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Group Children’s Summit 2006” resolved to make poverty the theme of the
Fifth Children’s Summit.
The children in the congregations and associations were asked to keep their eyes
open and to think about the topic in totally different ways. The children’s authentic
results, worked out in groups, were summarized and gathered together.
Out of this arose the following Children’s Resolution which was signed by 500
children during the Westphalian Children’s Summit from 6 th to 8 th June 2008:
Don’t leave us hanging!
To have or to have nothing – that is here the question.
In our country there are rich and poor people
And many poor children!
We children ask: Why is that so?
Poor children have poorer quality clothing, too small or shabby. They are made
fun of and have few if any friends. Usually they stand on the edge.
We children ask: Does this not make you sad too?
Poor families have very little money because the parents have no job or do not
earn enough. When parents are poor, the children are poor as well.
We children ask: Have you already noticed this?
Poor children have little to eat and go hungry. They have no snack for the break
or eat unhealthy things. That makes the children ill.
We children � ask: �Can’t �you do something �about �this?
Poor children are often not so good in school subjects. They don’t have the proper
school things and often
their parents cannot help
them with their homework.
We children ask:
should poor children
remain stupid?
Poor children are not only
sad but sometimes become
angry because they feel shut
out. We already noted that
in the last Children’s Summit.
Pov erty
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