Children’s Day was first celebrated in the capital city of Port Vila in response to a recommendation from the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

This is a day to promote the welfare and well-being of children and also to celebrate children and what they contribute to society. The theme of the day changes from year to year, though the topic of fighting child abuse remains a perennial theme of the day. 

As a public holiday, it’s a day for families to spend extra time together. 

Children’s Day takes place a week before Independence Day and the parades, concerts, public speeches, sports events, and other celebratory activities held to mark Children’s Day are seen as marking the start of Vanuatu’s national Independence week.