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<p><b>Children for a World without Violence, Racism, Drugs and War</b></p> |
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<p>Every year, the inspiring project called "United Painting - Children Building |
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Europe" brings together children aged 6 to 12 from various parts of Europe. |
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This year, the event also included children from Portuguese speaking countries |
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(PALOP). The aim of the project is to encourage friendship across borders and |
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enable children to experience various cultures.</p> |
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<p>The event which was hosted by Portugal this year took place from 28 September |
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to 01 October. Portugals children foundation "Fundaçao da Crainça" |
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provided accommodations for the participants, while various sponsors covered |
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travel expenses. Children from all around the world painted 1 x 3 metre canvases. |
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The topic was "A World without Violence, Racism, Drugs and War". Canvases |
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from across the globe were then sent to Portugal where they were assembled and |
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exhibited in Lisbon and Tomar.</p> |
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<p>The participation of children from Croatia was made possible by the non-government, |
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non-profit organisation "Suncokret" (Sunflower) from Zagreb, a charity |
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dedicated to preventing and counselling deviant behaviour in primary school |
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children.</p> |
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<p>PLIVA |
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sponsored one of the children who visited Portugal and in that way expressed |
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its support for this noble cause and the efforts to enable children to grow |
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up freely, build up their own self confidence and learn useful lessons about |
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being active in their communities.</p> |