Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November (November 14th in India). It was instituted with the sole aim of promoting communal exchange and understanding among children, and bringing about beneficiary action to promote the welfare of children all over the globe.
The day is marked with a lot of activities, but the fact remains that only a section of India’s children have the opportunity to celebrate their existence. Schools organize events and activities that students thoroughly enjoy, but there are millions of that are left out on this special day – the downtrodden street and slum children.
Instead of just celebrating the day with pomposity in schools and clubs and hotels, why not also make a difference in the lives of materially underprivileged children? How about taking well-to-do children to homes that shelter street children and have them befriend those kids, play with them and share the items that middle and upper class children take for granted, like clothes, toys, stationery, books, etc.?
Another way of celebrating this day would be to have children organize a party for some socially disadvantaged children with the help of a teacher or parent. In fact, if this were done in every neighborhood, imagine how many smiles there would be across the nation. Moreover, these occasional gestures could result in long term initiatives from adults and even children, since once they have come into close contact with populations so different from what they are accustomed to, an awareness and a new outlook may arise as well as the will to help transform inequality from its roots.
Source: Indian Child
