After last week’s general introductory session on human rights with the Defensoria del Pueblo, puppets and paintings this week allowed us to creatively loom into the fundamental right to life.
Christian and Lorena from the Cuéntamelo Todo team started up the session with their key guests, puppets Pancho and Lulu, meeting up in downtown Quito. Pancho counted to Lulu how the previous week he was walking through the plaza and he had come across a gathering of kids being informed about their right to life (Let´s talk about rights). Were some of those children present that day and did they recollect what had been said? Everyone is a unique human being, has the right to be alive and most importantly, should value life. As every other right, it comes with obligations, so we, as human beings, have the duty to respect other living beings. Dogs, like trees and flowers for example, should also be taken care of, said Lulu. 
Miguel Yanez, the artist who was with us a few weeks ago (Freedom at the tip of a finger), joined the kids to guide them in depicting this right with the tip of their own finger...Many remembered his technique, and for those who didn'
t, he revealed it again! Miguel then invited them to illustrate the puppet story.
Following the creative spree and with the help of the kids, he then selected a number of paintings to build a new story based around the right to life and values supporting it. He started with a painting of a sad-looking face and asked the children why it had such an expression. A girl spotted the following painting, that of a flower, and suggested it was because the flower had been cut and was withering. And the story went on ...further unwrapping to the kids why it is important to value life.
Next week, the Unidad Municipal de Salud Centro, one of Quito’s main public medical institutions, more puppets will join us to pursue this journey on rights and introduce us to the world of health.
Following the creative spree and with the help of the children, he then selected a number of paintings to build a new story based on the right to life and the values supporting it. He started with a painting of a sad-looking face and asked the kids why it had such an expression. A little girl spotted the following painting, that of a flower, and suggested it was because the flower had been cut and was withering. And the story went on...further unwrapping to the kids why it is important to value life.
