Universal Children's Day

“We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of mankind.”

The deprived kids are in search of support through out the world…

Some are starving

While Some are facing child labor 

Numerous are in search of loved ones

Several are seeking shelter

Where as some are deprived of quality education

We consider childhood as the most splendid time of our lives, but there are millions of children through out the world who are deprived of each right and privilege. Childhood for them of course means nothing more than a burden. According to the United Nations Organization more than eighty lack children around the world are suffering either from hunger, poverty, homelessness, lack of education, abuse or child labor.

 On 4^th December 1954, the General Assembly of UNO recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare of the children of the world. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way which each considers appropriate. The date 20 November marks the day on which the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Children in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.

In 2000 world leaders outlined the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015. Though the Goals are for all humankind, they are primarily about children.UNICEF notes that six of the eight goals relate directly to children and meeting the last two will also make critical improvements in their lives.

At the 2013 UN Treaty Event, which were held 24^th–26^th, and 30^th September and 1^st October at New York Headquarters, United Nations officials urged Member States, which have not done so, to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Child and its three Optional Protocols, stressing that this is vital to protect children from abuse and mistreatment worldwide.

 Through the UNO had taken some efficient initiatives for the children of the world, still the children have endured and are yet suffering or deprived from their basic rights.

 As far as the children of Balochistan are concerned, according to ASER  77.7% children in the pre-primary school age group are not attending elementary schools in Balochistan. 34.1% of children falling in the six to sixteen are brackets are not enrolled in schools in the province. 84.5% of children in grade three aren’t able to read or write in Urdu or Balochi.

 Health as an extremely essential matter is one of the first responsibilities of the government. More than 85% areas in Balochistan lack basic health facilities therefore every year thousands of children lose their lives due to epidemic diseases.

 Today's world is a developed world. Now the question is who is responsible for these deprived children in the this developed world? Anyhow we collectively should support the children who are the future of our nation as John F.Kennedy once said:

"Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."