The city bloggers and online influencers will talk about children and their rights on World Children Day through their social media platforms.
A blogger’s meet was held at the Headquarters on Thursday. It was collaboratively organised by Unicef and youth led NGO Ansh Happiness Society wherein as many as 35 bloggers and online influencers participated.
During the meet, the bloggers and online influencers from Bhopal pledged to hand over their platforms to children on World Children's Day i.e. on November 20.
Michael Juma Chief UNICEF Madhya Pradesh speaking at the meeting said, “#KidsTakeOver is a wonderful opportunity to put voices of disadvantaged and highly deprived children in public domain.
Social and blogging platforms have huge potential to positively influence the discourse on child rights.”
He further said that social media platform plays a critical part today and bloggers and online influencers should use it effectively.
Addressing the event Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh Anil Gulati said, “Online influencers have huge responsibility to provide platform for voices of children of Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh.”
#WorldChildrensDay isn't just a hashtag. It is a call to action for children, demanding a better future for children, he added.
“On World Children's Day we will use our platform to promote positive real-life stories on education and Internet safety using feel positive,” said participants Maryam Khan a class 7 student and Vandana at bloggers meet.
“This is the child inside me. The bubble of dreaming consists of everything my childhood was and is now,” Anusha Farooqui, Instagrammer and Class 12 student from Bhopal.
Mohsin Khan co-founder of Ansh Happiness Society said, “bloggers meet ended today, but this was start not the end and we would keep them in loop and follow up on our commitments for children of the city and the State.”