article / November 18, 2018
Bringing girls’ gender identities into children’s rights
Whilst attending the UN Day of General Discussion in Geneva, I was part of a panel discussion of adults and young people sharing the platform equally, which in itself signified much more than dialogue at the UN level; it was a milestone reflecting a substantial change on the way that children and
article / September 25, 2015
‘By 2030, I would like to see a community of no maternal and child mortality’
‘By 2030, I would like to see a community of no maternal and child mortality’By Micah Olad, Child Health Now Coordinator, World Vision Ghana
article / December 2, 2011
Life project encourages street working children to become agents of change
ALBANIA - For the first time, children and youth from World Vision’s Life project (Children in Crisis – CiC) in the Albanian capital Tirana had the chance to come together as a Life Skills Youth Group and decide what they want to change in their lives, as well as in the community where th
article / September 13, 2011
Peer Educators around Albania & Kosovo transmit messages for change
“To be a Peer Educator means to transmit messages for change, create an idea and make it a reality in the school and the communities where we live,” says 15-year-old Ela from Elbasan.
article / February 27, 2015
Enduring the Stigma: diary of safe and dignified burial workers
‘I’ve seen a lot in this job, but that was the saddest day of my life,” reflects Francis Cole. Eyes downcast, Cole recalls the day he buried a mother and her two-day-old daughter—victims of Ebola Virus Disease in Sierra Leone.
article / November 26, 2014
In Iraq, food vouchers empower people to prioritize their needs
Three women sit together in a crowded church in the Soran district, a three-hour drive from Erbil, the capital of Kurdish Iraq. A young girl seated with them is restless, staring at the ceiling, scanning the room.
article / July 19, 2021
8 ways to raise world-changing kids
If you’ve got kids in your life, you’ll know that there is no shortage of quandaries to solve when it comes to raising them. But one of the big questions is this: When our children have access to so much choice and opportunity, how do we raise them to see injustice, which leaves so many with nothing? How do we teach them to care, to have conviction, to make change? How do we raise kids to be excellent human beings?