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Lost and found (El Salvador)
'How can a mother forget her children?'
Introduction
It was only after the signing of the peace accords in El Salvador
that the search for missing children could begin in earnest. A group
of human rights volunteers formed the Asociación Pro-Búsqueda
de los Niños (the Association for the Search for Missing Children,
supported by Save the Children) |
FMNL fighters in San Salvador, 1989 |
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Activity
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Listen to Ricardo's story
Part Two |
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Ask the
students to consider:
a) the reactions of Ricardo and his mother, Felipa
b) the problems facing the Association for the Search for Missing
Children |
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Discuss
responses to this story and reflect on the key statements
below
'I
lived for so long thinking I didn't have a mother and now
as an adult, I find she and other members of my family are
alive. I feel like my life has begun again, as if I'm growing
up all over again. It's something I just cannot explain' (Ricardo)
'I never stopped wondering about my children. I spent the
entire twelve years of the war thinking about them and went
on doing so when it ended. I always said that one day I would
find out if they were alive or dead. How can a mother forget
her children?' (Felipa)
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Curriculum
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Citizenship
Knowledge and understanding
· the legal and human rights and responsibilities underpinning
society
· the work of community-based, national and international
voluntary groups
Skills of enquiry and communication
· think about topical political, spiritual, moral, social
and cultural issues, problems and events
· justify orally and in writing a personal opinion about such
issues problems or events
· contribute to group and exploratory class discussions Skills
of participation
· use imagination to consider other people's experience
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