National Children’s Month
Supporting young lives facing economic challenges, extending a compassionate hand for brighter futures and opportunities.
Align your brand with child welfare and community impact during November by sponsoring educational programs, donating products, or matching employee volunteer hours to build goodwill and reach socially conscious consumers.
- Partner with local schools or nonprofits to donate learning supplies and highlight your CSR commitment
- Launch an employee volunteer challenge encouraging staff to tutor or mentor children, amplifying impact through internal engagement
- Create donation-matching campaigns where customers' purchases fund child welfare initiatives, turning sales into social good
- Feature stories of children's lives transformed through education and support, positioning your brand as a champion of youth futures
Now an official celebration in the Philippines, National Children’s Month was established in 2015 by then president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III.
This event was started as a way to commemorate the country’s adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which took place on November 20, 1989. The theme for the first month-long celebration was “Our Focus is the Health, Mind and Welfare of Every Child”.
That theme continues on every year as the month is set aside to bring focus to the needs of children, whether they are related to physical health, mental health, education or overall well-being.
Government agencies, educators, charitable organizations, businesses, community groups and so many others are involved with the celebration of National Children’s Month each year.
As a third world country, the Philippines has a significant number of families each year who report that they have dire financial situations. An important part of this month is learning more about the needs of the children who suffer the most, and then figuring out how to meet their needs throughout the coming year.
Various events take place in cities and rural areas throughout the Philippines during National Children’s Month.
These events might include a book drive for needy children living on the street, healthcare opportunities such as clinics or screenings specifically for children, or soup kitchens to make sure that children and their families who are living on the street can get access to healthy food each day.
Other interventions that take place during these thirty days are related to mental health needs and social care.
Many non-profit organizations are working to meet the psychosocial needs of children in the Philippines, and this month often brings about a push to provide care for children who have been abandoned, abused, or neglected.
National Children’s Month is an opportunity for those who have their needs met to look around and discover those children and families who are less fortunate and could use a helping hand.
Volunteer to Help Children
Community programs are often looking for the right people to volunteer their time to help children in need. This could be anything from acting as a tutor, helping kids with their homework, coaching a sports team, teaching a Sunday school class or helping out in some other way. Investing in kids equals investing in the future, and time spent in the life of a child will make a huge impact for them personally and on the world around them!
Make a Donation to Children in Need
An excellent way to celebrate National Children’s Month might be to make a financial donation to a charity that supports children. Of course there are many viable children’s charities all around the world, making it possible for people with a little more to support those with a little less. Check out a local charity that might benefit from a donation, or consider one of these non-profit organizations that works to help kids all over the wold, all throughout the year: Save the Children. This organization is over 100 years old, having been founded in the UK in 1919 with the purpose of helping children all over the world to get the resources they need to live and to thrive in their environments.Compassion International. Sponsor a child to provide them with the regular care they need and positively impact their life long-term through this non-profit organization that was started in 1952.Children International. Another child sponsorship program, this humanitarian organization was founded in 1936 and places the focus on ending generational poverty through access to health care, educational resources, safe spaces and more. For other opportunities to celebrate the joy that children bring to life, consider events throughout the year, including National Children’s Day in June, World Children’s Day on November 20, or National Children’s Craft Day in March.