Voice of the Youth

 

VOICE OF THE YOUTH

        It has been declared that the month of November of every year as the National Children’s Month. The celebration aims to emphasize the importance of the role of the child within the Filipino community and in nation building. Also mandates the promotion and protection of their physical, moral, intellectual, spiritual and social well-being. It aims to give Filipino children access to a healthy environment, good education, and healthcare that is why this celebration is important.

    

       This year 2022, the DepEd’s National Children’s Month will cover four categories of children’s rights including survival rights, development rights, participation rights, and protection rights for the whole month of November. All children have all these rights, no matter who they are, where they live, what language they speak, what their religion is, what they think, what they look like, if they are a boy or girl, if they have a disability, if they are rich or poor, and no matter who their parents or families are or what their parents or families believe or do. No child should be treated unfairly for any reason. Giving value to someone’s right is very important because it can give a person the confidence in living in our society. Taking one day may not be enough, but using it as an opportunity to redirect our family’s lives may be an important step in a child’s life. Children’s look up to the adults in their lives for guidance. While their personalities are unique, they develop their character as they spend time with you and me. This is the opportunity for us to
hear the stories of the youth. There many things to do to celebrate the National Children’s Month such as exploring outdoors with your family. But for me the best way to celebrate it is hosting or helping an orphanage where children’s can have fun with me or to conduct a feeding program. I want to experience happiness they have never felt before.

  Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals, as well as young people and children themselves, can play an important part in making World Children's Day relevant for their societies, communities and nations.

        National Children’s Month offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children. “Save the criticism for youth and elders; children need encouragement”.

References:

https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2019/11/childrenbackground.jpg https://safehavenorphanage.org/wp-content/uploads/welcome-01.jpg
https://news.cgtn.com/news/326b444d78637a6333566d54/img/6d0e9f05-8012-42ea-ada9-334bbd47e98f.jpg