ACTIon project partner HESED participated in the youth forum Voice it 2022 organised by the youth network “Megaphone” and the National Network for Children, This is an annual event organised on the anniversary of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Special guests  of the forum were young people from the office of the Children’s Ombudsman in Iceland and members of the Bulgarian Parliament.

The event aims to highlight the importance of hearing the voice of a child, to give children and young people the opportunity to express their opinion on the issues important to them and to participate in solving the problems that affect them.

During the forum, HESED presented a video dedicated to the youth activism programs that the organisation develops in four isolated Roma communities in Sofia, Kyustendil and Samokov.  The video was also shared on the official Facebook page of the National Network for Children, an organisation consisting of more than 135 organisations and activists with more than 72,000 followers.

In the HESED’s stand at the National Palace of Culture, young people from the Megaphone program, as well as youth activists and NGO representatives, got acquainted with the DigiPac and MOLA programs, which were developed by the ACTIon project to help young people learn digital skills to actively participate in their community and in society at large.

“Voice it” is the biggest event for youth participation and activism in Bulgaria for 2022.