PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)
UNICEF. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office. (September, 2001). Speaking Out! – Voices of Children and Adolescents in East Asia and the Pacific- A Regional Opinion Survey. Bangkok, Thailand: Author.
ISBN: 971-685-012-1


This survey provides us with a glimpse into the hearts and minds of children. Here one can find views and opinions of the regions young people on a wide variety of issues.