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children in Andalucia


Young people from Spain reveal their hopes and dreams for the future.

"I would like there to be no more wars in the world, because wars kill millions and millions of people who are innocent and who have no part in the discussions between countries and many more things. I hope that this at least will get better."
Rocío-Luna Nuevo – 12 years old

"My wish for the new millennium is that wars and the exploitation of child labour will end."
Virginia Nuevo – 14 years old

"I would like to travel and have a handsome boyfriend."
María – 8 years old

"My wish is that all the boys and girls could have all that they need - to eat, to drink, and that they could all have a house."
Yaiza – 9 years old

"To be rich, and to have many toys."
Silvia – 7 years old

"I hope that everyone will be healthy and happy."
Paula Coll – 14 years old

"I wish that there could be peace throughout the world, and that everyone could start the new millennium well."
Cristina Escribano – 14 years old

"I dream, while I’m sleeping, that I’m in the chocolate house - like in the story of Hansel and Gretel."
Nerea – 7 years old

"That wars will end; that there will be no poverty; and no AIDS."
André Pérez – 14 years old

"I wish that there was less poverty, and that everyone in the world could have health, money and love."
Lluis Carles Medrano – 13 years old

"That every poor person could have money."
Carlos Coll – 12 years old

"I wish that I could win the lottery, and that Devon Saura will give me a kiss."
Beatriz Estivill – 13 years old

"For me I would like the Third World to be equally as developed as other countries."
Sergio Piqueras – 13 years old

"That all children of the world could go to school and have a gigantic house for all the children."
Aida – 9 years old


Photo by Nancy Durrell-McKenna


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