Reimagining a better future for every child – World Children’s Day 2020!
Highlights from around the world as kids takeover and turn the world blue.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to cause disruption across the globe, children and young people were joined by stars and leaders to reimagine a better post-pandemic world on World Children’s Day.
On 20 November, kids reimagined a better world. Are you with them?
Reimagining a better future for every child
Today, on #WorldChildrensDay, our UNICEF Australia Youth Ambassadors in partnership with @UNICEF_uk's Youth Advisory Board, have come together to stand united against climate change.
— UNICEF Australia (@unicefaustralia) November 20, 2020
Let's all do our part to ensure we have a tomorrow, today. pic.twitter.com/YsoomfdRD6
5 youths, 1 mission: to #Reimagine their ideal climate-friendly city in #Minecraft
— UNICEF East Asia Pacific (@UNICEF_EAPRO) November 22, 2020
Stay tuned to see more of how these young people from East Asia Pacific designed their vision for a safer & more sustainable future
If you care too, raise your voice! #ChildUtopia@UNEP_AsiaPac pic.twitter.com/nURP2ZkWa4
It's #WorldChildrensDay, a day for children, by children. We asked children in Iraq how they reimagine the future, here is what they had to say in this video.
— UNICEF Iraq - يونيسف العراق (@UNICEFiraq) November 20, 2020
Together we can #reimagine a better, safer and fairer #Iraq, for every child! pic.twitter.com/cb8gea2Umf
Do you remember the dreams you had growing up?
— UNICEF Malaysia (@myUNICEF) November 24, 2020
How amazing if EVERY CHILD could achieve theirs!
Sadly, many obstacles stand in their way. But there is something you can do... #KeepitLit #foreverychild #worldchildrensday #goblue pic.twitter.com/nhdoRga0Q7
This #WorldChildrensDay, young climate activists talk through what they are doing to reimagine a more sustainable world #ForEveryChild in Sudan.@UNICEFSudan pic.twitter.com/K0uDLRWd8u
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) November 20, 2020
Noticing the changes in his environment, @NkosiOfficial05, @UNICEF Youth Climate Advocate, had to do something.
— UNICEF ZIMBABWE (@UNICEFZIMBABWE) November 20, 2020
Nkosi takes us through his climate activism and the implication of #climatechange on young people and their rights. @voicesofyouth @UNICEFAfrica pic.twitter.com/uy8OZgglow
💙It is time to be #OneGeneration and follow the actions that children and adolescents are doing.
— UNICEF Latin America (@uniceflac) November 20, 2020
Because the way out of the #climatecrisis is collectively, the hope of activists in Latin America and the Caribbean is in the movement we are building.@fridays4future pic.twitter.com/bPHxKa5OQx
En el #DíaMundialDelNiño y de la niña, nos sumamos a @UNICEF para celebrar e impulsar sus acciones frente a la crisis climática. Seamos #UnaSolaGeneración por el derecho a vivir en un mundo mejor. Si actuamos hoy, hay futuro. pic.twitter.com/FwzTgXmdp9
— Fundación Leo Messi (@fundacionmessi) November 20, 2020
Reimagining a better world from Colombia
Voices of Youth interviews
Green dance challenge with Quang Dang and UNICEF Viet Nam
Turning the world blue
Ministry of Education and two historical #schools in #Kabul turned blue to celebrate #WorldChildrensDay and to reimagine a safe & secure learning space #ForEveryChild. #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/DKtBLTpYM9
— UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg) November 23, 2020
El #PuenteDeLaMujer en Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 se ilumina en conmemoración al #DiaMundialDeLosNiños y las niñas. 💙💙💙 pic.twitter.com/TdhdHmbVK9
— UNICEF ARGENTINA (@UNICEFargentina) November 20, 2020
It’s #WorldChildrensDay! 😃👏🏿🎉🎈
— UNICEF Ghana (@UNICEFGhana) November 20, 2020
The Kwame Nkrumah gardens in #Ghana goes blue #ForEveryChild.#Reimagine@MoGCSP_Ghana @PlanIntGhana @WorldVisionGH @UNinGhana @IntNeedsGhana @charlesabani @UNICEFAfrica @UNICEF pic.twitter.com/T4sTkm2eCj
Here’s a virtual tour across India lit up blue.
— UNICEF India (@UNICEFIndia) November 21, 2020
Thank you to everyone who supported #WorldChildrensDay and #UNICEF #GoBlue for #childrights pic.twitter.com/E062NnnBFh
Children are turning #Jordan blue to celebrate children’s rights! 20 girls and boys at a @UNICEF -supported Makani centre in an informal tented settlement on the outskirts of Amman celebrated #WorldChildrensDay. 💙🥰 pic.twitter.com/ZGiHuNhOEu
— UNICEF Jordan (@UNICEFJordan) November 20, 2020
Mazar-e-Quaid, the Mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, is the first to #GoBlue for #WorldChildrensDay 2020 in Karachi tonight.
— UNICEF Pakistan (@UNICEF_Pakistan) November 20, 2020
30 landmarks are turning blue in 🇵🇰 as we reiterate our commitment to child rights. #ForEveryChild 💙 @UNICEF@mohrpakistan pic.twitter.com/UWs5XAV92K
Finally turning to the bright side? 🧛♂️🏰
— UNICEF Romania (@UNICEFRomania) November 20, 2020
This year, children across the world have an unexpected, mysterious supporter! The Romantic Count Dracula is changing the color of his castle in Transylvania! It goes blue to support and raise awareness on #WorldChildrensDay! #BranCastle pic.twitter.com/tWtMhC10xr
Fantastic t-shirts and face paint to celebrate #WorldChildrensDay! 🥳👏💙🌎 https://t.co/c8LhHBI9q9
— Unicef UK (@UNICEF_uk) November 20, 2020
#ForEveryChild, the right to:#Play#Enjoy#Celebrate
— UNICEF Yemen (@UNICEF_Yemen) November 21, 2020
Thanks to the retired #Yemeni football stars who came to celebrate the day with the #children 🥳💙⚽️⚽️#WorldChildrensDay #Go_Blue pic.twitter.com/yPVcMuFsSv
World Children's Day illustration challenge
Young people around the world joined the Illustration Challenge to reimagine a greener and more sustainable future, for every child.
Irish teen Ruairí brings important message to Taoiseach
Action for children
Children and young people must be included in decisions that affect their future, from the long term impacts of the #COVID19 pandemic to the climate crisis.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) November 20, 2020
Adults must listen and work alongside them to create a better future.#WorldChildrensDay pic.twitter.com/BESwD2m8II
On #WorldChildrensDay, let us all remember that Governments around the world have an essential role to play in giving children a fairer chance in their lives.
— David Sassoli (@EP_President) November 20, 2020
The @Europarl_EN & @UNICEF are working together, with and for children, to #REIMAGINE a better future. #ForEveryChild pic.twitter.com/ARZckoYNlV
Curious to know the President's response to these pertinent questions on #learningcrisis, #COVID19, #CRC, #VAC, #WASH, #childparticipation - asked by Malawian children? Watch it here: https://t.co/Sadjz23IUq#WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild pic.twitter.com/u7Elp2K6P7
— UNICEF Malawi (@MalawiUNICEF) November 20, 2020
On #WorldChildrensDay, Slovenian Presidential Palace became the first Presidential palace in the world that is a @UNICEF Safe Point. Earlier today, President Pahor addressed the children at a @UNICEFsi virtual event.
— Borut Pahor (@BorutPahor) November 20, 2020
Today World Children's day!
— UNICEFGuyanaSuriname (@UNICEFGUYSUR) November 20, 2020
A day for children by children to speak up! Suriname children were heard by the President of Suriname about their worries and concerns about the future. Today we follow their lead, we listen to them and we work with them @irfan2002 #WorldChildrensDay pic.twitter.com/KMPOGiNBtH
#KidsTakeOver
The young co-pilot takes some photos with the passengers at the end of the flight!
— UNICEF Cameroon (@unicefcameroon) November 20, 2020
Together we can reimagine a better World for every child!#KidsTakeOver#WorldChildrensDay pic.twitter.com/akBK9UEQej
This #WorldChildrensDay, student Vandana Urang is taking over our twitter handle. Join us tomorrow, November 20, from 9 AM to 11 AM and know how children are re-imagining the world.#KidsTakeOver@UNICEFIndia @JonathanMadhu @purvi_ms pic.twitter.com/u7ieSvqJZO
— Chief Minister Assam (@CMOfficeAssam) November 19, 2020
#Reimagine the world through the eyes of a child!
— UNICEF Supply Division (@UNICEFSupply) November 20, 2020
Join Carla as she takes us on a tour of the world’s largest humanitarian warehouse, the @UNICEF Global Supply Hub in #Copenhagen! 📦💙#WorldChildrensDay pic.twitter.com/qv8wCRrIMG
13-year-old Areej Essam from #Yemen is a smart & promising girl. On the occasion of the #WorldChildrensDay, Areej took over the position of the @UNICEF_Yemen Representative, Mr. Philippe Duamelle.
— UNICEF Yemen (@UNICEF_Yemen) November 23, 2020
Listen to what she has to say: pic.twitter.com/qzBMrBRsDF
Friends of UNICEF celebrate World Children's Day
Happy #WorldChildrensDay 👦👧
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 20, 2020
🙌🏼 Together we are #AllOne for children!@FundacioFCB 🤝 @UNICEF
💙❤ @sergino_dest & @AntoGriezmann #NoChildOffside pic.twitter.com/WJ1AnNH3mx
Building a brighter world, brick by brick. @LEGO_Group and @omDSB are helping children to reimagine a better future after COVID-19. #WorldChildrensDay pic.twitter.com/okO43a9d8E
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) November 19, 2020
On this #WorldChildrensDay our CEO Alexander Lacik joined a different type of meeting. He spoke with Belen from Ecuador about how she supported her local community during the pandemic and her role as a young changemaker in advocating for indigenous rights. #PandoraForUNICEF pic.twitter.com/lDUlvWy4IC
— Pandora Group (@PANDORA_Corp) November 20, 2020