Action for Children and by Children – The Celebration of World Children’s Day- Kerala
16th Nov 2022
CHILDLINE in collaboration with UNICEF observed this week as the theme “Sports for Development”. The week-long event is being organized in 5 selected schools of Balaramapuram Panchayath in our district against cyber and drug addiction among children and the slogan is ‘Action for Children and Action by Children’.
The aim is to lead children away from cyber and social media addiction to sports addiction, and ensure that every child learns at least one sport and thereby improves their development. As part of this, our second day programs were conducted at KVLPS ,Thalayil.
Mr. Kiran Das ( CIC,CIF) CHILDLINE presided over the function and Smt Ajithakumari L, inaugurated the program.
In the presence of dignitaries, the children took pledge against substance abuse delivered by Kumari Aswini, School leader and read the Children’s Day Message from the Hon. District Collector. Smt Helen Mary Das, Pre Primary Teacher welcomed the participants and Mr. Christudas CK, Teacher delivered vote of thanks. Team organized sports competitions without losing their school studies, and organized an exhibition mainly focusing the ill effects of drugs. The Sports kit which was provided from the UNICEF was handed over to the school authorities.