Universal Children Day

Universal Childrens Day Saturday, Nov. 20, is Universal Childrens Day, as declared by the linked Nations, and a new survey of children illuminates the wants and pauperisms of kids living in poverty. Childrens Day is observe on various days in many places around the world, to honor children globally. It was realised in 1954 to protect children working long hours in dangerous circumstances and allow all children access to an education. The UN General Assembly recommended that all countries should establish a Universal Childrens Day on an appropriate day.Major global variants include a Universal Childrens Day on November 20, by United Nations recommendation. Childrens Day is often celebrated on other days as well. International Day for Protection of Children, observed in many countries as Childrens Day on June 1 since 1950, is utter to have been established by the Womens International Democratic Federation on its November 1949 congress in Paris. The Small Voices, Big Dreams survey questioned children ages 10 to 12 in 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia and the Americas.Conducted by ChildFund Alliance, which is comprised of global child development organizations, the survey found that one in three children goes to bed hungry at least once a week more than 25% spend half of every day working, including household chores and other work but not counting school or homework. Regardless of where they live, the children spoke of bootstrapping themselves up through education. In the fortunate yet unlikely event they end up as chair of their country, 57% said they would make sure to offer all children an education, improve existing schools and build more. If I were the president of India, responds one Indian child, I would take into account good education and study materials such as pen, copies, pencils, uniforms, etc. to children. (Of U. S. kids, 31% said education would be their top presidential priority. Perhaps, say those whove analyzed the study, the decline number doesnt indicate a lack of interest in education but acknowledgement that U. S. children can attend school for free. ) What do you need most? the children were asked one in three answered food, with 45% saying theyd spend a spare dollar on food or urine. one(a) motherless child from Cape Verde said, I need food. My father is a fisherman, but he cant get enough money to defile food. This survey serves to amplify childrens voices so that we can direct our work in the most appropriate way, said Anne Lynam Goddard. In countries such as Ecuador and Zambia, for example, ChildFund is trying to framing out how to enroll more children in school and keep them there longer.Interestingly, when polled about fears, snakes took first place, followed by death and disease, then falling victim to war or violence. I am mostly afraid of death, responded a Sierra Leone child. I dont want to dream of dead people. The muddy wateris dangerous for children because muddy water has germs. The sur vey was administered individually from July through September 2010 to about 100 children in 30 developing nations and 318 children in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Done By Mahdi AL-Dailati Grade10-F Submitted to Ms. Hanaa Eid