First
established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day, World Children’s Day is
celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness,
increase awareness of children worldwide, and improve children's welfare. This
year, Global Community Impact Asia Pacific (GCI APAC) and Consumer Health Asia
Pacific are continuing our collaboration with Save the Children in celebrating
World Children’s Day. At Johnson’s®, we are committed to give every baby the
healthiest start to life. At GCI APAC, women and children’s health remains a
key focus area.
The ability
to play is a right that all children should enjoy and is integral to any
child’s development & wellbeing. Due to the ongoing pandemic and other
circumstances like poverty and violence, many children are denied this crucial
aspect in their lives. We aim to champion children’s rights to play and create
new opportunities for them.
Did you
know? In 2021, UNICEF estimated that due to COVID-19, around an additional 100
million children were living in multidimensional poverty – without access to
essential needs like education, healthcare, housing, nutrition, sanitation or
water. As a symbol of our support for these underprivileged children, between
20 Nov to 31 Dec, J&J will be holding a
dollar to dollar matching of
any amount donated by employees and all proceeds will go to
Save the Children
Philippines.