WE BELIEVE THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE…
On the 14th of December 1954 United Nations General Assembly recommended that all countries celebrate Universal Children’s Day not only to bring to light what needs to be done to improve the welfare of all children across the globe but also to promote togetherness and understanding amongst children. Here at Amuso we want to do our part by informing you on what this day is all about so you too can take a step towards a better world for the future generations.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sets non-negotiable minimum standards and obligations in respect to the freedoms and rights of children across the globe.- The CRC has been has been ratified by all but two countries; the United States of America and Somalia. That’s more nations than any other international treaty. (And on a personal note, as an American I’m as outraged as I hope all our readers are.)
- At the end of 2007 there were over 2million children living with HIV/AIDS
- Children who have not developed some basic literacy skills by the time they enter school are 3 to 4 times more likely to drop out in later years.
- In 2007 it was shown that there were more than 100,000 negative race related incidents in UK classrooms.
- It is estimated that 1 in 7 of all the world’s children are involved in some form of labour.
- Approximate 70% of the 11million annual child deaths are caused by six potentially preventable causes: diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal infection, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth
Children’s Day around the World
- In Thailand the Government House is open to children and they can sit in the Prime Minister’s chair and in the conference room of Parliament
- Children’s Day in the U.S.A dates back to the 1860’s
- Children’s Day was in Argentina was changed from the first to the second weekend of August so because this is when families received their pay checks and could celebrate.
- Indian’s celebrate Children’s Day on the 14th of November, the birth date of independent India’s first Prime Minister.
- In Paraguay Children’s Day is celebrated on August 16, the same date that 3,500 Paraguayan children died in the battle of Acosta Nu.
Universal Children’s Day is not only about recognizing the tragedies facing young people and stepping forward to do something about it, Children’s day is also about celebrating children for their innocence and idea’s.
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