World Bank says broadband is key to economic progress Widespread access to information technology reduces poverty and African countries should put more focus on decreasing the costs of broadband access, the World Bank says. While some progress has been made with innovative mobile banking and free call roaming, African countries continue to have the world’s […]
“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.” – Brigham Young Children look to adults for guidance, we are no only care takers, but natural role models. Children watch closely those adults around them for examples of how to act, how to behaveand what paths […]
The fragmented country of Somalia is no stranger to conflict and the last two years of fighting has increasingly taken a toll on the lives of everyone in the country, especially the children. Somalia is quite literally a raging battle ground, as fighting in the country continues, as insurgents exchange fire with the Somali government, […]
Having a loving and caring family is something none of us should ever take for granted, unfortunately most do. We take it as right, we complain about out siblings, our parents, and often take little time to truly get to know the depth of those around us. Yes, of course we love our families without […]
U.N. agency suspends food rations in Philippine south Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the southern Philippines will go without food rations after the World Food Programme suspended deliveries in the midst of a series of bomb attacks that have killed eight and left dozens wounded. The United Nations and several diplomatic missions have […]
Today we Americans gather and celebrate as a nation, our independence our freedom, taking pride in our country and our history. We honor those who have fought and died to give us the ability to walk this land without fear of persecution. A nation built on the back of injustice, a nation with dark slave […]
We often give children little input into matters of foreign affairs, politics or human rights, however children are the most observant and astute and regardless of weather or not we teach them about the world or not, they are watching and learning. Recently I was sitting around with my friends son, who is the ripe […]
Human trafficking is the worlds fastest growing industry, according to the 2009 State Department Trafficking in Persons Report over 80% of those victimized by transnational trafficking are women and children. According to the International Labor Organization (End of Child Labor Within Reach 2006), each year, some 1.2 million children are trafficked for the purposes of […]
Tanzania orphan program may set example for continent Supporters believe an innovative program in Tanzania to care for infants of mothers who die in childbirth might hold the key to cutting infant mortality rates and caring for Africa’s 50 million orphans. Infants are cared for during the first two to three years of life at […]
In previous posts such as; The renewed debate over potential U.S. ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and The United States and The Rights of the Child, I have mentioned the heavy importance for the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This past November we saw […]
On June 16, 2009, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons within the U.S. Department of State released the Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, which describes foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate human trafficking. You can download the report from the following here. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, alongside leaders in Congress, announced […]
“How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.” – Sir Walter Scott quotes (Scottish Novelist, Poet, Historian and Biographer, 1771-1832)
Few of us are shocked by the mention of porn, or even blink at the mention of internet porn, not for the fact that one likes it presence, but the mention of child porn is another story in its own self. Yet while we are shocked and outraged by its existence it is the widest […]
“Everyone on the face of the Earth has a treasure that lies waiting for them” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist There is truly a treasure waiting for each of child, and the greatest of all treasures that awaits them is simply the future. For many children the future is something they will never know, for […]
Displacement crisis poses major challenges The number of people displaced from their homes is set to reach 45 million this year, the highest number in a decade, United Nations refugee chief Antonio Guterres says. The protracted nature of the displacements and the need for humanitarian efforts undertaken in areas still home to conflict are among […]