article / September 21, 2020
Afghan Children WASH UP! With Sesame Street
Smiling faces line a mud-walled room, brightened further by light streaming through the windows. Boys and girls between the ages of 6-10 attend a WASH UP session in the village of Qebchaq, Badghis, to learn about hygiene and sanitation and have a little fun as well.
article / June 27, 2018
It only takes a spark to end violence against children in Africa
“It only takes a spark, to get the fire going…”The words of this old hymn come to my mind every time I think of the number of children and families on the move.
article / October 19, 2010
Drawing Competition, Udayapur
Children taking part in a need assessment drawing competition carried out in Rauta VDC by Udayapur Area Development Programme (ADP) as a part of its practical session on a training in community mobilisation given to staff and community people.
article / February 10, 2015
Baidoa: Dignity restored for the displaced even amidst war
By Mohamud Ibrahim Mohammed, Liaison Coordinator, World Vision SomaliaWar has no mercy even to the elderly.
article / March 13, 2015
Healthy children, happy mothers
Bhuwan, 3, was malnourished but Manti, his mother didn’t know why he was not gaining weight, falling sick and getting weak.
article / February 4, 2015
Hopes raised after release of child soldiers
After making peace with South Sudan’s government, a rebel group has released 280 child soldiers to the United Nations, with plans to remove 3,000 from its ranks over the next month.
article / April 13, 2020
Dropping the pen to fetch water!
He dropped his pen, closed his notebook, and with an unhappy face started to fetch the family’s water supply. He is responsible for carrying the water with a jerry can to his home. Basir, 13, is in fifth grade at school.
page / November 30, 2015
Why water matters in HIV/AIDS
Clean drinking water and appropriate sanitation and hygiene are especially important to people living with HIV and AIDS.
article / November 6, 2017
Forced into the militia in Kasai, DRC
Before the crisis that swept the Grand Kasais last year, 14-year-old Tshibola lived with her Mum and two older brothers in a village not far from Tshikapa, in Kasai Province in central DRC.
article / September 18, 2017
Cleared streams minimise the risk of flooding in communities
'It did not rain that day at all. It was a day just like this one', Džemila points to the almost clear sky, trying to emphasise how unexpected and shocking it was when the floods happened. 'The water suddenly burst in.