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World Day of Prayer and Action for Children celebrations are planned by local teams. In 2010, the World Day was celebrated in 46 countries through 69 events with more than 33,000 participants from around the world.

A typical World Day celebration frequently begins with an inter-faith service organized by community religious leaders. Individual religious communities can also celebrate the Day through an appropriate service. In both cases, the services are followed by an organized activity designed to meet the needs of children in that community.

Visit our Take Action page to be inspired and get ideas about how you can act!

The World Day Council comprising prominent religious leaders of different faiths and representatives of leading child welfare organizations, suggests activities and themes for the World Day each year.

While the World Day can be celebrated with any sort of action that benefits children at the grassroots level to stop violence against children, in 2011 there are suggested themes and activities for the Day: promoting positive parenting, preventing child marriage and promoting universal birth registration. Visit our New Theme page for more information on how you can Stop Violence against Children.