[PIO] An event was held entitled: "Keep an eye on the child..." for the ten years of the Support Programme for pupils who belong to the

An event entitled "Keep an eye on the child..." was held today at the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth, for the presentation of the Programme of Support for Children from Vulnerable Population Groups for creative activities outside school hours, on the occasion of the ten years of operation of the Programme.

The Programme, which is implemented by the Ministry's Health Education and Citizenship Committee (HECC), started operating in the 2013-14 school year, supporting 160 individual actions of children, while in this school year 2022-23, the number of subsidized actions amounts to 787 nationwide.

The identification and support of students belonging to Vulnerable Population Groups is included in the National Strategy of the Cyprus Anti-Dependency Authority for the years 2021-2028.

The event was addressed by Minister of Education, Sports and Youth Dr Athena Michaelidou, the Commissioner for the Protection of Children's Rights Dr Despo Michaelidou, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Addiction Treatment Authority Dr Christos Minas and the Chief Education Officer and Head of the Health Education and Citizenship Committee Dr Irene Rodosthenous.

The event included live testimonies-interventions from representatives of participating schools. Specifically, representatives from the schools participated: 6th Kindergarten of Lakatamia, 1st Primary School of Paphos (Kupateio), Agios Antonios Primary School of Nicosia, Xylofagou Regional High School, Linopetra High School, Archbishop Makarios Dasoupolis High School and 3rd Technical School of Limassol.

Characteristic moments of the event, which offered liveliness and emotion, were the live presence of children from the Nicosia Music School, who sang the song of the same name and the participation of a group of teenagers from the "Ne@ in Desert Island" actions of the Cyprus Theatre Organisation, with an excerpt from the performance "Rat-park", on the subject of addictions.

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