1. The programme titled \u201cPoverty Affecting Children\u201d is happening in other countries as well. This happens in consultation with children in many countries under the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) in order to see views of children on poverty. These views will be presented at a global meeting in June 2012.
Getting to know each other:
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Activity 1:\u2022 Children were given materials to prepare name tags for themselves.
\u2022 They were asked to stand in a circle.
\u2022 The first child was asked to tell his name and do some action and then the second child should tell the first child\u2019s name and act his action by memory and then only he has to tell his name and do his own action. The third should start telling the names and show actions of first and second children by memory and finally his name and his action. In this way names and actions got collected challenging the next child to keep all names and actions in memory. However at the end of this activity all children were able to recognize their names and actions well.
Getting children to be exposed to poverty affected children by reading articles \/ poems \/ scripts on poverty
Activity 2:
\u2022 There were some articles, poems and some scripts pasted on walls which explained how poverty has affected children in this world in many aspects. All children were made to stand up and read them in order to get them exposed to all aspects of poverty.
\u2022 Some of the articles were titled as follows.
\u201cThere are people so poor, that the only thing they have is money.\u201d \u2013 Armando Fuentes Aguirre.
\u201cPresent world of children\u201d, an article by D. Wathsala Kumudini de Silva.
\u201cThe poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for, is the greatest poverty.\u201d \u2013 Mother Theresa.
\u201cTwin evils affecting millions\u201d an article appeared in the Junior Observer.
Child slavery in India \u2013 a newspaper article
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\u201cPoverty is the worst form of violence.\u201d \u2013 Mahathma Gandhi.
Pictures of unprivileged children
Lyrics done by children on their feelings towards poverty and disadvantages that they experience.
Discussion time on above articles<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Facilitators further wanted them to put down their felling on to pieces of papers thinking that their views will be then more clearly come out. Some of the views written by them are given below.