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26 March 2015
Bringing the voices of children to the United Nations
A 14-year-old boy who currently lives with an SOS family in Chile spoke in front of global leaders at an event in the United Nations on Wednesday, 25 March.

Rodrigo, who has been supported by SOS Children’s Villages Chile since he was 8 and is in the process of re-integrating with his biological family, advocated for young people’s rights to be listened to in the development of a new agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals. UN member states will agree in September on the sustainable development goals, which will guide global efforts until 2030.

He was in New York City as youth representative for the Global Movement for Children in Latin America and the Caribbean, of which SOS Children’s Villages is member. “My role was to represent all the children of Latin America”, he explained…