Before the Philippines started marking National Children's Month, "Children's Day" was already a popular holiday in many countries throughout the globe. The first step was a special service for children conducted by Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard in June 1857.
He called it "Rose Day" at first, then "Flower Sunday," and finally "Children's Day."
Turkey was the first country to declare this day a national holiday in 1920. However,it wasn't until 1925 that International Children's Day was formally established
at the World Conference on Child Welfare in Geneva, Switzerland.
Numerous communist and postcommunist countries adopted the International Children's Day on June 1, 1950, with Uruguay and Indi issuing a joint resolution in 1954. The National Youth Commission (N.Y.C.), the Council for the Welfare of Children (C.W.C.), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (D.S.W.D.) were in charge of creating initiatives, strategies, and fundraising events to help children in need. The purpose of National Children's Month is to assist children who have experienced a traumatic event.

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