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ShareMumbai: November 20 marks the day on which the United Nation Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1989.
In India, Children's Day commemorates Jawaharlal Nehru's love for children. Organisations hold workshops and felicitate young achievers. Why should this activity be limited to a single day? This is not the sole agenda of the government and NGOs alone, educated individuals should chart out plans to brighten the future of young children. Every individual can play a role in bringing succour to poor children. It is best to initiate the social work at home, for example there are many who are in need of a helping hand like the children of domestic helpers.
Individuals can devote an hour in a week and monitor their academic progress and help them imbibe soft skills. Young college and school-going children can volunteer for teaching them lessons, since children of our drivers and cooks cannot afford expensive coaching classes. Those from the affluent sections of the society can sponsor the education of deserving children. Senior citizens can guide such children on other matters and cure them of any addiction or vice.
-- Brinda Kumarakrishnan
