Over 1,000 children and their parents enjoyed the World Children’s Day Carnival hosted by the Brunei Paediatric Society at Jerudong Park Garden yesterday.
The carnival, co-organised by the Department of Paediatrics at the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, saw an exercise session and a two-kilometre obstacle run as well as various games and activities.
The carnival also marked World Children’s Day 2023, themed ‘Inclusion, For Every Child’. Following this theme, children under the Child Development Centre and Pusat Ehsan Al-Ameerah Al-Hajjah Maryam also participated in a number of programmes.
Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar and Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Nazmi bin Haji Mohamad also joined in the fun. – James Kon
