Day of the African Child PowerPoint Templates for creating presentations. Every year, on the initiative of the OAU (Organization of African Unity) in the world marks the International Day of the African Child. First festival was celebrated in 1991 , and since then the main theme of the Day was to attract the attention of the world community, and childrens health organizations and policy-makers around the world to the problems of children in Africa and to the conditions of their daily lives. As you know, street children are the most poorly protected children in the world, they are repeatedly exposed to violence , exploitation, physical and moral humiliation.