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On Saturday, March 21, at 12 hours and in the Municipal stadium concourse Cartagonova be presented in Cartagena the campaign 'Stop Child Poverty, "which comes to town in a truck show with the image of Iker Casillas, will serve as a reference for Cartagena to become gatekeepers solidarity 'and help the captain of the Spanish National Team to curb school violence.
The campaign began in Madrid last March 12 with the intervention of Emilio Butragueno Plan Secretary of the Board of Spain, Paul Bode, Director of International Programs Plan, and Iker Casillas.
The event had the institutional support of Trinidad Jimenez, Secretary of State for Latin America and with the participation of children from various schools in Madrid.
Several people in the world of culture, sport and the media have already joined this initiative Plan.
Among them are athletes David Meca, Emilio Sanchez Vicario, Manolo Sanchis, Rafael Martin Vazquez, Ramon Fuentes presenters, Mario Picazo, Ana García Siñeriz and Jorge Fernandez, the model Eugenia Silva and Laura Sanchez, Blanca Romero and actresses Melanie Olivares , and actor José Sacristán, among others.
In his presentation at the council will Cartagena Sports, Alonso Gómez López, and Social Affairs, Antonio Calderon, along with representatives from the world of sports and athletes from the city.
'Stop child poverty' aims to raise awareness against violence in schools and gain support for the Plan's work in this regard, also inviting the public to become, like Iker in gatekeepers that help stop child poverty. "
The exhibition in the concourse of Cartagonova has several playgrounds and a photomontage where a picture can be drawn with Iker Casillas.
This Plan aims to tackle season one of the main factors that generate poverty: lack of quality education and violence in schools.
Precisely the same day of filing the campaign, Plan unveiled the Learn Without Fear report, a worldwide pioneering research that analyzes all types of violence that occur in classrooms and posed formulas to end it.
School violence increases the rates of poverty and a major obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, especially with regard to achieving universal primary education (No. 2) and gender equality among the sexes (No. 3) .
Learn Without Fear report addresses the three areas where violence occurs in the classroom: sexual harassment (abuse and rape in exchange for privileges and good grades), corporal punishment (hitting, kicking and humiliation of teachers to students) and bullying ( bullying).
Girls are more likely to be victims of sexual violence, while boys are more affected by corporal punishment.
Plan is an international organization focused on promoting the rights of the child, non-profit and not religious or political affiliation, who currently works in 66 countries, its main objective to improve the living conditions of children of the developing countries and promote their rights and interests.
Currently developing more than 9,000 projects have benefited about three and a half million families in 20,000 communities belonging to 49 developing countries.
Plan has over 8,000 employees, of whom 90% work directly in cooperation programs, and more than 60,000 volunteers who contribute to the objectives of the organization.
Plan was born in Spain in 1937 and is a consultative member of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations since 1981.
Its accounts are audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers, and comply with the principles of transparency of the Loyalty Foundation.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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