The government is committed in its goal to keep the children safe from the Covid-19 pandemic and malnutrition as well as violence.

Extending felicitations in commemoration of this year’s Children’s Day, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih posted a Tweet on Sunday which reads that the government reaffirms its goal to keep the children safe.

President Solih noted that this will be done to ensure that children are safe, not only from the Covid-19 pandemic, but also to secure a “happy future” for them by ensuring they have access to “good nutrition,”, “education” and “protection from violence”.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Shahid also extended the day’s felicitations to the Maldivian children, writing that children are experiencing one of the hardest times in their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The foreign minister pushed the country to commit to provide children with a world “full of love, care and opportunities” and a world free of violence and abuse as they deserve nothing less.

The world celebrates Children’s Day on May 10, every year.