Children’s Rights Month Celebration 2026 to Promote Awareness and Protection
Inauguration and Children’s Parliament Scheduled for October 31 in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: A month-long awareness programme, Children’s Rights Month Celebration 2026, will be organised in Dakshina Kannada district to promote awareness of children’s rights, assess their current status, and strengthen collective efforts towards child protection.
With the vision of building a child-friendly society, the initiative seeks to ensure that every child can live safely, with dignity and equal opportunities. The inaugural programme and the Children’s Parliament will be held on October 31 at Lions Seva Mandira, Mallikatta, Mangaluru.
The inaugural function will begin at 10:30 a.m. and is being jointly organised by PADI, CRT, Lions Club, the Red Cross, the District Child Protection Unit and the Children’s Month Festival Committee. The Children’s Parliament will be held on the same day at 2 p.m.
Jaibunisa, Member Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, will inaugurate the programme, while Vanitha Bhandary, Convenor of the Children’s Month Festival Committee, will preside over the function.
The chief guests will include Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Commissioner of City Police; Nazia Sultan, Assistant Labour Commissioner; Shalet Pinto, Chairperson of the Karnataka Ecotourism Development Board; Geetha Kulkarni, Assistant Commissioner of Police, CCRB, Mangaluru; Shashidhar G.S., Deputy Director of the Department of School Education and Literacy, Dakshina Kannada; and Sridhar M.S., Deputy Director of the Department of Women and Child Development, Mangaluru.
Other dignitaries expected to attend include Lion Hema Rao, President of Lions Club, Mangaluru; N.G. Nagesh, Member of the Red Cross Society, Mangaluru; Lion P. Dayakar Suvarna, President of Lions Club, Katipalla–Krishnapura; Lion Deepak Permude, Lions Zone Chairperson; Dr Akshatha Adarsh, Chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee, Mangaluru; Rashmi A.M., Child Protection Officer, Mangaluru; and Kamala Gowda, President of the District Education Resource Centres Federation, Mangaluru.
The organisers have invited representatives of civil society organisations working in children’s rights and child protection, officials from government departments involved in child welfare, and other interested stakeholders to participate in the programme.
The initiative aims to encourage collective responsibility for safeguarding children’s rights and creating a safe, inclusive and child-friendly society. Children interested in participating in the programme are requested to register their names with the organisers in advance.
For further information, contact: 9448570956.