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Wednesday 20 november 2019

Children are a blessing

ORANJESTAD — Universal Children’s Day is
important. Why? Because today is the day you look
at your child and be aware of all other children
in the world and their life. This day you give more
importance to the rights of each child and the
blessing this young person is. United Nations
established Universal Children’s Day in 1954 to
improve children’s welfare, promote togetherness
and create awareness worldwide.

Children are entitled to have rights and therefore
November 20th is an important date. It is the date
in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted
the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also
the date in 1989 when the UN General assembly
adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Therefore this year is extra special as it marks 30
years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child –
30 years of child rights that have helped transform
children’s lives around the world.

Babies of Aruba Today & Bon Dia
No matter their age, children will always be their
mother’s baby. Our ‘(grand) mama’s’ working at
Aruba Today and Bon Dia are proud to show their
babies to you and express their love for them. The
pictures with this article gallery presents to you the
children of some of our colleagues. q

“There can be no keener
revelation of a society’s soul
than the way in which it treats its
children.”

— Nelson Mandela, Former