The Parliament was filled with children's smiles
The building of the House of Representatives was filled with children's laughter and voices this morning and a message of optimism was sent in every direction by the children who participated in the actions organized in the Parliament on the initiative of the Speaker of the Parliament, Mrs.
Seventy-one (71) children and their teaching assistants from seven schools in Nicosia participated in the event.
Seventy-one (71) children and their teaching assistants from seven schools in Nicosia participated in the event. Upon their arrival, the young guests were taken to the plenary hall of the House of Representatives, where the Speaker of the House of Representatives welcomed them and spoke about the importance of this day, especially with regard to children's rights, and outlined the role and work of the House of Representatives. Subsequently, the children were divided into four groups and participated successively in a corresponding number of workshops. In the first workshop, Mr Hampi Tsangaris, the well-known engraver, presented to the children the Cypriot fairy tale "Spanos and the forty dragons". Ms. Elena Pavlidou and Ms. Nikoletta Verykiou, trainers in children's theatre, engaged the children in a creative theatrical workshop, while the visual educator and museum educator Ms. Elena Panayiotou prepared for the children a handicraft workshop on the ideal world in which every child would like to live, in a "Visual Picnic" held in the Nicosia Municipal Garden behind the Parliament. Finally, Mr Kyriakos Stouppas, instructor of the Cyprus Youth Council, organised a fun treasure hunt for the children on the theme of the Parliament.
After two years of restrictions due to the pandemic, the children's visit, which coincided with the lifting of the measure to wear masks indoors, gave the Parliament a breath of joy and a desire to make further efforts to ensure a beautiful and promising future for our Cyprus.
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