What is a POP-UP Festival?

A POP-UP Festival is a collection of free, playful, meaningful activities to help kids grow their emotional intelligence and take action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The activities teach valuable social emotional skills that support wellbeing and children’s rights. Click here for example lessons

Six Seconds partners with UNICEF World Children’s Day to bring these emotional intelligence activities to a global audience.

How can UNICEF offices participate?

There are 3 ways to get involved with POP-UP Festival:

1  Host a POP-UP Festival for your staff

Fill your office with color and children to celebrate World Children’s Day and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Watch this video of the POP-UP event hosted by Home Office NYC in 2019 for the 30th anniversary of CRC.

2   Activate youth leadership

UNICEF Turkmenistan and UNICEF Jamaica launched WLL Implementations with POP-UP Festival to support World Children’s Day events.

3  Partner with local organizations to support SDGs

Examples include:

Guyana – March for Children’s Rights & SDGs with our POP-UP Partner Give Another Chance Foundation. 2500+ Children participated in the march and festival to celebrate World Children’s Day.

India– POP-UP Partner Meraviglia EQ Academy mentored 50+ volunteers and held over 20 POP-UP Events for 7500 children in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Nepal, UP, and Bihar.

Bulgaria– POP-UP Partner Funtazia held POP-UP Festival events in more than 60 locations – schools and kindergartens in 27 different towns and cities, reaching 2500 children, and thousands of parents and educators.

USA– POP-UP Partner Ser Kallai held POP-UP Festival event in partnership to support Arizona foster care parents and children. The outdoor festival reached 100 families with activity resource packs to take home.

When you sign up, you get access to the online kit with activities, decorations, and instructions… plus you get free training & support from volunteer mentors. 

About Six Seconds

Six Seconds is a global non-profit. Our missing is growing the world’s emotional intelligence for more insight, connection and purpose.

Emotional intelligence is a learnable skill that makes life better. At work, at home, at school and in the community, these skills are the missing link.