A travelling interactive programme designed to teach children about their rights according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will be going to some primary schools over the coming weeks as part of events being held by the Commissioner of Children to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention.
The tour consists of a large trailer which will be driven to a primary school every day as well as local councils on the weekend, in order to present an interactive educational programme to primary school children. Each interactive programme includes a forum theatre, games, a video clip and distribution of freebies.
The Commissioner for Children, Carmen Zammit, will join the tour to meet the children.
Guginu’s Tour, as the event is being called, will also be visiting Qormi local council on November 21, The Palace in Valletta on November 22 (as part of the World Children’s Day celebrations), Nadur Local Council on November 28, and Ta’ Qali National Park on November 29.
Ms Zammit said the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989 was a significant step in the realisation of children’s rights.