UNICEF and LIXIL to “Make a Splash” and Help Bring Sanitation to Children Around the World
UNICEF (www.UNICEF.org), the world’s leading children’s organization, and LIXIL (www.LIXIL.com), a maker of pioneering water and housing products, are coming together in a new partnership to help vulnerable children gain access to safe and clean toilets. The partnership, named “Make a Splash! Toilets for All”, will leverage the two organizations’ complementary strengths to support progress […]
Where Pupils, Teachers, Parents Prefer Gold Mining to Schooling
As early as 10am, seven-year-old Joseph Ouma is standing in a muddy stream, filtering gold from the water channels connecting to River Okame in Amonikanine village, Buteba sub-county in Busia district. As ZURAH NAKABUGO reports, Ouma is just one of many children who have all but abandoned school in favour of more ‘lucrative’ activities. Asked […]
Conflict-related child deaths hit new high in Afghanistan, UN warns
Deeply concerned by the continued increase in conflict-related child deaths in Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) has urged parties to the conflict to take immediate measures to reduce harm. “I was appalled to hear that an unexploded mortar round killed five boys from the same family” on Sunday, said the Secretary-General’s […]
New partnership to impact 84,000 children in Ethiopia
Reach for Change and the IKEA Foundation announced a new partnership that will help 120 outstanding entrepreneurs in Ethiopia develop social enterprises that improve the health, education and protection of children in Africa’s second most populous country. The partnership is projected to impact over 84,000 children in Ethiopia while providing a major boost to the […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses Refuse to Change ‘Two Witness Rule’ that Protects Pedophiles and Abusers
CHILD sexual assault is a secret crime carried out by men and women who do everything they can to avoid detection. Which is why one passage in the Bible is a Get Out of Jail Free card for offenders, particularly when adhered to so strictly by those within religious organisations. Timothy 5:19: demands followers “do […]
Children Face ‘Staggeringly High’ Hunger in Conflict-Hit Central African Republic
Clinging to her toy dog, 18-month-old Clemence Mokbem stares ahead as nurses rush past to tend to crying babies in the hot, overcrowded intensive care ward in a Bangui hospital. The toddler was taken to the main children’s hospital in Central African Republic’s capital by her teenage mother Anita, after successive bouts of malaria led […]
Professor Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp receives the “African Alliances HE for SHE” Award for Women Empowerment to recognize “Merck More than a Mother Campaign”
During the 11th African Congress for Women Entrepreneurs, Professor Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Executive Board and Family Board of E. Merck KGaA received the “African Alliances He for She Award” for Women Empowerment. This was in recognition of Merck’s efforts to empower women in the field of research and healthcare through the Merck Capacity Advancement […]
Children Dying in Nigeria Military Detention Centre Without Any Evidence
Babies and children have died in squalid conditions in a military detention centre in northeast Nigeria, where suspected Boko Haram members are being held, often without any evidence, according to an Amnesty International report. The UK-based human rights group said 149 people, including at least 12 children and babies, have died in the Giwa barracks, […]
Zimbabwe Women, Children Sell Sex to Survive As Hunger Bites
An increase in the cost of living, exacerbated by a gloomy 2015/16 farming season has forced desperate women and young girls to sell sex at local business centres in order to survive. A recent visit by NewZimbabwe.com to Birchenough Bridge, Checheche and Dzonzai business centres established that women and young girls, including 14 year-olds, are […]
‘Africa Must Secure Children’s Future’ – Zuma
The African Union Commission chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has called for the creation of an African continent that secures a descent life for children as opposed to the hunger, wars, early marriages and disease that most are being exposed to. Speaking at the Global Child conference here this morning, Dr Dlamini Zuma also fired […]
