Rights in Play Reflection

Hannan Attitalla Reflects on Participating in one of our Programs

June 17, 2015

Contributing to the facilitation of the Rights n’ Play workshops at the Ekota Elementary School was a very fun and insightful experience. We worked with kids from grades K-6, ages that I myself am not too accustomed to working with. However, I was very surprised! I thought that human rights, children rights and the issues revolving around them would be very difficult to relay to younger children. Rather, the response and the dialogue that emerged was both interesting and refreshing. Kids were very engaged throughout all the sessions. Of course the games we played was a definite bonus, but even in the actual discussions the kids were consistently participating and contributing. Overall it was a great experience full of inquisitive questions, strong dialogue, relevant drawing and fun games! Children confirmed to me that we should never underestimate them and their capability to participate in the education, dialogue, initiatives and overall development of children rights. I am grateful to the John Humphrey Centre for having such a program and also to all the teachers and educators that accommodate our Rights n’ Play workshops!

THANK YOU!!

Hanan Attitalla