Children's Day celebrated today

The tradition to celebrate the Children’s Day has been observed for 70 years.

The protection of the rights and interests of children is one of the priorities of the state policy in Belarus. There are almost 1 900 000 children under the age of 18. More than a thousand women last year became mothers of two babies at once, 14 had triplets.  Particular attention from the state is paid to the protection of children without parental care. Almost 14000 orphans and children, left without parental care, were brought up in families, about 3000 of them were raised in orphanages. Belarus also has special measures to help families. This is a system of social benefits, guarantees and perks.