Children

Small changes in your local community can make a big difference in our world. Your “climate” is more than the air you breathe–it’s the people, places, & relationships that affect your daily life. Describe in a video (no longer than 2 minutes) what you or somebody you know is doing to make your community a […]

Tis’ the season of giving and time to evaluate how privileged in life you are, and see how you can help someone in need. Therefore here is a few ideas to help you in your unquenchable need to help underprivileged children, and help make a child’s life better this year. Why not pick a few […]

Does porn drive sex trafficking?  In a world where sex is everywhere and we use motto’s in business, such as “sex sells”, on is left to question where the line of genuine sexuality and harm begins and ends. “The act of rape is merely the expression of the standard, ‘healthy’ even encouraged male fantasy in […]

Its that time of year again to give back and what isn’t a better way to give than to take a chance on freedom and a fantastic rug.  The GoodWeave™ Program to End Child Labor is running it’s 8th Annual Rug Raffle, which is quickly coming to an end, so get your ticket before its […]

In 1988, the UN General Assembly expressed deep concern at the pandemic proportions of the AIDS virus, and noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared 1 December 1988 World AIDS Day, the General Assembly thus drafted resolution 43/15. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.4 million people living with HIV, including 2.1 […]

You’ve filled your plates and stuffed you faces with the barrage of Turkey Day delights and now belly full your mind begins to drift to Christmas Shopping and the Black Friday deals.  So sure prepare yourself for a deal, but why not shop in the true holiday spirit and give back as you give to […]

As mentioned in my previous post, local trafficking case brings the face of modern slavery home, the recent story of child trafficking out of Fayetteville, NC, has gained a large amount of media attention.   The story thus lead me to do an interview with Blog Talk Radio’s DC based show, “A Measure Of Truth”.  I […]

I recently posted the story, Trafficking? Not in my town…Yes, in every town, which featured the story of 5 year-old, Shaniya Davis, from Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Shaniya was reportedly kidnapped and her body was later found on the side of a rural highway in North Carolina.  Her mother was later charged with human trafficking for […]

The State of the World’s Children report, published by UNICEF, has just this week issued a  special edition of the report in commemoration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Released  on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Convention’s adoption by the UN General Assembly, “The Convention on the Rights of […]

According to a recently released UNICEF report, Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Development, some 200 million children in the developing world currently suffer from stunted growth, due to chronic undernutrition.  Chronic undernutrition, is a factor in over a third of all deaths in children under five years-old. This often unnoticed and often silent killer, […]

The Foreign Policy Association’s Children’s Blogger, Cassandra Clifford, has a chapter in the newly released ‘At Issue: Slavery Today’, designed for middle and high school students. Cassandra, who is also the Executive Director and Founder of Bridge to Freedom Foundation, which assists survivors of modern slavery, including victims of sexual and other coerced labor trafficking such as […]

Many of you may have heard on the news about a missing five-year-old Shaniya Davis from Fayetteville, North Carolina, which first broke news this week as news of her disappearance led authorities into a desperate search for her safe return.  The young girl was reportedly taken from the mobile-home of her mother while on a […]