'2nd Term Seodaemun-gu Child Participation Committee' Takes Initiative to Create Safe School Routes

Composed of 52 children aged 10 to 13 and 10 university student mentors

2nd Term Seodaemun-gu Child Participation Committee Online Inauguration Ceremony

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) announced that the 2nd Children’s Participation Committee will conduct survey activities until November this year to create safe school routes.

The committee was formed in March this year through an open recruitment, consisting of 52 children aged 10 to 13 and 10 university student mentors.

In June, they received support items such as appointment certificates, name tags, vests, water bottles, and masks, and started their activities by creating their own unboxing videos.

Afterwards, the children, together with their guardians, took photos of hazardous facilities at construction sites around their school routes and analyzed the problems.

They plan to conduct a second in-depth field investigation, prepare a report, and deliver it to the district office to urge the establishment of safety measures for hazardous construction sites around children’s school routes.

This activity is expected to enhance the meaning of participation by allowing children to lead change with their own voices, as well as improve the effectiveness of policies.

The inauguration ceremony of the 2nd Seodaemun-gu Children’s Participation Committee was held online on the 8th of this month, centered at the district office’s Planning Situation Room.

Through this, children and mentors who could not participate face-to-face had time for mutual exchange and encouragement, and shared opinions on future activity plans.

At the online inauguration ceremony, Mayor Moon Seok-jin of Seodaemun-gu said, “I hope many good improvement plans will be discovered through children’s perspectives on problems invisible to adults, and through this, the civic consciousness of the Children’s Participation Committee members will also be cultivated.”

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