article / Tháng 2 19, 2015
An art therapist comes home to work with women and children
Jwan Omar, is one of the children born in the midst of war. When she was just one month old (and her brother, Shwan, was 1 year old) her father was abducted by the militias in Baghdad and went missing. The family later learned that he was burned to death. They never knew the reason why.
article / Tháng 6 17, 2010
Gift catalog cow turns dreaded new school year to time of anticipation
Why? Their mother, Haykavard Harutyunyan, 36, explains that her family of six children, husband and mother-in-law have all had to survive on a monthly poverty allowance of 61,000 AMD (US$160) and a small pension for the grandmother.
article / Tháng 9 8, 2017
Four ways to make health centres safe for children and adolescents
In the Northern Uganda district of Kole where I live, young people are desperately in need of youth-friendly health services. In our country, children are at risk of malaria, HIV, TB and sexually transmitted diseases.
article / Tháng 5 21, 2012
Officials worry about return to drought
By Lucy Murunga
Officials in the northeastern part of Kenya are worried a lack of rain could lead to the return of drought-like conditions that swept across the Horn of Africa in 2011.
article / Tháng 5 21, 2012
Kenya: Officials worry about return to drought
By Lucy Murunga
Officials in the northeastern part of Kenya are worried a lack of rain could lead to the return of drought-like conditions that swept across the Horn of Africa in 2011.
article / Tháng 5 24, 2016
"Let me be a channel of hope" prays Kenyan pastor
A personal story told by Phanuel Odany Mbande, Kenyan pastor and maternal/child health champion:
article / Tháng 5 24, 2016
‘Let me be a channel of hope’ prays Kenyan pastor and maternal/child health champion
Told by Phanuel Odany Mbande I strongly opposed World Vision’s program in my community about birth spacing and family planning when I first heard about it from a fellow pastor.
article / Tháng 3 17, 2014
Mothers contribute to family income
Bhagwati is a member of the Shree Shrijanshil Women Development Multipurpose Cooperative in Kailali district of Nepal.A few years back, Bhagwati stayed at home looking after her four children while her husband worked in India.
article / Tháng 4 22, 2023
Carlos
Since he was 14, Carlos has been a member of a social accountability movement in Brazil that holds community leaders liable for their decisions and has contested discriminatory practices and bullying at school, especially related to gender, race, and sexual orientation. Now 19, Carlos continues to be a Changemaker, empowering children and youth to change their lives and take actions to end violence against children.
article / Tháng 5 8, 2014
Promotion of Baby Formula Threatens Progress on Child Nutrition
Civil society and UN agencies in Cambodia today issued a joint statement to make parents aware that breast milk substitutes, like baby formula, is not the best option for their children’s health and calling for improved commercial adherence to Sub-Decree 133 regulating the promotion of breast mil