Killing or selectively aborting a child purely for the fact that is a girl, seems like some thing out of our dark history, sadly it is not. Right this very moment a child is probably being killed for no other reason other than they are female, as thousands of infant or unborn girls are killed […]
Asia 'to halve extreme poverty by 2015′, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank and the UN Development Program. While “many more children are surviving beyond their fifth birthday,” the report was not as favorable on the issue of child malnutrition, as 1.9 billion people are still living without access to safe […]
Slum Survivors was released earlier this week by IRIN. The film is the first full length documentary produced by IRIN, the documentary tells the stories of some of Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenyan, Africa's largest slum with a population around one million. While the documentary does not focus on children specifically, it does share the stories […]
In a world where you have children inundated with toys, gadgets, and interactive computer and video games, one is often questioning if these games are really a good idea for your adolescent children. Games like Grand Theft Auto, only teach children violence and disrespect, and in a world of endless violence in the games industry […]
When fighting hunger and famine, there is no easy way to deliver sustainable amounts of food, nor has the fight to see that the suffering receive balanced nutrition come easy. However substancial improvements have been made, and products have been developed to better aid those suffering from malnutrition. Children no longer have to be taken […]
The world is always looking for a crystal ball…a window into the future, and the fact that we don't have one is all too often our scapegoat for not responding quickly to a crisis. “We just didn't see it coming…We just where not prepared.”, are almost infamous words in the world of international development. The […]
It can make one wonder, who is watching the children today, when you hear stories such as this one out of the Netherlands. “Children played with a high-explosive World War Two shell at a playground in the Dutch town Barneveld for months before authorities were warned and removed it, Dutch police said Sunday. The police […]
Can one truly imagine the feeling of hunger, when they have not felt the desperation and pain that it causes a child. The prolonged agony of constant hunger drives children into desperate circumstances, and it drives many to get high in order to forget the hunger that rages in their young bellies. In Nepal extreme […]
In Africa the WHO is predicting the worst meningitis epidemic in the last decade, an epidemic which is preventable and yet once which they are substantially unprepared for. It is estimated that some 80 million people, in 21 various countries, which form a region reffed to as, the "meningitis belt', could need the preventative vaccine. […]
In South Africa the battle against HIV/AIDS looks not to be a battle won, but a battle lost. UNICEF's South Africa representative Macharia Kamau said that infection and death rates in the are outweighing the rate of treatment. The ones paying the highest price for this lost race, are the children whose parents are rapidly […]
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900,1944), French aviator, author. The Little Prince, ch. 1 (1943). Children while they are continually learning, are also the worlds greatest teachers.
I need not tell you that the situation in Sudan is grave, and that for countless children their lives hang in a fragile limbo, while the world at large looks on. Hunger, disease, and violence is taking the lives of more and more children every day. Some 4 million people have been affected by the […]
(2004 16 year old suicide bomber in Israel) "The Taleban said God himself would ignite the vest. I did not have to do anything."- Farman Ullah A recent Times article, There is no defense against these children of death, by Robert Baer. The article was run in addition to the UK Channel 4's airing of […]
For those of you who are unaware CNN is doing a special series on everyday hero's, many of which work directly with, or touch on the lives of children around the world. CNN Heroes The series will end on Thursday, December 6, 2007, with a special live global telecast, which will air at 9pm ET […]