Photo by Ellyn W. Ogden, USAIDPolio is a disease most in the West think little about these days, as it was completely eradicated by 1994 in the Americas and 2002 in Europe. Polio was once the most feared of childhood diseases, in the early 20th century Polio epidemics crippled thousands of children each year, leaving […]
The issue of child marriages is one the weighs heavy on the minds of many around the world. As the modern world continues to increase with globalisation, the issue is thrown into the spotlight. While those in the west are most often quick to say that all child marriages should be outlawed, many in rural […]
Are children being denied the right to play? When one looks back at childhood the memories of childhood games, toys and out door fun with their friends and siblings come flooding back. But todays children do not seem to have the same attitude at play as we did, so whats to blame, and who's fault […]
Imprisoned by the flesh Raped of my spirit Held captive by violence and fear You cut me with your sword, disfigure me with your gun and scar me with your manhood When will it end, when will you let me die? No longer whole, no longer alive I am nothing more than a dead soul […]
Unidentified Victim of Sexual Violence “I was naked; the men had forced me to take my clothes off. Four of them were holding me down, one on each leg and one on each arm, while the other raped me. I was weeping so much. I couldn't stop thinking…These men will give me diseases. I thought […]
The blue beret, or the blue helmet, symbolizes not only peace, but protection and security for many who have spent their lives riddled by armed conflict. Children see these foreigners in blue hats, and they immediately trust them, they want to befriend them. Unfortunately these men are not always what they seem, many have used […]
Sold as a slave to an affluent California family of 7, a servitude contract of ten years, was the fate of a 9 year old girl in Ciro, Egypt. Sold by her parents, who received a measly sum for the price of their daughter, Shyima soon found herself no longer a child, but a piece […]
Shyima, a 9-year-old Egyptian girl, was sold into slavery and shipped from Cairo to work in California. (Photo courtesy of ABC News and Immigration & Customs Enforcement) Free the Slaves' President, Kevin Bales, will be featured on ABC's Primetime news magazine show tonight. The show tells the story of a young girl who was enslaved […]
Are Corporations Sabotaging Child Health to Increase Profit? Misleading advertisements and an onslaught of promotional materials for infant formulas seem to plague the Philippines. Breastfeeding by Filipino mothers seems to be an outdated practice, almost extinct, and who's to blame? It is scientifically proven, and agreed upon by all reliable medical professionals, that exclusively breastfeeding […]
“Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out and help to slaughter strangers of […]
Two Zimbabwean Children in Search of Food The children of Zimbabwe are no strangers to struggle, for they have fallen through the cracks from colonialism, civil war, and now to the long and frightful rule of Mugabe. With the heavy hand of Mugabe has come the political violence that it has become everyday life under […]
"I cannot sleep at night now, I cannot eat, I am just afraid" said Rania Hamed, an eight-year-old Palestinian refugee, who fled the Nahr al Bared camp on foot with her family in May (Fleeing Palestinian children speak of horrors). In armed conflict, children always pay the heaviest price from the fighting, displacement, lack of […]
Somalia – Residents of Mogadishu, who had returned after recent fighting between government forces and insurgents, find themselves leaving again, as the violence worsens. Children are the worst effected in the fighting, and suffer most in IDP camps. Sudan – Darfur hasn't become any safer since the signing of a peace treaty was signed a […]
Pastorial Child in Tanzania (Photo by VetAid) Pastoralism is a form of farming, or ranching, where one raises and tends to herd animals, including camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas and sheep. Pastoralism, especially in Africa is very nomadic, as one needs to move their herds in search of grazing land and water. Pastoralist, such as […]
10 month old-child, suffering from malnutrition in 2005 food crisis in Niger Radhika Chalasani/Unicef via Getty Images Crisis looms for many African nations, as increasing food shortages seem inevitable. Africa's poorest will again pay for the failure to eliminate the crisis at its very core, as a new report, Beyond any Drought, warns of […]