11/10/2017
Belgian royalty and Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag team up for child rights
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/belgian-royalty-and-indian-cricketer-virender-sehwag-team-child-rights
© UNICEF/UN0144242/ H.M. the Belgium Queen Mathilde visits Mumbai with King Philippe, meet cricketer Sehwag and plays cricket with them.Children are from Unicef supported program.Sehwag presented to them a signed bat and a ball., MUMBAI, 10 November 2017, – Their Majesties the King and the Queen of the Belgians advocated for children’s right to play and learn during a cricket match with cricketer Virender Sehwag and boys and girls from two Mumbai schools at Mumbai Maidan Oval, India. “No matter the country we live in, we have to ensure that children grow up in a safe family environment. We need to…, Education, While the national average for literacy stands at 74 per cent, the literacy rate is higher in Maharashtra at 82.3 per cent. While 98 per cent children are enrolled in schools, 50 per cent of the out-of-school children belong to the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes. , Newborn mortality, Maharashtra has shown rapid reduction of under five mortality rates in recent times. However every year, about 48,000 children die before their fifth birthday in Maharashtra, out of which 30,000 are newborns. , Reduction of Open Defecation, Rural Maharashtra accounts for seven per cent of the national Open Defecation load. It also ranks at the fifth position in the country among states with the highest number of rural households without individual toilets. An estimated 21 per cent of Zilla Parishad district) schools in the rural areas of the state lack hand washing facilities. ###…, For more information, please contact:, Alexandra Westerbeek, Chief of Communication, UNICEF India Tel: +981 810 6093, email: awesterbeek@unicef.org Geetanjali Master, Communication Specialist, UNICEF India Tel: +91 981 810 5861, email: gmaster@unicef.org Sonia Sarkar, Communication Officer, UNICEF India Tel: +91 981 017 0289, email: sarkar@unicef.org Swati Mohapatra, Communication…
