By Luisa Fernanda Tobon Ruiz | Communications
These three months have been awesome for us. We did lots of activities to eradicate child labor in Colombia and, now, we are very excited to show them to you.
In Medellín, and thanks to a partnership we established with the recreation and sports institute of this city (INDER for its letters in Spanish) we led a festival called ‘Festival Proniño’ aimed to children from all town. And they had so much fun! Videogames, rope jump, chess, family games and more were some of the things they could do all together to occupy their free time.
Meanwhile, in Bogotá, the capital of this beautiful country, 40 boys and girls from different schools located in at risk neighborhood, participated in a sports workshop. The idea was to show them how they can learn values while they play with friends. Families and leaders of the community were present during the event. And they were so glad to see those smiles in those tiny faces!
That isn’t all. Just a few days ago, we celebrated the World Day against Child Labor taking the beaches of Cartagena and spreading the word about the need of getting rid of this problematic issue. Tourists and visitors took it very well and all were part of a national campaign started by the Ministry of Labor of Colombia named ‘Stuck out your tongue at child labor’. It was great!
We have so much to tell you but we don’t want to bore you. What we really want is to see the months keep going like this. To make it happen, we need to your help. Please feel free to share our projects with your friends, family and other contacts. Our kids will be grateful with you forever as they skip the child labor and grow happily ever after.
THANK YOU!
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