Children’s Day is celebrated in different countries, on various calendar dates, as an occasion to praise children and the crucial role they play in all societies. In 1955, Thailand celebrated the Children’s Day for the first time. In the country it is believed that “Children are the future of the nation, if the children are intelligent, the country will be prosperous”. As children are the most valuable resource for the development of the country, since 1955, every second Saturday of January, people across Thailand celebrate this national holiday by organising events for children and communities to spend a special day of entertainment and fun.
On 13 January 2018, the ROY team has organized, with the joint collaboration of our health and child protection departments, the Children’s Day event at P' Yar Taung Migrant Learning Centre. The event hosted more than 500 people! Among them, children from Migrant Learning Centres as well as parents and other members of the Burmese cross-border communities surrounding the school, had the chance to spend a day of entertainment and, at the same time, to get familiar with issues that are relevant to migrant life along the Thai-Myanmar border. As such, beyond games, competitions and other funny activities, the Help without Frontiers staff organised many booth activities so as to raise awareness on crucial issues such as adolescent health, safe migration, child rights, child protection and new media. Finally, the ROY Peer Youth and Youth Network group, jointly with students from migrant schools, entertained the public with music, drama and various other performances.
A special thanks goes to Plan International, Diakonia and all other donors, sponsors, team organizers, teachers, PTA committees, parents and local authorities who did their best to successfully lead the event and collaborated in creating an unforgettable memory for the communities along the Thai-Myanmar border.
Watch the video of the event here, share it with your friends and don’t miss the next Children’s Day!
