Public school students Requiel Welcome Warren of Los Alcazares participate tomorrow, Friday May 22 on a day that celebrates intercultural its sixth edition this year.
It held a variety of activities such as storytelling, games, songs and dances representing traditional exhibition of murals done by students under the title "The children in the world" and a demonstration of folk art, to finish the morning with a intercultural lunch with dishes from each country.
Welcome Warren Requiel school is characterized as a meeting place of different cultures, as the students come from different countries: Ecuador, Morocco, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, India, France, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Colombia, Argentina Algeria, Belgium, Cuba, Brazil, Portugal, Peru, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, Bolivia ... More than twenty-five countries that make each classroom has a representation of various nationalities.
"The goal we pursue is to show the smallest features of each culture ever since the foundation of respect and tolerance towards fellow" stated the Councillor for Education and Culture, Isabel Montesinos, "A unique picture offered by the different classes where they are a Brazilian classmate with a Romanian or a Bulgarian girl with Argentina "added the mayor.
The Department of Social Services, Women and Equality in coordination with the Department of Education and Culture is working on projects to integrate the immigrant population, they constitute a significant group within the population alcazareño.
The celebration of this day comes to close an intercultural week where the children have been working with the sole purpose of promoting mutual understanding and consolidate the coexistence and understanding between different groups.
To do this, we have chosen the theme "Children in different cultures" in which various activities have been conducted in the classroom and talks with families, screening of documentaries, books, crafts, and the preparation of recipes provided by international families.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares