World Children's Day in Heinsberg: Celebration with fun and games for everyone!

World Children's Day in Heinsberg: Celebration with fun and games for everyone!

On Friday, September 19, 2025, the central festival for World Children's Day will be celebrated in front of the district hall in Heinsberg. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., all families, children and interested parties are warmly invited to take part in the colorful program with free admission. The youth welfare office of the Heinsberg district has come up with a lot of ideas to make an afternoon full of fun and joy. Bouncy castles, face painting and a toy mobile are waiting to be discovered. The little visitors can also test their accuracy by shooting at a goal wall or try out creative craft activities.

A special highlight will be the children's rights exhibition, which will be the focus of the event. In order to make children's rights “visible” to a certain extent, various daycare centers are also taking part with their own campaigns. For example, horseshoe throwing and the opportunity to listen to the children's concerns and wishes are offered. With a food truck, a drinks stand and an ice cream truck, food isn't neglected either.

World Children's Day: A right to children's rights

World Children's Day is not only a celebration, but also an important occasion to draw attention to the rights of children. The importance of these rights is taken up in many projects, such as the municipal daycare center in Karken. There, preschool children playfully explore the meaning of children's rights under the leadership of educational specialist Gina Goertz and artist Doris Lemmens. With the help of age-appropriate materials, the children formulate their rights such as self-determination, freedom of expression, education and protection. Their works will be ceremoniously presented on World Children's Day, and the children will have the opportunity to welcome Mayor Kai Louis and representatives of the youth welfare office to breakfast. The mayor emphasizes that children's rights not only exist, but must be lived.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 places the special needs of children in the foreground and is therefore a central component of the projects surrounding World Children's Day. The aim is to teach children about their rights and to encourage them to stand up for them. The works of art that the children create are exhibited in the youth welfare office as a lasting reminder of child protection and children's rights.

Activities throughout the district

However, the festival in Heinsberg is not the only event for World Children's Day. Around this special day, numerous other actions take place in the Heinsberg district, which also aim to make children's rights visible. An overview of these exciting offers is available on an enclosed flyer, which will be handed out to all interested parties at the event.

World Children's Day, which falls on September 20, 2024, is an occasion that UNICEF also supports to promote the positive development of children worldwide. Creative hands-on activities such as the creation of colorful chalk pictures and important puzzle pieces on which the children's wishes and thoughts can be seen are an integral part of these celebrations. The images can even be shared on social media using the hashtag #wiestarkwäredasden. Information about helping to shape the children's rights puzzle and more can be found on the UNICEF Germany website.

Overall, the commitment of the various facilities and institutions in the Heinsberg district shows how important World Children's Day is and how many people are campaigning for children's rights. Let us create an unforgettable day together for the smallest members of our society!

For further information about the festival and the various offers, it is advisable to visit the websites of the Heinsberg district, [Stadt Heinsberg](https://www.heinsberg.de/stadt-heinsberg/aktuelle-melden/2024/oktober/kita-karken- Feiert-weltkindertag-mit-kreativen-aktions-zum-thema-kinderrechte/) and UNICEF.