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Gardens, where there was music and dance.
The event, which was proclaimed by the World Conference for Well Being in Children in 1925, was later established as an appropriate day in 1954.
This resulted in children having an opportunity to celebrate and appreciate their existence as important people in their communities with equal opportunities to contribute positively in their respective ways to the betterment of their communities.
For it is commonly known that a nation without children is a nation without a future, the day carries with it the protection of children and the realisation of their rights to protect them from abuse of all forms in developing and developed nations.
Sandra Lawe aged 18 said that Zimbabwe had made major strides in respecting the rights of the children.
She said this should be done by putting structures which are supportive to a conducive environment for children to have healthy minds.
“This nation has promoted the rights of children through the establishment of the child parliament, stiffer penalties to those who abuse children among other measures. This ensures that children grow into being what they want to be with an open mind and better levels of concentration as witnessed by a number of children who are doing greater and mighty exploits in sport and science,” said Lawe.
Mathew Samuriwo (18) from Churchill High School called upon all children to unite and help each other in fighting against their rights.
“Though a lot have been done by the Government I would like to urge all children to unite and help each other especially helping our friends who live and work on the streets as their rights in particular are always violated as they don’t even have the right to education, love and other basic things as they are exposed to massive abuse on the streets by street fathers, mothers or even some citizens of this metropolitan city in particular,” said Samuriwo.
Many children also echoed their sentiments saying the day is not properly recognised as in most cases the day comes and most children are not really aware of it.
They said a lot of teaching must be done such that children will have a deep understanding of why they have to take this particular day seriously and celebrate it.
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