UNICEF Vietnam has taken various activities to celebrate the World Children’s Day (WCD) on November 20 to support the wellbeing of children and adolescents in the country.
Across the country, WCD activities have started earlier this month with the Football without Limits initiative, a collaboration between UNICEF, the Ministry of Education and Training and the National School Sports Association. It aims to provide football to children in around 30,000 schools and beyond, as well as resources on the essential role sport plays in fostering healthy wellbeing and development of children, especially girls. The national initiative will continue over the coming year, embracing the Women’s Football World Cup in 2023.
National and international football stars have also joined hands with UNICEF through an awareness campaign to inspire the public to come together as one team to get childhood back on track.
To showcase the power of sport for children’s development, the People’s Committee of Danang teams up with UNICEF and hundreds of children at an event on this World Children’s Day. Officials from MOET and MOLISA, mass organisations from both central and city levels, international organizations, celebrities and five hundred children from Danang come together to enjoy a special football match of girl and boy players, music performance and other activities that promote the spirit of One Team for Every Child.
In this spirit, UNICEF is encouraging team sports, encouraging girls into sport, and supporting the MOET to make this a reality. “We want schools and parents to understand that sport brings so much more than eye-ball coordination and fitness. Today we celebrate the power of sport – beyond fun and physical benefits – for the important role it plays in promoting mental wellbeing, bringing joy, supporting good nutrition, as well as enabling children and adolescents to practice the essential skills they need for success in the workplace, such as communication, negotiation, strategy, learning to lose and get back up, teamwork and leadership,” said Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam.
As the first country in the East Asia and Pacific region to ratify the CRC in 1990, Vietnam has made tremendous progress for its 27 million children moving progressively to ensure that they all are healthy, educated, protected in safe and clean environments and empowered to reach their full potential. “With notable results across various areas and active engagement in key priorities such as the digital transformation for the education system, Vietnam shows impressive capacity to bring positive change for every child,” Flowers remarked.
“Despite outstanding gains, there remains an unfinished agenda for children,” she added. “Worsened by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenged by rolling disasters and the climate crisis, too many children are facing disparities, suffering multidimensional poverty; and too many are being left behind. A specific refocus and reprioritization of resources is needed in favour of the children most at risk, those from ethnic minority groups, those whose parents migrate for work, those who live with disabilities and all those who are facing deprivations.”
UNICEF marks World Children’s Day in Vietnam
UNICEF Vietnam has taken various activities to celebrate the World Children’s Day (WCD) on November 20 to support the wellbeing of children and adolescents in the country.
Source: dtinews.vn
