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MALAGASY CLASSIFIED AD.

Express from Madagascar, 20 november 2006.

A classified ad. appeared in the Malagasy press on Human Rights Day for the future President of the Republic just before his election. It consisted of a list of twelve of their fundamental rights:

You, who will be elected President of the Republic,
Will soon be responsible for nine million children...
And, as today is the anniversary of our Rights, below is what we would like you to change in our lives:

  1. All children must go to school, because a lot of them live on the streets doing small trade.
  2. Children must eat because many of them are undernourished.
  3. Children must have housing as many live on the streets and suffer.
  4. We want more rubbish bins and public lavatories because there are not enough for the children.
  5. The Malagasy children must have clothes as many of them to not have any.
  6. You must careful of grown ups who exploit children.
  7. We want good water fountains for the children because grown-ups to not look after them whereas the children need to be clean.
  8. You must increase the number of people looking after children and listening to their problems.
  9. We need water and light in the schools so that we can study.
  10. We need doctors to look after the children when they are ill.
  11. We need food at school because those children who live far away are tired.
  12. We need free playgrounds so that we can grow up big and strong.

There, do not forget!

Rinasou, Lina, Hamy, Théodore, Sambatra, Hartial, Faly, Aphbent, Solofo, Héry, Rado, Toky, Lanto, Jean Louis, Harisoa, Christophe, Zo, lenjondry, Ny Aina, Rodidy, Hbolatiana.


Created on 15 november, 2007