National Children's Day In Pandemic Period Is Celebrated Virtually

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KemenPPPA) will celebrate National Children's Day which falls on 23 July. This warning was held virtually, because currently Indonesia is still being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The celebration of all National Children's Day activities will be designed in the form of a ritual on July 23, starting at 9 WIB until 10.30 WIB," said Deputy for Child Protection of the Ministry of PPPA Nahar in a discussion at Graha BNPB, East Jakarta, Monday, July 20.

Nahar said, the theme carried in the National Children's Day celebration was "protected children, advanced Indonesia". From this theme, the government will put forward the issue of child protection in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak.

"Of the more than 79 million Indonesian children, among them are children who need protection in an emergency situation like this. The hope is that we can protect our children, we can prepare the best for the future of our next generation," said Nahar.

Nahar explained, the government has prepared 750 slots for participants to celebrate National Children's Day virtually through the Zoom application. Then, this warning was also broadcast on the BNPB Indonesia Youtube account and a number of private television stations.

"We will live, so we hope that many children can also participate in the event well and the main goal is that we want to invite our children to have fun on their day," he said.

The concept of the program is that children will take the role of socializing child protection protocols during a pandemic called 'children's take over'.

There are four major issues that will be addressed, first is the civil rights of children, then family care, education issues, and the preparation of government services when children face various problems.

"On July 23, we will optimize the role of the children in a full day event with the children. The role of the spokesperson for the Task Force for the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19 will be taken over by the children," said Nahar.

"Anyway, the commemoration of National Children's Day will be fun because they can take over the role of adults in the style of children," he added.