Bruno Maes representing UNICEF in Haiti at the closing, in Port-Salut, of the three-day workshop on the right to education and the pursuit of school activities declared...

Bruno Maes representing UNICEF in Haiti at the closing, Saturday, March 4, in Port-Salut, of the three-day workshop on the right to education and the pursuit of school activities "Speaking of the right to education and the pursuit of school activities, I cannot but ask you most humbly to express your solidarity with your brothers and sisters who live in the Artibonite and in Port-au-Prince. Let them know that they are not alone in these difficult times. They did not ask not to go to school," such is one of the key messages delivered by Bruno Maes representing UNICEF in Haiti during the closing, Saturday, in Port-Salut, of the three-day workshop, on the right to education and the pursuit of school activities

"Because of the uncertainties, schools are forced to close their doors to express their fed up with violence, I would ask you, even via WhatsApp, to send a word of comfort to these young people deprived of education today. learning atmosphere in their classroom," insisted Professor Auguste D'Meza, representative of Minister Nesmy Manigat, who welcomed the enthusiasm of the participants in this workshop, but also and above all the partnership between the Ministry of Education and UNICEF in line with the search for the well-being of Haitian students.

This workshop, which brought together more than forty school principals, teachers, youth associations, U-Reporters, representatives of school councils mainly from the school districts of Port-Salut and Côteaux, the directors of the education departments of the South, South-East, Grand-Anse and Nippes, was an opportunity to call for a great mobilization in favor of the Haitian school caught in the pincers of the indiscriminate violence in Port-au-Prince and in some localities of Bas-Artibonite.

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