Are we doing enough for our children?
December 20, 2020, 2:47 PM IST
Neelam Makhijani, CEO and country director, ChildFund India
Each year, India celebrates Children’s Day on November 14th in remembrance of the first Prime Minister of India, Chacha Nehru and his love for children. We tend to – celebrate this day by giving children treats, presents, and promise them a brighter tomorrow. We all remember our Prime Minister’s pledge of ‘Ache Din’!
Having worked for ChildFund for over 6 years and been close to children in communities, both rural and urban, I feel the need to share, with honesty, what we as a country have achieved, or not. Let’s take stock on the state of child health in India, a situation that is improving at a glacial pace, excruciatingly slow and the indicators have been amplified because of COVID-19.