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Universal Children's Day Celebration 2018

The document summarizes Rural Education Development Society's (REEDS) celebration of Universal Children's Day in District Rajan Pur and District Ghotki in Pakistan. The celebration aimed to create awareness of children's rights and welfare. Activities included students from local schools performing skits and tableaus about children's issues and rights. The event successfully raised awareness among attendees including parents, teachers, and school officials about children's rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Celebrating Universal Children's Day helps teach children important values like sharing, caring, respect, and learning from others to become responsible community members.

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Universal Children's Day Celebration 2018

The document summarizes Rural Education Development Society's (REEDS) celebration of Universal Children's Day in District Rajan Pur and District Ghotki in Pakistan. The celebration aimed to create awareness of children's rights and welfare. Activities included students from local schools performing skits and tableaus about children's issues and rights. The event successfully raised awareness among attendees including parents, teachers, and school officials about children's rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Celebrating Universal Children's Day helps teach children important values like sharing, caring, respect, and learning from others to become responsible community members.

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RURAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY

"Celebration of
Universal children's
day"

2018
Background of Universal Children’s Day

Universal Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year. This date was chosen as
a day to celebrate childhood. Prior to 1959 Children’s Day was universally celebrated in the
month of October. This was first celebrated in the year 1954, as decided by the UN General
Assembly.

Basically this day was instituted with the only aim of promoting communal exchange and
understanding among children, as well as to bring about beneficiary action to promote the
welfare of children, all over the world. The date 20th November was chosen as it marks the
anniversary of the day in 1959, when the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly. In 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child was
signed on the same date, which has been sanctioned by 191 states including Pakistan.

OBJECTIVES

 Create awareness among improving children's welfare


 To raise awareness, understanding and acceptance of children's rights
 To promote tolerance, non-discrimination and equality in children
 To the prevention of children's rights violations and abuses
 Sensitize and mobilize community to protect and promote child rights

VENUE: District Rajan Pur and District Ghotki

DESCRIPTION:

Children’s Day is all about celebrating the wonderful, pure and innocent childhood. To honor this
day Rural Education Development Society (REEDS) presented a tribute and dedicated to all
children of the society. REEDS highlighted the importance of protection of child rights and
emphasized about the necessity of rights awareness among children. To mark this day REEDS
organized a creative art event in District Rajan Pur and District Ghotki with the children from
public and private schools, member of school management committees, teachers and parents
were also invited in the program. Children presented skits and tableaus highlighting children
issues, right to quality education, expressed their feelings and emotions through art.

IMPACT

The event, REEDS observed, was full of knowledge about child rights. People got influence &
learned children rights. REEDS team achieved their objective of Celebration, in creating
awareness among parents, teachers, School Management Committees and Female Farmers.
They all were sensitized about the Convention on child rights and other related issues which
children are facing at home, schools and communities.

Celebration of Universal Children’s Day is basically all about giving the child the right kind of
knowledge and freedom to enjoy, so that they can grow as healthy and educated citizens of the
country. Along with this, if you can teach your child the important values of sharing and caring of
what you are lucky to have, respecting others for what they are and learning from others what
they do know; then your child will become a responsible human being. All these values are of
great importance for the well-being of your child as he is the future of our country.

Some clips of Celebration of Universal Children’s Day:

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