Anastasia Moloney, Reuters Data from 17 countries and territories across the Americas, including the United States, Canada and Chile, show they may have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the U.N. World Health Organization said on Monday. The countries […]
Binaj Gurubacharya, ABC News A shortage of medicine, fuel and other supplies has put millions of Nepalese children in danger of illness, malnourishment and even death, child rights groups warned. Yet the supply crisis — hitting some of the Himalayan […]
United Nations Report 30 November 2015 – Nearly three years after the “devastating” conflict began in the Central African Republic (CAR), an estimated 1.2 million children are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, said the United Nations Children’s Fund […]
UN News Centre More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly exposed to the impacts of climate change, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) […]
Lisa Rapaport, Reuters Exposure to air pollution early in life may contribute to the development of asthma in childhood and adolescence, a European study suggests. Researchers followed more than 14,000 children from birth through ages 14 to 16 and found […]
Manya Brachear Pashman, The Chicago Tribune A Chicago publishing house that already published two books by Pope Francis has been compiling his first children’s book. Titled “Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World,” the book […]
Hannah Bloch, NPR The Islamic State’s activities in Iraq and Syria are well-known, but the group is gaining a toehold elsewhere in the world as well. In a chilling new documentary, a long-haired fighter claims that an ISIS-run “school” teaches […]
MaryAnn McKibben Dana, Huffington Post The other day I wrote on Twitter: Still waiting to hear a biblical/moral argument for closing borders to #Syria refugees. “We’re scared” doesn’t cut it. #benotafraid The next day I found myself in a respectful […]
Gemma Mellin, Mirror Twisted ISIS militants handed out sweets in the streets of Libya to celebrate the brutal Paris attacks, which left at least 129 people dead. Kids were offered treats from armed jihadists wearing black balaclavas and combat fatigues […]
Marvie Basilan, The Christian Post School is a refuge for many children in Haiti as it is the facility that provides them hope for tomorrow and it gives them the passion to one day become life changers in a country […]
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