Amerigo, a Street Child, A Victim of War and To be Born a Girl.

Read the stories  Amerigo, a Street Child, A Victim of War and To be born a girl.

True or false? Correct the false sentences.

a)      Amerigo used to work collecting rubbish but he had to stop doing it because he lost both his arms in an explosion.

b)      Maya would like to be treated like her brothers.

c)       All members of Patricio’s family were killed when an armed group of people entered their village, bombed their houses and burned them.

d)      Amerigo sold ice cream on the beach and he got a small pay, food and accommodation in return.

e)       Amerigo lost one of his eyes after a piece of glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked.

f)      Maya was very happy to go to school. She learned to read and write and she passed the fourth and fifth grades.

Read again and answer the following questions:

1.       Why does Amerigo think he is lucky?

2.       Why did Patricio decide to move to another town?

3.       What happened to him while he was travelling?

4.       What will Maya´s life be like when she is older?

Now discuss with a partner:

·         What human rights violations were present in the stories?

·         What differences between the children’s stories did you notice?

·         Are any of the parts of their stories similar to experiences of people in Spain? In Mugardos?