Happy Children’s Day from all of us here at the Funday Times. Children’s Day is celebrated to increase awareness of the rights, care and education of children. We hope you have a special day!

The UN agency for children
In the aftermath of World War II,  the plight of Europe’s children was grave,  and a new agency created by the United Nations stepped in to provide food and clothing and health care to these children.
In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the UN. Following more than a decade of focus on child health issues, UNICEF expanded its interests to address other issues, such as education, that were important for a child’s wellbeing.
In 1965, the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for the promotion of brotherhood among nations.”
Today, UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories, including Sri Lanka!

 

 

 

 

Declaration of the Rights of the Child
In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care, shelter, and good nutrition.
l The hope, vision and commitment of world leaders in 1989 led to the Convention.

l The Convention is the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. The Convention changed the way children are viewed – now they are seen as human beings with a
distinct set of rights.
l Despite this progress, the Convention is still not fully implemented or widely known and understood. Millions of children continue to suffer violations of their rights when they are denied adequate health care, nutrition, education and protection from violence.
l Poverty affects children disproportionately. Around the world, one out of five children lives in extreme poverty. Their families struggle to afford the basic health care and nutrition needed to provide them a strong start. This can have a lasting effect
– in 2019, 149 million children under the age of five were stunted.
l Despite great progress in school enrolment in many parts of the world, more than 175 million children are not enrolled in pre-primary education. Many will never learn to read or write.

It is up to today’s generation to demand that world leaders from government, business and communities end child rights violations now, once and for all.

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