leader of the project „Aasta tegu“ [Deed of the year], chief of the West Prefecture’s prevention service, Liilia Mänd. The title „Aasta pere“ [Family of the year] was given to the family Mikk, whose large and close family has passed on love for music to many people from generation to generation. The favourite of the children and young people was reading dog Susi and its master Maarja Tali. The initiators of the merit award „With Children and For Children“ are the Estonian Association of Substitute Home Workers, NGO the Estonian Union for Child Welfare, NGO the Estonian Association of Large Families, NGO Oma Pere, NGO SEB Charity Fund, Foundation Dharma, and the Office of the Chancellor of Justice. The merit awards were presented by the Chancellor of Justice and Ombudsman for Children Indrek Teder and the Minister of Social Affairs Helmen Kütt. 6. Discussion groups „Minu esimesed triibulised“ organised by the Ombudsman for Children, the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre and Eduard Vilde Museum In the reporting year, 110 years passed from the first publication of the children’s story „Minu esimesed triibulised“ [My first stripes] by Eduard Vilde. On this occasion, the Ombudsman for Children in cooperation with Eduard Vilde Museum and the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre organised a topic week „Minu esimesed triibulised“. In the framework of the topic week, on 14, 15 and 17 October discussion groups in the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre were organised for 3rd and 4th grade pupils. During the events, passages from Vilde’s story were read, problem situations were analysed and discussions with children were carried out on the issues of equality, justice, punishment, noticing, and violencefree childhood. Advisers from the Children’s Rights Department of the Chancellor’s Office also explained the rights and duties of the child for children, and drew their attention to connections between the situations described in the story and the incidents happening nowadays. Discussion groups ended with a striped creative assignment. 7. Special programme on the rights of the child at the festival Just Film One of the tasks of the Ombudsman for Children is to inform about the rights of children, including raising topics which are important for children and generating discussion. Estonia’s own film festival which is recognised equally by children, young people and adults definitely offers an excellent opportunity for this. In the framework of the children’s and youth films festival Just Film, as part of the Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), a special programme on the rights of the child was shown already for the fourth consecutive year. This year’s programme was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The special programme that was shown on 14–23 November consisted of nine carefully selected unique films. In addition to the Just Film programme team, also representatives from the Office of the Chancellor of Justice, the Ministry of Justice and the Union for Child Welfare participated in the selection of the films. The choice of films within the programme was very diverse: there were films from Cuba, Russia, Poland, Nordic countries and the United States. This time the central topic was children and young people who have had to take on a heavier 63