International Children's Day
It was on November 20, 1959 that the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly and UNICEF celebrated the first International Children's Day in Geneva (Switzerland).
This day is now being organized in more and more countries, including Algeria for several years now. Does this mean that the rights of the child would be considered respected if they were respected for just one day a year? No.
The importance of this commemoration consists of the reminder of certain truths too often obscured by daily life.
Firstly, the birth of a child is also, but above all, that of a childhood. A childhood that can only exist, develop and flourish in a permanent climate of love and affection within a family. Without a family, the child alone or in an institution looks without seeing, listens without hearing, grows without flourishing and passes into adulthood without going through the childhood that he will live in pieces throughout his life.
This is why the right to a family, whether original or substitute, is a primordial right, a vital right recognized by the Charter of the Rights of the Child. It is also the main objective of Algerian voluntary organizations such as the Voluntary Childhood and Foster Family Association which work to enable these children to find well-being in a family.
Secondly, the happiness that parents have in avoiding this wasted childhood for theirs and that we can be happy and happier perhaps by acting so that childhood can happen for all children everywhere in the world.
Thirdly, finally, the person responsible for tomorrow must keep in mind that tomorrow, he will have been today's child and that everything must be thought of and planned from this basis so that in turn, as a citizen of the world, he works to reduce poverty and human distress and watches with others, whatever the color, whatever the country, to ensure that childhood is not wasted.
This day is now being organized in more and more countries, including Algeria for several years now. Does this mean that the rights of the child would be considered respected if they were respected for just one day a year? No.
The importance of this commemoration consists of the reminder of certain truths too often obscured by daily life.
Firstly, the birth of a child is also, but above all, that of a childhood. A childhood that can only exist, develop and flourish in a permanent climate of love and affection within a family. Without a family, the child alone or in an institution looks without seeing, listens without hearing, grows without flourishing and passes into adulthood without going through the childhood that he will live in pieces throughout his life.
This is why the right to a family, whether original or substitute, is a primordial right, a vital right recognized by the Charter of the Rights of the Child. It is also the main objective of Algerian voluntary organizations such as the Voluntary Childhood and Foster Family Association which work to enable these children to find well-being in a family.
Secondly, the happiness that parents have in avoiding this wasted childhood for theirs and that we can be happy and happier perhaps by acting so that childhood can happen for all children everywhere in the world.
Thirdly, finally, the person responsible for tomorrow must keep in mind that tomorrow, he will have been today's child and that everything must be thought of and planned from this basis so that in turn, as a citizen of the world, he works to reduce poverty and human distress and watches with others, whatever the color, whatever the country, to ensure that childhood is not wasted.