"If a society values its children it must appreciate their parents."
Street intervention with our workmates at Fundación Junto Con Los Niños - JUCONI on Friday 11th April, the International Day for Street Children, the following day Saturday 12th April. We took banners, placards and whistles onto the streets to raise awareness about street-working children in Guayaquil. There are so many children working in the streets here that is a completely 'normal' sight, and these events are to remind locals of the child's right to education and a playful childhood.
The best part of the morning was painting faces with some of the JUCONI kids that turned up - and having attracted the attention of some older street vendors, being gifted grapes ad soya milk in exchange for the face-painting that the girls and I did in return for them!
Street solidarity!
:-)
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