:
“Dear
President,
principal, ladies and gentleman,
Millions of children around the world have no access to education. They are forced to work long hours under hazardous
conditions. In many cases, they are abused by the very individuals
responsible for their care and deprived from playing. Many children grow without having health care, food, shelter, and family. By looking at their
eyes, we can feel how sad and afraid they are.
Children are the world; yes, we are the world. We are the sunshine, and we are the future. We are here to say please protect children around the world, so they can grow up to
become brave adults. Our demands are very simple, we need to play, have fun, enjoy, express ourselves, our voices to be
heard, we need to be cared, to be treated fairly,
to be protected from all types of violence and abuse. We need to have good
education. All we need is to grow happily and safely in a healthy world.
Thank you for your attention and patience!
But
remember if only someone could make a change, together we can make a
difference.
Thank you!"
