„Life sighted by a child” is the name of the first report on the observance of the Children's Rights Convention in Moldova. Launched in Chisinau on Tuesday, it has been compiled by a team of 20 children aged from 13 to 17, from 14 districts, Info-Prim Neo reports. The team made up by the Information and Documentation Center for the Children's Rights from Moldova (IDCCR) in July 2008, will monitor the observance of Convention's provisions in Moldova 2 years from now. The results of their work will be offered to authorities, especially to entities responsible for the protection of the children's rights to education, health and social assistance. The report was presented to the Geneva-based Committee for Human Rights, which is to consider it jointly with the Government's Report and with Complementary Report compiled by NGOs. Launching the report, the IDCCR president, Cezar Gavriliuc, has said the children's voice is very important. „The children are the best experts, they know how the Government's actions or non-actions influence their lives and they are directly envisaged by the Government's strategies and policies in terms of protecting children. They also have new ideas, valuable and visionary,” Cezar Gavriliuc said. The 20 children went to their communities and interviewed peers on the way their rights were observed. „We all have noticed that many rights are violated in our country and the children claim their rights,” said Adriana Rosca (16) from Zgardesti village, Telenesti. Adriana says one of the most frequently violated rights in is the ones to a family. „Because of parents' migration, many children remain home alone are grandparents, relatives, neighbors take care of them, what negatively influences their education. They care for the whole household and have to give up their education, rest, and thus other rights of theirs are violated,” Adriana says. The psychic or physical violence met in very many families negatively influence on the formation of a child. “The phenomenon is also met in education institutions, among youths from communities.” The children notice there emerged more leisure opportunities lately. “However, because of phenomena as migration, poverty and unemployment, many children have to work on farms,” says Andrei Postu (17) from Biesti, Orhei. The children notice they have got more sources to inform themselves: there appeared more reading rooms, more of them have access to the Internet. “However, these opportunities can be used by children from the city most.” The right to education is largely observed. There schools and kindergartens practically in all the localities. “Yet, there are many children not attending the school, but working hard,” says Ala Rotaru (15). They would like the school curricula to offer them more life skills, and the schools to have labs to test those. Ala Rotaru points out the children from the Nistru's left bank have a special situation, as their rights to association, to free speech, to study in their native language are not fully observed. One of the most important recommendations of the children's report was that they need steadily monitor the observance of their own rights. The IDCCR's Report „Life sighted by a child” was carried with the support of the Swedish “Save the Children” NGO („Radda Baren”) and the Alliance of NGOs dealing with the protection of children and family.