Quang Binh: Children’s Council helps promote children’s voice
The central province of Quang Binh held the first meeting of the provincial Children’s Council in 2021 with the participants of 35 members representing nearly 244,000 children across the localities on March 15.
Quang Binh (VNA) – The central province of QuangBinh held the first meeting of the provincial Children’s Council in 2021 with the participants of 35 members representing nearly 244,000children across the localities on March 15.
Participants gave their recommendations and requests ona number of children-related issues, including those relating to childlabour, the protection of children against epidemics, the care for childrenin physical and mental aspects, the protection of children from conflicts anddomestic violence, and impacts of climate changes and environmental protectionto children.
Le Thi Ngoc Ha, Deputy Secretary of the provincial People’sCommittee said that over the years, the Children’s Council has received greatattentions from provincial authorities and localities as well as support from Plan International in the province.
The new model has proved its efficiency in creatingopportunities for children to promote their rights to raise their voice inissues related to them.
She said that in the future, the council should be moreactive to help children from grassroots level to show their aspirationsregarding their studying, entertainment, caring and protection.
Opinions and requests from the children to agencies willreceive response, she said./.
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