LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

A group of
children between ages 9 and 11, from the slum areas in the Limean district of Chorrillos, aired their first radio program yesterday, called "Voice of Children", aiming to create awareness about the importance of preserving the Pantanos de Villa, the only wetland in Lima.
About 20 children were trained for one month by some students from the School of Communication at the University of San Martin de Porres, who helped them to produce this weekly 30 minutes program.
The programs' guests were Peru's rock band Los Mojarras, who said they are working on ecological themes for an album that is to be called “Ecorock”, and Andres de la Cruz, Director of the NGO Prohumedales.
To support and to promote this initiative, the kids have created the blog
Salvemoslavilla.blogspot.com.
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