Thousand toy protest over child abuse in Colombia
01 December 2020 |
2:03 pm
Around a thousand toys are spread across Bogota's main square to raise awareness of child abuse in Colombia. "The thousands of toys represent the thousands and thousands of children who are abused annually in Colombia," says Angela Rosales, national director of Aldeas Infantiles SOS, the group behind the event.
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