In 2024, World Children’s Day will be held under the motto “Into the future with children’s rights”. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is meant to draw attention to and protect “the very special needs and interests of children”.
Our work helps children exercise several of their rights at once: Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states “the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health”. Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe e.V. is committed to the treatment of cleft lip and palate: So that children with congenital cleft deformities can leave behind as many as possible of the numerous health problems and difficulties in everyday life caused by an untreated cleft. And start a new life with better prospects.
After all, the children we help bear no blame for their difficult start in life: they have been born with a cleft by chance, and happened to be born in a country whose health system does not cover the costs of cleft surgery for everyone. To ensure that these children can exercise their right to health without restrictions and build their own lives, we cooperate with doctors, institutions and passionate donors from all over the world. As a result, thousands of children every year gain the opportunity to start a better life.
We help children all over the world exercise their rights
Articles 28 and 29 concern the right to access to education, with the aim of “fully developing the personality, talents and mental and physical abilities of the child”. Without the treatments made possible by our many donors and the local doctors and therapists, children born with cleft lip and palate would have to overcome many more obstacles in developing their talents.
Today, September 20th, we celebrate the UN World Children’s Day with and for these children. 70 years ago, on September 21st, 1954, the General Assembly of the United Nations recommended that its member states establish a worldwide children’s day. World Children’s Day is intended to promote commitment to children’s rights and friendship among children and young people. Help us and support our work for the well-being of children with congenital cleft lip and palate. So that their difficult start in life makes a turn towards the better.
