UIIC AO 2016 – Letter – Letter to editor about Children’s Health and Education Issues

As a child right activist, I am greatly
concerned about the children’s development issues. Though the standard of
living of our country’s citizens is improving day by day, but we used to see
many children begging on the streets daily. It shows that government’s schemes
and awareness camps are not yet reach everywhere. Still, many children are
facing problems like malnutrition, hunger, etc.  and fighting many diseases without getting any
medical help. Lack of sanity and lack of clean drinking water are the main
sources to affect the children’s health.

Along with the health issues, education to
every child is another major concern. Today also, there are many children out
of the school. In the rural areas, people are not still so concerned about the
education and especially girl child’s education. Free basic education
programmes have been launched few years ago, but the lack of awareness of the
importance of education left the children out of school.  In the cities, the rising cost of education is
the biggest worry of the parents.  If the
child is not healthy, naturally it is going to affect its other developmental
activities. The lack of education later leads to poverty and poverty ultimately
goes to degrade the health. And the cycle continues.

Children are citizens of tomorrow. The
healthy and active children are going to become development force to the
nation. Only providing food is not the solution, proper food diet containing
nutrition, vitamins, proteins, fibre is required. Also, better education is the
key to progress of children. Through this letter I want to draw your attention
to these issues, so that through this medium we can spread the awareness among
the people.

Yours faithfully

Arya Stark