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At the second edition of CATS, in July 2014, we had the chance to welcome a delegation of 10 disabled young people from Lumos, who actively participated in the activities. They ran a workshop, discussed health issues during a plenary and acted on stage.
At CATS 2014, children from INFANT, Peru and the Concerned for Working Children, India, developed a declaration to request that children’s rights be respected and upheld.
Funky Dragon is the Children and Young People’s Assembly for Wales but it will have to shut down on 30 September 2014 because the Welsh government cut its core funding.
Yesterday was the day of good-byes. Although CATS participants leave the palace today, yesterday has been dedicated to recording everyone’s opinions on this second edition of CATS conference, their feedback and their suggestions for next year’s.
For the last CATS’ plenary yesterday, the panellists and audience explore the role of the media and how it can support children’s advocacy.
Yesterday was already the 5th day at CATS. Cath and Sam – from Funky Dragon in Wales – reflected on their time here up to now and wrote a poem to express their views on their experience at CATS.
On Tuesday 29 July 2014, CATS participants worked on justice and advocacy and discussed controversial cases of injustice that affect children’s lives.
On Monday 28 July CATS focused on Children as educators. 10 year old Tobias presents his report on the 6-10 year olds and what they have been doing to explore this topic.