Aims

Aim
• To understand when Universal Children’s Day is.
• To understand some of the key facts about this day.
• To begin to become familiar with some of the Rights of a Child.
 Universal Children’s Day
What did the UN
When is Universal Why do we have
begin on the
Children’s Day? this celebration?
20th November?

What do people
What are What are some of
What are Children’s do on Universal
Children’s Rights? these rights?
Rights? Children’s Day?

Is every
Are there other Do other countries
child living a good
Children’s Days? celebrate children?
life?
When is Universal Children’s Day?
The United Nations’ Universal
Children’s Day is on 20th November.

This important, worldwide celebration

happens every year.

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Why Do We Have This Celebration?
In 1954, the UN (United Nations) thought it would be good for all
countries and religions around the world to come together on 20 th
November in a joint celebration.

It is a day for everybody to think about children, help create a friendly world for
every child and to help children know their own rights.

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 What Did the UN Begin
On 20th November?
On 20th November in 1959,
the UN started to use a
document called the
‘Declaration of the Rights of
the Child’.

On 20th November in
1989, they also started to
use the children’s rights
listed in the ‘Convention
on the Rights of the
Child’.

Unicef works very hard to protect these

rights around the world.
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 What are Children’s Rights?
Children’s Rights are things that every child should
have or be able to do.

Most countries follow these, but not all.

There are 54 Children’s Rights in the

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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 What Are Some of These Rights?
Some of the
Children’s
Rights are:
The right to protection
The right to give your
The
The right
right to
to be alive
play and from work that harms
(Article 6) opinion
you, and is bad for your
rest (Article 31) (Article 12)
health and education
(Article 32)
The right to food,
clothing, a safe place The right to an
to live and to have education (Article 28)
your basic needs met
(Article 27)

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 What Do People Do on Universal
Children’s Day?

You could learn about children’s rights.

You could take part in fundraising activities to raise money for

children’s charities like ‘Save the Children’.

You could learn about and research other children around

the world, maybe living a very different life to your own.

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Is Every Child Living a Good Life?

Can you think of a child who:

• doesn’t get a good education?
• doesn’t get good food, clothing or a safe place to live?

It may be someone you have heard about in the

news, on TV or from somebody else.

Think about how

we can help and
protect other
children who may
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 Are there other Children’s Days?
There are other days that celebrate children like ‘Children’s Day’ in July.
That day began in 1856, when Reverend Dr Charles Leonard held a special
service just for children.

It was called ‘Rose Day’ and then ‘Flower Day’.

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 Do Other Countries
Celebrate Children?
Other countries also celebrate children on different dates too. For example:
Can you find out the dates of more Children’s Days?

In New Zealand, they In Thailand, they celebrate In India, they celebrate

celebrate on the first on the second Saturday in on 14th November.
Sunday of March. January.

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