The Children at Work, The Murals & The Choir

 On January 12th, 2010, the movement of the tectonic plates of North America and the Carribean formed a violent earthquake of a magnitude of 7,3 on the Richter scale. The earthquake destroyed Port au Prince, Carrefour (40%) et Léogane (90%) where the establishments were unfortunately not made of reinforced concrete.

ART CHILD organized a special event with children's art (choral music, painting, circus) for the opening of the World Kite Championships in the city of Berck-sur-Mer in the North of France in the presence of the Senator-President of the Region, of deputies, of the President of the Conseil Général, of the Mayor of Berck and of course of ambassadors : The ambassador of South Africa to France and The ambassador of Canada to UNESCO.

ART CHILD organised with the Indonesian Government an Internatinal ART CHILD Exhibition in Yogyakarta. This very successful event was a tribute to the victims of the recent earthquarke.

Miguel Angel Estrella, one of Argentina's most prestigious classical pianists, has led a life long campaign for the popularization of music among the poorest groups in society. His cooperation with UNESCO dates back to the late 1980s when he was designated Goodwill Ambassador. He is the founder of "Musique Espérance," a foundation which aims to improve access to music for all people, and is designed to defend human dignity and to uplift communities.

ART CHILD is very proud to announce that Miguel Angel Estrella has accepted to be one of the godfathers of ART CHILD's Music Contes

An official picture was taken with Miguel Angel Estrella, one of our new godfathers for the Music Contest, and some of his team last year during an encounter with the UNESCO goodwill ambassador.

ART CHILD met in Paris with the First Lady of Costa Rica, Lady Leila Rodríguez de Pacheco, in order to set up an exhibition in Costa Rica. The Choral Music Contest was also evoked : all the schools in Costa Rica will be associated to the project. The First Lady becomes one of ART CHILD's godmothers, a great honour for ART CHILD. Lady Rodríguez de Pacheco was accompanied by her personal advisor, the Head of Protocol of the Presidency of the Republic, the ambassador of Costa Rica to UNESCO as well as the Minister-Councellor of the UNESCO delegation.

As part of the UNESCO celebrations for Africa week, the ART CHILD Team was invited by the President of the group of African countries to bring a selection of African frescos from our international children's fresco competition to the week-long celebrations by the President of the group of African countries.