Lesotho Edition
Children's Day leads today's complete edition for Lesotho.
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A socialist holiday, observed with school events and the reminder that 30% of Lao children are stunted due to malnutrition. The day is both celebration and call to action, and the government uses it to promote child health and education.
The children of Lesotho are celebrated with games, songs, and feasts. In a country where 40% of the population is under 15, children are the future, and the day is dedicated to their welfare. The schools hold sports days, the churches hold special services, and the families gather for meals. The herding boys, who spend months in the mountains with their sheep, are remembered especially. These boys, some as young as eight, live alone in the highlands, tending their flocks and sleeping in stone huts. They are the shepherds of the Kingdom in the Sky, and their childhood is shaped by wind, cold, and solitude.
You see the Nile crocodiles, African buffalo, and white rhinoceros that inhabit South Sudan's wetlands and savannas. You observe that cattle, goats, and camels are the animals most commonly kept by pastoral communities throughout South Sudan. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.