We’re all familiar with Halloween. It’s a joyous day for kids – a day of fancy-dress costumes and all the candy you can eat. It’s the one day a year when kids are encouraged to take candy from strangers and what could be more thrilling than that? Watching them run from door to door excitedly and emerging with bags full of goodies will almost always put a smile on your face as you recall those fond memories from your childhood. They’ll then stand on the sidewalk and compare all the candy they got, occasionally engaging in some kind of trade with each other – “I’ll give you this one if you give me two of those”. Sounds great, right?
Unfortunately, there are many children all over the world who never get to experience that joy. While the children down the road from you fret over which candy to eat first at the end of the night, there are children in other parts of the world who have never had the pleasure of tasting any kind of candy. Instead, at the end of the night, their worries are more along lines of: “Will there be enough food for my family to survive another day?” or “Will this war end my life tomorrow?” They’re willed with worries that none of us would wish on any child.
But this Halloween, children who are fortunate enough to celebrate this holiday can do so while benefiting many young lives around the world. This Halloween, encourage those children down the road to TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR UNICEF.
Whether it’s something as simple as going door to door asking for donations towards UNICEF, or organising a Halloween party to fundraise for the cause, children everywhere can now come together to help make the world just a little bit better for those less fortunate than them. UNICEF provides families and teachers with all the resources they need to organise a Halloween fundraiser, as well as providing information for you to present to youngsters telling them about the work UNICEF does to help children around the world.
The campaign isn’t only a great way to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children, but also provides teachers and parents with an opportunity to teach kids about some of the hardships other people their own age face. They’re also given exposure to what it feels like to have the power to change a life – something that will last a lot longer than those bags of candy. And it can be done in a fun way, on one of the most loved children’s holidays.
So this Halloween, let’s unite the children of the world and make it a joyous day not only for children in the developed world, but for those everywhere – especially the ones who go through tough days every other day of the year and deserve one day of childlike excitement. This Halloween, let’s get kids to scream for less for candy, and more “TRICK-OR-TREAT FOR UNICEF!”
Source: UNICEF
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