1. Global Teenage Project, Children’s Rights
Varendonck College, 2018

2. Index
Introduction
Our environment
School
Children’s rights

3. Introduction Britt Dekker
Name: Britt Dekker
Age: 14 years old
Town: Asten, the Netherlands
Hobbies: Korfball and percussion
Pets: I don’t have pets
Favourite food: Pizza, chocolate, french fries and chili
Favourite colour: Pastel colours ME

4. Introduction Nathalie Hikspoors
Name: Nathalie Hikspoors
Age: 13 years old
Town: Someren, the Netherlands
Hobbies: Hockey
Pets: I don’t have pets.
Favourite food: Sushi, pizza, burgers, mexican food, chocolate ;)
Favourite colour: Pink ME

5. Introduction Marjolein Joosten
Name: Marjolein Joosten
Age: 15 years old
Town: Someren, the Netherlands
Hobbies: Horseback riding, playing tennis and making music
Pets: 1 dog and 2 sheep
Favourite food: Sushi, chili con carne and chocolate
Favourite colour: Blue

6. Introduction Beau van de Ven
Name: Beau van de Ven
Age: 15 years old
Town: Geldrop, the Netherlands
Hobbies: Horse riding and watching Netflix
Pets: 2 dogs and 3 horses
Favourite food: Sushi and salmon
Favourite colour: Orange

7. Introduction Robin Verdonschot
Name: Robin Verdonschot
Age: 14 years old
Town: Asten, the Netherlands
Hobbies: Singing and meeting with friends
Pets: 1 dog
Favourite food: Mexican food, chocolate, fries and pizza
Favourite colour: Rainbow

8. Introduction Nina van Zon
Name: Nina van Zon
Age: 14 years old
Town: Someren - Eind, the Netherlands
Hobbies: Soccer
Pets: 1 dog and 5 chickens
Favourite food: Fries , sushi, chocolate and cookies
Favourite colour: Purple and blue

9. Our environment
The Netherlands
Asten

10. These are some pictures of our landscape in the four seasons: autumn, winter, spring and summer.
At this moment it is winter in the Netherlands. It is around -5 ºCelsius right now, which is very cold for us.
As you can see in the pictures, we live in a rural, farming area. There are not many cities but many meadows.
Our environment

11. School Asten → ← Someren Varendonck College
Our school has two locations:
Beatrixlaan 25, Asten → Upper levels. (5 or 6 years) This is our school.
Kanaalstraat 12-14, Someren →Lower levels (4 years)
Bilingual education (Dutch and English)
Technasium, this is a optional subject. For 10 weeks you are working for a company , you design something and do the research
Slogan: ‘De wereld dichtbij’ English: ‘The world nearby’
Asten →
← Someren

12. Children’s rights
“You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously” - Article 12, Dutch law on children’s rights. We think this is a very important right for children because, especially in this era with social media and everything going on in the world right now, it is important that we, as children or teenagers, are taken seriously when giving our opinion. We may not think as an adult, but that doesn’t make our opinions or thoughts wrong just because we think different.
“You have the right to help if you have been hurt, neglected or badly treated” - Article 39, Dutch law on children’s rights. We think this is a good law, but that many people forget, because they see it from another point of view. For example, when girls are physically harassed by rapists and people say that it’s her fault, because she wore ‘too revealing’ clothes.