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Cardboard Cities: school children raise awareness
Cardboard Cities: I am Somebody is a pop-up exhibition created by school children from across London to raise awareness of child homelessness and the Street Child World Cup. On 23 July Cardboard Cities exhibited at St Pancras International Station and St Paul's Cathedral where the school children were on hand to talk about Street Child World Cup and the models which they had created.
Jake from Christ the Saviour school said:
''The most fun thing about doing the cardboard cities was the fact that we could do it with our friends…I've learnt we're all lucky, that there's not just people living in houses; there are way more people out there on the streets, who don't have a proper home.'
Cardboard Cities: I am Somebody features two cities: London and Rio de Janeiro, and passersby were asked to describe how many children they could see on the streets. As they were invited closer, the models of street children became clearer.
With special thanks to St. Pancras International, Threefold Architects, Panel Systems, Regent High School in Camden, Christ the Saviour School in Ealing, Richard Cloudesley School in Islington, artists Madelon Vriesendorp and Elena McGourty, Lola Marsden, artist Willl Laverton and designer Nina Dogmetchi.
| Remembering Candelária |
| On the night of July 23, 1993 street children were attacked as they slept outside Candelária Cathedral in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eight children died following the attack which was carried out mostly by Police officers. With our aim of raising awareness of the street child issue, the Street Child World Cup secured the following press reports:
The Candelária massacre highlighted the grave dangers that street children across the world face and this is why we continue to challenge the negative perception of these children that can lead to such horrific abuse. Each year on July 23 street children’s organisations and civil society groups in Brazil hold commemorative events to remember the children of Candelária and all the vulnerable street children whom they continue to represent. Street Child World Cup took the opportunity in the run up to the 2014 World Cup to join them and to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre. We remembered those who died and reminded ourselves that we must do more to protect the most vulnerable children within society. The eight children who died were: Paulo Roberto de Oliveira (11), “Gambazinho” (17), Marcelo Cândido de Jesus (14), Leandro de Conceicão Santos (17), Valdevino Miguel de Almeida (14), Paulo José da Silva (18), Marcos Antônio Alves da Silva (19), Anderson de Oliveira Pereira (13). No child should have to live on the streets. Street Child World Cup 56-64 Leonard St London EC2A 4LT UK Telephone +44 20 7549 0355 Email info@streetchildworldcup.org Twitter @SCWC2014 Registered charity no 1144951 |
