UNICEF Commemorates World Children’s Day With Writing Competitions

Each year, on November 20, UNICEF joins the rest of the world to celebrate World Children’s day. This day is celebrated as the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the child.

This treaty explains who children are, all their rights, and the responsibilities of governments.

This special day for children also aims at highlighting critical issues affecting children’s lives. It also helps support the engagement of children and you g people as advocates for their own rights.

For the second year now, the celebrations of World Children’s Day will happen during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

When it was declared a pandemic in 2020, COVID-19 exposed children to various risks like child labor, rape, and teenage pregnancies. It also caused retardation in their education as many children remain out of school, uncertain about tomorrow.

Children and young people today live in fear while others think that they will never realize their dreams.

In Uganda, it has been nearly 20 months now since the pandemic heavily affected the education sector. It interrupted the normal school programs for more than 15 million children.

This has affected mostly schoolchildren from poor households, those living in rural areas, children with disabilities, and girls. The closure has even taken a toll on the mental and psychological health of the children.

For that, therefore, this year’s celebration will be commemorated through a nationwide children’s contest. This will give all children and young people aged 20 years and below a platform to share experiences.

They will do this in form of writing, recording video clips, drawings or photography with short descriptions.

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