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The International Day for Protection of Children, is observed in many countries as Children's Day on the 1st of June. It also coincides with “Child Protection Week”- being marked in South Africa from today the 31st of May to the 7th of June. .

For the first time in history, we have the opportunity to see a world where every pregnancy is healthy and wanted, where every birth is safe, where every child can survive beyond their 5th birthday, and where all women, children and adolescents are empowered to thrive and realize their full potential.

For the past few weeks, child trafficking has been making headlines as the Department of Home Affairs presents the rationale for its new regulations for children traveling to or from South Africa.

Would you believe us if we told you that by 2030 no child in South Africa would be living in extreme poor conditions?

One week on from the deadly earthquake in Nepal, Save the Children warns that nearly a third of a million children face months sleeping out in harsh conditions after their houses were destroyed.

As the scale of the devastation wrought by Saturday's deadly earthquake in Nepal continues to emerge, nearly 5,000 schools are estimated to have been completely destroyed – which is expected to have a devastating long-term impact on the lives of children, says Save the Children.

Inputs by Save the Children South Africa to the State of the Nation Address

Desmond Tutu, Shakira, Ben Affleck, Aamir Khan, Bono, Mary Robinson and five Nobel Peace Prize winners have added their names to an open letter to World Leaders to mark the launch of action/2015.