Lebanon Celebrated Child Day

• Lebanon celebrated Child Day for the second time on April 18, under the auspices of the Lebanese Child-Welfare Society. Pairs of young men and young women, friends of the society, went about the streets with badges on their breasts, collecting donations for the society, which within the space of six years has managed to open three homes for children and which is now working to open a fourth... and this thanks to the energy of its president, Mrs. Malaki Haik, and its devoted and active members...

Child Day was preceded by a week of broadcasts from Radio Lebanon, opened by the president of the Lebanese Red Cross, the Marquise de Freige, with a gracious address delivered on her behalf by Mrs. Marie Siryani. His Excellency the Minister of Education also spoke on the society's efforts, expressing his admiration and appreciation of its activity... There spoke likewise Dr. Jamal Karam Harfush, Mr. Raji al-Ra'i, Mrs. Ellen Rihan, and Mr. Husni Jalloul on behalf of the Ministry of Health; and finally Mrs. Alice Bardaweel, who delivered an address on behalf of the Child-Welfare Society, thanking in it all who have contributed and are contributing to 'Child Day,' in the service of this great humanitarian project...