Children

Today is the 60th birthday of the International Declaration of Human Rights, which was ratified by the United Nations in 1948.  The International Declaration of Human Rights was established by the General Assembly with the view that human rights that should be guaranteed to all people.  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is also the […]

According to the United Nations, Africa is the worst place to live, when looking at their table ranking of countries on human development, publish on 27 November. While Sierra Leone was last on the list, it was not the lone African representative at the bottom of the table, as all the bottom 22 countries on […]

I am often asked, “Where do you get you passion?” or “Why do you have so much passion…?”.  So I though I would take a brief moment to answer the question they best I can, but I must admit it's not something I haven't thought about too much, for me this is just the way […]

  Dream big sweet child,   Reach for the stars and beyond.   Nothing is out of your reach! Children must be given room to dream, and freedom to express their dreams. Teach your children that no dream is ever too big or too small, that they can achieve anything if they truly put their […]

“Where there is no hope, one must invent hope.” – Albert Camus Recently I have written a few posts on the situation in Sudan, and I was fortunate enough to attend the prescreening last night of Sand and Sorrow, which premiers on HBO on December 6th at 8pn ET. The event was held Monday, December […]

Have you been bitten by the gift giving bug this season? Was my last post, Holiday Wish List, not enough to keep you busy, or satisfy your unquenchable need to help underprivileged children. Well then here are 20 more ways for you to help make a child's life better this year. Why not pick a […]

"Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise." 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. More than 41 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, some […]

  Love is the fuel that gives us life,  that gives us the fight for one more day. The fuel that gives us hope and strength,  which allows us to continue on the long hard journey. Love is food for the hungry, the main nourishment of a child.

The special screening was held in Washington DC last night for the acclaimed film, HOLLY, opened by Ambassador Mark Lagon, and was followed by a question and answer session, with Ambassador Lagon, Guy Jacobson, and Adi Ezroni. A young girl running desperately through the streets, being chased by two men, her tiny feet taking her […]

Three buses carrying some 140 children leave Guinea-Bissau heading to Senegal, the children are not going on a school trip, but are being trafficked to work in the cotton fields of southern Senegal. Two of the buses where stopped, but the third was never found, the children's fate is grim. Only weeks before an unnamed […]

Are the children in the West Africa worse off than they where 15 years ago, despite legislations enacted to safeguard children's rights. According to a 6-8 November conference held in Burkina Faso, to assess the progress made by governments to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. After an assessment of governments in […]

Here is a great link to photos of children in their daily lives in Cuba, The Children of Cuba If you are interested into a little insight into Cuba then you may be interested to see the 2005 film, Viva Cuba, in which Malu and Jorgito are in love, but their families don't see it […]