Today marks the 6th anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, take this day to remember the children who perished on that fateful day. September 11 took the lives of 2,974 people, not including the 19 hijackers, an additional 24 people still remain listed as missing. Of those who lost their lives, 8 where […]
Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit. -Eli Khamarov, Lives of the Cognoscenti Every year at least 6 million children die from malnutrition, or malnutrition related causes every year, but there are low cost alternatives that could curb the number of deaths. The correlation between poverty and malnutrition is obvious to many, […]
Just when you think there isn't a toy left to be recalled…wham!…you get hit with another and then again another. So when will the recalls end? It seems as if they may not be going away anytime soon, as Mattel announced third Chinese toy recall just this past week. So as the kids head back […]
Forget not the sheer joy of being a kid, remember how to play and laugh over nothing at all. For childhood fades all to soon, and for some it barely makes an appearance. Millions of children around the world are forced to work, enslaved, beaten and abused, cry themselves to sleep at night from hunger, […]
Adjaratou, pictured above, was around 12 when her parents forced her to marry her maternal cousin, where she suffered countless abuses. When she refused her husband's demands to do such things as cover her head, she was beaten, and therefore suffered two miscarriages (Too Young to Wed). Adjaratou, is just one of the millions of […]
Use of treated nets reduces child malaria deaths in Kenya, as “some 13.4 million nets have been distributed in Kenya over the past five years to combat a disease that threatens more than 25 million people in a population of 34 million”. Children and pregnant woman are the must susceptible to the disease, and thus […]
I am often asked a number of questions regarding to the feelings, views, and capabilities of children in our society, and while I state clearly now I am by far no expert on the matter of the mind of a child, and the statements are merely my views, thoughts and opinions on the questions at […]
While you are enjoying this day off work, I urge you not to forget the millions of children around the world who are not.
Too many babies die in South Africa according to the report, 'saving Babies 2003-2005′, conducted by the Medical Research Council (MRC). MRC's study revealed that, “every year almost 23,000 South African babies die in their first month of life, yet one in five of these deaths could be avoided with better education, and relatively inexpensive […]
In Yemen a parents worst nightmare may come when they realize that they have no choice at all but to put their child onto the street to work, to support the family. Peddling various wares on the street, child labors, some as young as four, in Yemen can hardly be missed, nor can one continue […]
There is no question that Africa is in dire need of good leaders, the question has been asked and we are in search of Africa's true leaders, but are there any true leaders in Africa?”. Last year the leaders of Africa where put to the test, with the announcement from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, who […]
Failing to secure the health and safety of children is unfortunately nothing new in Zimbabwe, however to see the actual figures is shocking, when you see that little progress has been made to save the children in the last decade. In Zimbabwe malnutrition of children is increasing, the increase is due to a number of […]
The ‘cycle of abuse’, we’ve all heard the phrase a million times, yet I often think we forget what it means. It does not only mean the cycle, or stages, in which abuses are carried out. A child who grows up in an abusive home, is sexually abused, is a victim of trafficking, a child […]
Pakistan: 50 million Pakistanis suffer from iodine deficiency, and it is severely affecting children in northwest Pakistan. Iodine is essential for healthy thyroid function, and iodine deficiency can cause developmental delays, and is the leading cause of mental retardation/learning disability. Iodine deficiency in pregnant woman, may cause infants to be born with with severe mental […]