Many good things happening in November. But here is one that might be overlooked: Children’s day The end of WWI saw misery on a global scale. The defeated nations (Germany and Austria-Hungary) were especially hit. As usual, the most vulnerable will suffer the most and that will be the children. This lead Eglantyne Jebb to formulate the first declaration of Children’s Rights. Now Ms. Jebb was not just anyone. She was the founder of Save the Children Fund. That one is still active and having a profound impact. It must have been a battle but she managed to get the League of Nations (the forerunner for UN) to adopt the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1924. This was the first human rights document ever to be approved by several nations. The five carrying points were: • The child must be given the means requisite for its normal development, both materially and
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