“Nothing ignites the mind of a girl or a boy like playing” is the message that the teachers of Los Pequeñecos and Los Diminutos have been working on all week to celebrate World Children's Day.
The Councilor for Municipal Services, Clara Martel, declares the importance of “celebrating World Children's Day with different activities and workshops with the youngest students. Throughout the week, they have been the creators of a huge mural as a way to make their voices heard, in the most beautiful way in the world, which is the game. November 20 is a day dedicated to all children in the world and to knowing the rights of children. From the municipal nurseries of Los Pequeñecos de San Fernando de Maspalomas and Los Diminutos de El Tablero, we wanted to put the focus, through the slogan Nothing lights up a girl or boy's mind like playing, that there are millions of children in the world who are denied the right to play.”
The United Nations celebrates Universal Children's Day on November 20, the date on which the UN General Assembly approved the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959. This declaration, which was not legally binding, was not sufficient to protect children. children's rights. After ten years of negotiations with governments around the world, religious leaders, NGOs, and other institutions, the final text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was agreed upon on November 20, 1989, compliance with which is mandatory for all countries that have signed it.
The objective of Universal Children's Day is to remind citizens that children are the most vulnerable group and, therefore, the one that suffers the most from crises and problems in the world. This day remember that All children have the right to health, education and protection, regardless of where in the world they were born. Dedicating an international day to children also serves to make a global call for the needs of the little ones and to recognize the work of the people who work every day so that boys and girls have a better future.
