Children Conference
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Edition 2024
When: Date to be announced
Where: Pestalozzi Children's Village, Trogen AR
Who: 40 children from grades 4 to 6 of primary school
Prerequisite: Desire and interest to think about and discuss children’s rights
Participation fee: Free
Arrival: Meeting points will be organized in larger cities for the outward and return journeys; your parents do not have to drive you to the children's village.
This is how the four days will be structured
Arrival and getting to know each other, we will show you the children's village, the warehouse and get to know all the children better.
Together we explore the warehouse and find children's rights. We discuss and play with children's rights, because not all children in Switzerland are doing well.
We help these children by telling us what the adults could do better. These ideas are collected and presented to the adults and children on Saturday.
We celebrate your ideas and invite everyone to join in! You can tell the adults what is important to you so that all children in Switzerland will be better off in the future
Frequently Asked Questions
After the registration deadline has passed, we will decide who can come to the children's conference. This way we can ensure that we take all regions of the country into account. If you are one of the lucky ones, we will send you a letter for your teacher after confirmation of your participation. In this letter, we will ask your teacher to give you three days off school. And we will write how you can report to your class after the children's conference so that even more children learn about children's rights.
At the children's conference you will learn many things that are important for children. For example, you will learn where you can go to assert your rights. We therefore ask your teacher to give you the opportunity to tell your class about your experiences.
There will be enough people in the children's village who are there for you around the clock. They are trained educators who will look after you during group work and during your free time. You will also be accompanied on the journey to us in Trogen by the other children and carers from the children's village. They will be adults who know how to support children.