Children’s Rights Day
On 20th November, the International Day of Children’s Rights, Terre des hommes invites children and teenagers from all over Switzerland to become street children for a few hours, doing odd jobs such as polishing shoes, selling sweets and handwork, performing as buskers and informing passersby about children’s rights.
In this way children can raise public awareness, gain exciting experiences and get involved with improving the lives of the world’s less privileged children.
Participants of Tdh's campaign on the Day of Child Rights - 20 november
Children’s Rights – let’s get involved!
Switzerland signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1997, the year Terre des hommes launched its “Street child for a day” campaign on the International Day of Children’s Rights on 20th November.
Please have a look on the trailer.
In 2012, over 4300 children and youngsters went onto the streets in 140 locations in Switzerland, shining shoes or selling magazines, making passersby aware of the plight of street children all over the world. The groups collected a total of over200,000 Swiss francs. The money will flow into our projects for the benefit of “child protection” :/en/sections/protection#street_children in Burkina Faso, Colombia, Nepal, Morocco or Palestinian Territories.
How to take part?
Our contribution
- 1 or 2 hour lesson free animation on the theme of children exploitation
- Action- and Communication material
- Ideas to realize themselves
Your contribution
Together with your school class or youth group, you choose one or more street-children jobs as well as the time and place. The donations collected on Switzerland's streets will benefit directly Terre des hommes street children projects.
When?
The event will take place throughout Switzerland between 19 and 21 November,; you can choose your preferred date during this period.
More information & registration
events@tdh.ch, phone 058 611 06 58 or online registration form (from August)
