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Zilda Arns Dies in Haiti Earthquake

Brussels, January 13, 2010 (SIGNIS) - The tragic earthquake in Haiti has claimed the life of Dr Zilda Arns Neumann, the Brazilian founder of the Pastoral of Children, who was on a mission in the Caribbean island. Relentlessly involved in favour of the rights of the child, Dr Arns opened the recent SIGNIS World Congress 2009 in Chiang Mai with a keynote address on "Human Rights and Children Rights".

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Dr Zilda Arns in Chiang Mai

Doctor Zilda Arns Neuman, a pediatric and public health physician, was the founder and international coordinator of Pastoral da Criança (Children’s Pastoral Action), an ecumenical organization of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB). Pastoral da Criança helps 1,8 million children and pregnant women in poor Brazilian communities. She also founded and coordinated the Pastoral of Elderly People. From 1994 to 1996, she was a member of the Brazilian National Council of Children’s and Adolescent’s Rights (Conanda). As the result of her commitment to children’s rights, she has been awarded a number of prizes, such as the Special Honour by UNICEF (1988); the Human Rights Prize from the government of Brazil and from the University of São Paulo (1997); the Human Rights Medal from the Jewish entity B’nai B’rith (1999); the Human Rights Prize offered by the United Nations, Brazil (2001); the Human Rights Prize of the King of Spain (2005).

"I believe that social transformation requires putting most of our efforts into the integral development of children. Children, when well cared for, are seeds of Peace and Hope," Zilda Arns told the SIGNIS World Congress. She called the media to follow the example of Jesus in giving "words of hope". "Not only to save children’s lives, but to build a more just and fraternal world."

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