Yesterday I went to check with some parents what they think about the trip that La Croix-Rouge de Belgique organizes with the children to Plopsaland, in the middle of the winter, with temperatures between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius, on Sunday 17 November 2019.
It reminds me of a visit of Moroccan business leaders to Belgium at the end of 2010 on the occasion of a Morocco-Belgium conference for “commercial opportunities” and Forum Halal between 30 November 2010 and 1 December 2010. It was minus 13°C and it was snowing hard. This was organised by the Chamber of Commerce Belgium Luxembourg in Morocco of which Mr. Lucien Leuwenkroon is the chairman.
A mother of three who just joined the camp and who lives in a shipping container said that it was a very good idea to try something like that, especially for the children from hot countries in Africa. ” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Listen to her comments :
The children left this morning very early, a little after 8 AM. The weather was mild in that there was a bright shining Sun througout the day, but still very cold. They were back at 7:15 PM, and they had a very good time in Plopsaland.
According to the first reports, the public at Plopsaland today were all the children of the refugees from all the asylum centers of La Croix-Rouge de Belgiqne, exlcusively. This is what I expected when learning from the children who remained in the camp that the maximum number of participants was limited to 40 people, and not all of them were children, as the parents accompanied their children. Residents argued that they should have made the possibility available for the adults who also like to have some fun also.
It seems that La Croix-Rouge de Belgique hired the entire fun park for this particular segment of the Belgian society. It allowed refugees to meet with the other refugees. I hope that the children of the Refugees of Fedasil also had the chance to get away and make new friends in Belgium.
On the question if they received something, the children answered that they had received a bag from UNICEF with a piece of chocolate from Cote d’Or, a cake, a drink and a piece of fruit (see photo).
I am an immigrant and have spent my whole life in Belgium. I have never received anything from UNICEF because I was taught at school that UNICEF finances programs for the children of the poor countries, and not of the wealthy countries such as Belgium.
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