Place du Capitole, in Toulouse, children forget the health crisis for two days
As Children’s Rights Day approaches on November 20, the Place du Capitole is reserved for the youngest for two days. Until Friday, activities, games and meetings await young Toulouse residents.
The adults did not have the right of citizenship this Thursday Place du Capitole. As the 10th International Children’s Rights Day approaches, the city of Toulouse organized many activities for young audiences. Photo exhibition, sports trails, games, workshops on the city of the future, on human rights, or the defender of rights: throughout the day, little Toulouse residents, mostly with their leisure center or in family, could deepen their knowledge or be entertained. The opportunity also to stop thinking about the health crisis. Asked about the confinements of recent months and the Covid, the children seem, on the whole, to have lived this period rather calmly. They are unanimous: the biggest difficulty is wearing the mask. “This is what is most complicated, assures Colin, 5 years old. It prevents me from breathing the air normally. “
“You have to wash your hands all the time for the Covid to go away”
This is also the opinion of Sanaa, 8, who must regularly wipe his fogged glasses. “You also have to wear it to the movies and on the bus, it’s a bit complicated, even if you get used to it. And then you have to wash your hands all the time for the Covid to go away. “
For Darine, 9, the mask is difficult to wear because of the heat it provides. At the height of the epidemic, she found it difficult for places of recreation to be closed. “I still have not returned to the cinema and I have not resumed swimming,” regrets the girl. As for Julien, 12 years old, educated at the Saint-Nicolas school, the mask is also what he will remember from the current period, for the rest, his life has returned to normal. “Last year, I have the impression that we haven’t learned much in certain subjects. But now, I have resumed sport, I see my friends, it’s like before. “
The entertainment continues this Friday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. These two days will end this Friday evening with a classical music concert given by Musicolus, the symphony orchestra made up of young people aged 12 to 18, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the Saint-Sernin basilica. Free event.