Death and displacement are just two of the life-threatening challenges children in Syria face, UNICEF has reported. As fighting enters its 10th year, many Syrian kids have known nothing but […]
5 million Syrian children in need due to war
‘We must all do more’ to protect children in armed conflict: UN chief
On the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the need to integrate child protection into peace processes during a high-level Security Council briefing […]
More than 4.8 million children born into war in Syria: UN
As conflict enters 10th year, UN agency warns that 2.8m children are out of school in Syria and neighbouring countries. More than 4.8 million children have been born into war […]
Starving, sold to paedophiles or simply abandoned: How Venezuela’s children are paying a terrible price for their country’s failed socialist experiment
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Venezuelan children dying from diseases which they once could have treated Fundacion la Casa de Ana is taking in children abandoned, sick and starving Children are being […]
Nearly $4 billion needed to protect 41 million children from conflict and disaster
Tens of millions of children living through conflict, disaster and other emergencies in dozens of countries urgently need protection, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for […]
Libya: $202 million needed to bring life-saving aid to half a million people hit by humanitarian crisis
The United Nations and its aid partners, together with the interim Government of Libya, launched on Tuesday a humanitarian response plan (HRP), appealing for $202 million to bring urgent life-saving assistance to some 550,000 […]
Yemen: up to 85,000 young children dead from starvation
Save the Children condemns ‘preventable’ deaths of under-fives and calls for end to war An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five have starved to death over the last […]
Professor: Students Want Me Out Because I’m a Conservative Christian
Professor: Students Want Me Out Because I’m a Conservative Christian More than 1,500 people have signed an online petition calling for the suspension of Carol Swain, a political science and […]
Nearly half all children in sub-Saharan Africa in extreme poverty, report warns
Nearly half all children in sub-Saharan Africa in extreme poverty, report warns Eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 seems a distant target as Unicef-World Bank figures show almost 385 million children […]
Syrian refugee children process trauma through art
Syrian refugee children process trauma through art NGOs in Lebanon have been using art therapy to help children to deal with the horrific events they witnessed in Syria. Picture: A […]