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Sunday, November 18, 2018

Ending Violence Against Children: The importance of getting involved

By Nicoleta,16, Romania Violence is a problem that we are used to facing; everywhere we look there is something bad happening but we can overcome it with kindness as long as we are involved in creating a better world.

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Violence Against Children: We still have work to do, but every small step counts

By Suelv, aged 14, Young Leader from Albania Hello, my name is Suelv, I am 14 years old from Albania. I live in the coastal city called Vlora. I want to talk about ending violence against children especially physical, psychological and verbal violence. I would like to emphasize the importance of child participation in making a change in children's lives and especially in empowering girls. Ending violence against children

Together we can end bullying

I suggest that authorities help us to live in harmony and in safer environments

October 20th 2016

Emily is building the “City of Her Dreams”

By Julia Carrión, World Vision Ecuador Emily Daniela Palma is building the “City of Her Dreams” out of modeling clay and paper. She is very happy because she is engaging in a great experience with many children today, participating at the Habitat III assembly, as she expresses here in her own words...

October 19th 2016

Aranayake, three months on – World Vision support continues

August 31st 2016

Reaching the ‘hardest-to-reach’ children

August 3rd 2016

A beautiful dream, a bitter past

“I grabbed a knife in a rage and was going to kill him after I heard the awful story from my daughter Chenda* but my relatives stopped me, tying me to a tree while they went to the police to have him arrested,” says Samnang*. As normal, Samnang, 40, and his wife had left Chenda, 8, and her younger sister at home while they sold food outside a factory. When they returned, Chenda was clearly distressed. “I saw her body shaking,” her father recalls in tears. “Her face was pale, like all the blood had gone. She kept crying and finally told me what had happened.”

Celebrating Dads

Children protection first

April 19th 2016

3 countries, a notorious list

How young is too young to marry? 16? 14? What about 12?Marriage this young is reality for millions of girls.In South Asia, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal made the UNICEF ‘top 10 list’ of countries with the highest percentage of child marriage.

February 19th 2016

Changing attitudes about girls

February 18th 2016

Double dowry

February 18th 2016

Child protection - South Asia and Pacific

As World Vision, we know that violence against children is stopping boys and girls from reaching their potential for the benefit of their families, communities and countries. Violence against children affects 1 billion children annually and comes with considerable costs for individuals and society. But in spite of challenges a permanent end to Violence Against Children is possible and feasible.

February 16th 2016

Guardians of the community - Disha’s Story

January 19th 2016

Op-Ed: What will you do to alleviate suffering on International Migrants Day?

December 15th 2015

A Child Friendly Space provides relief for refugee children in Serbia

On October 4th, World Vision, together with UNICEF, opened a Child Friendly Space (CFS) for refugees crossing at the Bapska border between Serbia and Croatia. In CFS, children are able to spend time playing and drawing, while mothers were provided with space to breast-feed and rest."It is very important to have space for women and children where they can have protection and privacy as well as some normalcy," said Weihui Wang, World Vision's Child Protection and Participation Lead in Serbia.

October 5th 2015

The unaccompanied children: World Vision El Salvador responds with a unique initiative

Comfort food

The face of child labour

They’re hidden behind sewing machines or swinging hammers. They’re selling snacks street side or swinging machetes in sugarcane fields. They’re catching fish in a river or selling bird feed at a temple.These are just a few jobs undertaken by Asia-Pacific’s child labourers.

6 Reasons – Why children in India drop out of school and become child labourers

Op-Ed: How businesses can take a stand against child labour

Trading pigeon feed for vocational classes

Turning up at the monastery with one goal in mind, to pray for her poverty-stricken family, Anara left with another.Approaching the religious hub, the then 10-year-old was stopped by an elderly woman, who asked her to buy some rice from a nearby grocery store. Seeing Anara, as she is known, return with a one-kilo bag, the woman had one more request: to pour the contents into ten small packets.I had to skip school to work.

Op-Ed: At least 78 million reasons to eradicate child labour- the remaining task in the Asia Pacific region

Goli soda - Purna's story

Children raise their voices against discrimination

“Our desire is to say ‘stop the discrimination against women,’” chanted 11 girls between the ages of 11, 13 and 14, members of World Vision’s Child Protection group, from Elbasan Area Development Programme. This is the group’s second initiative. One year ago, the students hung posters along the main street of Elbasan with awareness messages, written by them, to promote the equality of in their community.