Ngokuqiniseka ukuthi inkinga yomhlaba noma ukuvinjelwa kombuso ngeke kususe ukumamatheka ebusweni bezingane zabo, Cuba gubha i- Usuku Lwezingane njalo ngoJuni 01, okwenza kube wusuku olungalibaleki kubo, eligcwele injabulo nesisa.
Okokuqala, okwamenyezelwa yi-United Nations General Assembly ngo-1954, kwakuwusuku olwakhethwe yiwo wonke amazwe ngakho-ke uSuku Lwezingane lwasungulwa ukukhuthaza wonke amazwe ukuba aqale usuku, kuqala ukukhuthaza ukushintshana nokuqondana ezinganeni. , futhi okwesibili ukuqala imisebenzi yokukhuthaza inhlalakahle yezingane zomhlaba.
"ICuba yipharadesi lezingane, futhi umhlaba kumele ugxile kakhulu kuleli, nokuningi okumele likufunde kulo," kusho uJuan Ortiz Brú, omele i-UNICEF eCuba.
Iqiniso ukuthi ngoFebhuwari odlule, ngesikhathi kwethulwa umbiko nge Isimo Sezingane Zomhlaba 2012U-Ortiz ugcizelele ukuthi iCuba iyisibonelo somphakathi olinganayo ovikela izingane zayo nentsha, nokugqamisa ukuthi abantu baseCuba bafunda ngokugcwele; okungukuthi, lapho imfundo nezempilo zitholakala mahhala futhi zifinyeleleka kuwo wonke umuntu.
Ngakho-ke, iCuba igubha lolu suku ngoba banezizathu eziningi zokwenza lokhu kulesi sithembiso sethemba elinqotshiwe kanye nokuvikela ubuntwana.