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)
Regional consultation: Middle East and North Africa

Host: Cairo, Egypt

Dates:
Children and young people’s forum: 24 – 26 June 2005
Regional Consultation: 27-29 June 2005

Link to background documents and resources below: