Early years
A young child in Montenegro can...
- Be delivered in a nice Baby Friendly hospital, with the father present. It can be placed on the mother’s breast and enjoy the first moments of life in her embrace.
- Obtain a birth certificate
- Be vaccinated and protected from diseases causing death or severe disability
- Get love and care and grow in a family
- Be stimulated to learn and thrive
- Enter preschool
- Enjoy the benefit of proper feeding & be well nourished
- Enjoy the benefit of clean water and hygiene
- Live in a clean protective house
- Enjoy playing
- Be a cherished member of society
but there are children in Montenegro who...
- Are delivered at home, without any help from health workers (officially 2 per cent, but it is estimated to be higher).
- Are not registered
- Are suffering and dying from vaccine preventable diseases (10 per cent)
- Do not have a family and parental care and have to grow in an institution (over 580)
- Are deprived of stimulation & prosperity
- Remain without access to preschool and preparation for primary school education.
- Eat only occasionally and become malnourished
- Have poor access to clean water and good sanitary conditions
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Happy parents of Tara, born 15 minutes ago, at UNICEF-supported baby-friendly hospital |
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Live in a shed
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Are deprived of play, because they have to work to survive
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Are discriminated against because of their ethnic origin, poverty, refugee status, or because they live in remote areas
Let us create the environment where every child enjoys the same rights!
