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Yesterday,
we worked until 2 am, and Theo cooked a night
pasta. This morning, we wake up quite late...
at last. But time is as usual very short, and
we have two important meetings today.
Magda
shows us the school where she's a teacher and
talks about her great project for disabled
children. Read the Anecdotes, watch the Video
and choose what we should do.
The
other important meeting was with the Uruguayan
TV. We had thought we would go to a studio
full of lights, microphones and technicians.
We're in fact in a big white villa, full of
objects and antiquities. "Studio was not
very Nomad" says Pilar, the gorgeous
presenter of Canal X, a famous show for young
people.
After
some Latin salutations, we sit in a big sofa
and start to chat in front of the camera.
Nicole films the cameraman, while he's filming
her; two reports at the same time, one for
Uruguay, the other for you.
The
beginning is a bit shy because of a language
problem. But it doesn't last very long: we
speak Spanish, English, Italian and French. A
very nomadic style for an interview ! Pilar's
question are very clever and we still discuss
after the camera is off. Then we watch
together some videos about the trip and choose
some extracts to show them on the air.
Unfortunately,
the show will only be broadcasted on the 4th
of April, and we'll be gone already. But for
those who read this and live in Uruguay, don't
miss Canal X on Canal 10 at this time !
Anyway,
you can still watch the make off of the
show.... by clicking on the picture !
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We
have an appointment at 10.30 am in
the Institute where Magda teaches.
Its name is ' Wings College' and
it's a private elementary school. A
yellow school bus is parked in
front of the grass of the little
courtyard, full of multicolored
games, swings and toboggans. The
bilingual Spanish-English school
was created 4 years ago by two
women, who want to open a new
class every year. The children are
now between 2 and 7 years old:
Magda teaches for the 4 years old:
"I really like it because
they begin to really think, talk,
and discover the real realities of
the World. In these little
classes, you can feel all the
life, the enthusiasm and innocence
of the children. With the years,
preoccupations take the place of
the enthusiasm."
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Magda
talks about this and that:
"In Uruguay, education is
good, the analphabetism rate is
very low. But there are not enough
schools compared to the number of
children: the schools are
generally overloaded." Then
Magda talks about her dream... she
moves her hand and her eyes shine:
create the first center for
Cerebral Palsy in Uruguay. Here,
one child out of 1000 is born with
a neurological disorder, as others
will have it after an accident.
This very serious problem affects
the control of movements which
appear in first years of life and
it generally does not worsen over
time. The disorders and
disabilities, which are different
in every case, are a challenge for
the person, her family, the
persons who take care of them, the
doctors, the society in general.
They lose the capacity of using
their arms, or talking, eat alone,
go alone in the bathroom... but
are normally clever. Unfortunately,
the State of Uruguay isn't rich
enough and Magda is now looking
for money from American or
European foundations. She
worked for 4 years in a similar
center in Buenos Aires : "The
equipments for this kind of center
are very expensive" she says
"but they allow children who
suffer a lot to have a better life
and also their families who
desperately need some help." Magda
says also that the absolute
altruism does not exist, there's
always a material or physical
exchange. She ends the
conversation by saying that she's
only a relay between the children
and the project. As
you know, the Car@van interacted
with various humanitarian and
ecological initiatives across the
World. Today, you're free to
decide with your vote if the
Community has to help the Center
by a contribution. You choose, we
act.
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During
the interview for TV, talking
about the virtual and the real
sides, Nicole says:
"I
prefer to travel in the atoms than
across the bytes !".
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Universal
Declaration of Children's Rights
All
the Children have the right:
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to have a name, a nationality and
a family
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to receive education
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to receive food, medical care and
to live in a decent house
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to express their opinion freely
and to be listened to
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to grow up in freedom and to ask
for and receive information
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not to be discriminated
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to be protected from any physical
abuse
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not to be a victim of labour
exploitation
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to enjoy freedom of thought,
conscience and religion
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to play, have adequate rest and to
practice sports
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to participate in the cultural and
artistic life of their community
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We
meet more and more people in
Montevideo every day and more and
more doors are opened for the
Car@van.
Tomorrow,
we'll enter into exclusive places.
See
you on Chat at 10.00 pm GMT
See
you !
The
Team
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