Kids2day! Host Children Day Events in Cape Mount

November 21, 2009: Several Children Clubs under the auspices of the children development organization, Kids2day! have participated in events marking International Children’s Day in Bo and Tienii, Grand Cape Mount County.

The anniversary was held on Saturday, November 21, as students in the region were scheduled to sit school exams on the actual day of November 20.

International Children's Day, held in observance of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), was held to express the progress that have been made in the situation of children across the globe.

The Kids2day! observances included lots of games and play, led by children from various Children Clubs in Bo, Gbesseh, Mambo, Tienii, Wuilor and Ngandohn.

At separate events in Bo and Tienii, children showed out dramas and skits which pointed out their understanding of the convention and the issues related to them.

Speaking at the separate events, the Chairman of Kids2day! Abdullai Kamara, called on the communities to recognize the talents shown by the children, and work with them in making the communities better for all.

"If we work with these children now, we will be making them better for their future , and helping to make this world better for all."

Mr. Kamara added that as the future leaders, children's voices and concerns need to be considered now, so that they can learn their self worth, and participate in national decision making.

The Kids2day! chair also encouraged the children to truly understand the lessons of rights and responsibilities they have learned from the convention and practice them in their daily lives.

Some 200 children participated in the events at both locations, and the events were witnessed by community leaders from both towns.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989 as a measure of ensuring that the child should be fully prepared to live in society, and brought up in the spirit of the ideals proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, especially in the spirit of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity.

Among other things, the CRC lives up to basic Principles, which state among others that "all children have the same rights and are of equal worth; Every child has the right to have his or her basic needs fulfilled; Every child has the right to protection from abuse and exploitation; and Every child has the right to express his or her opinion and to be respected."