National Children's Month

Many countries around the world had already been celebrating 'Children's Day' before the Philippines started observing National Children's Month. It began in June 1857 when Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard conducted a special service for the children. He initially called it 'Rose Day,' then 'Flower Sunday,' and finally 'Children's Day.'

 

Turkey was the first country to make this celebration a national holiday in 1920. However, International Children's Day was not declared a global holiday until 1925, during the World Conference on Child Welfare in Geneva, Switzerland. Many communist and post-communist countries began to recognize International Children's Day on June 1, 1950, including a joint resolution signed by India and Uruguay in 1954.

 

The goal of National Children's Month is to provide assistance to children who have been victims of abuse, poverty, natural disasters, or violence. In fact, there was an alarmingly high rate of sexual abuse and exploitation among children in 2013. Under Republic Act No. 10661, late Philippine President Benigno Aquino III declared November to be the official National Children's Month in the Philippines in 2015

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