Children’s Week aims to bring world-wide attention
to the need to understand, appreciate and care about
children. Children’s Week focuses on a variety
of issues including the health, care, education, cultural,
social and emotional needs of children and the importance
of recognising their achievements.
The Children’s Week Association of South Australia
is dedicated to organising a variety of activities to
promote the following aims and objectives:-
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To
achieve recognition of children through publicity
and promotion of events and activities in conjunction
with universal celebrations.
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To
develop global awareness of children’s
special needs through publicity and promotion
in conjunction with such groups as the United
Nations Association of Australia and UNICEF.
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To
promote healthy and active lives for children
through care, education, health,
physical activity and cultural programs designed
for local involvement.
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To
encourage community involvement in celebrating
childhood through a number of organised educational,
cultural and physical activity events.
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To demonstrate
in a practical way, concern for the well-being
of children throughout South Australia.
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To increase
community awareness of children’s achievements
and abilities.
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The Children’s Week Association wholeheartedly
supports the current community concern to increase
the participation of children in physical education
and to halt the trend to poor nutrition and childhood
obesity.
The need for physical education from appropriately
trained personnel and encouragement to schools
and families to provide fat, balanced nutrition
for children is imperative. The pattern for wellness
and wellbeing in later life is set in childhood;
the cost to the community of low levels of physical
and poor diet cannot be ignored.
The Children’s Week Association of South
Australia is concerned for the condition and rights
of children in Australia and throughout the world
and asserts that children have the right to be
protected against abuse of any kind and to have
their wellbeing and safety assured.
