Full Coverage: Children

31.08.2005 The UN has reported that an increasing number of people are disappearing in Nepal and this is being done by both - the government as well as the Maoist rebels. In another report, UNICEF has said that an estimated 2.4 million children and women are trafficked every year for prostitution, forced labour and mining work.

30.08.2005 The California Strawberry Commission is urged to hire a president committed to protecting children’s health by stopping the use of methyl bromide, a potent ozone layer-destroying pesticide.

30.08.2005 Photographs taken by Beslan children who were witnesses of or hostages in the bloody siege of School No. 1, are being exhibited in the town’s cultural center. The nearly 100 photographs vividly capture a wide range of the children’s emotions, from their pain and grief, to their hopes for the future.

30.08.2005 Every day 30,000 children die due to preventable illness and malnutrition. From September 14-16, world leaders will be meeting in New York to discuss the MDGs. The Millennium Campaign urges you to take one of three actions and lend your support to the 30,000 Campaign against poverty.

29.08.2005 Last week, the Foundation for Education, Science, Culture and Sports and the “Sparkle of Knowledge” Creative Centre promoted the project of creative workshops for children in elementary schools in Sarajevo and Istocno Sarajevo. The promotion was held at “Saraj” Hotel, in Sarajevo.

29.08.2005 Six years ago in Northern Uganda, Sarah (not her real name), was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group that forcibly uses children as soldiers, and in the case of girls, sex slaves. Now over 70 children, including Sarah and her five year old daughter, have been reunited with their families through World Vision’s rehabilitation program.

26.08.2005 Sarajevo, renowned as the culture capital of the Balkans is living up to this reputation by hosting the 11th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) from 19 to 27 August. Already thousands of visitors have poured into BiH’s capital, to join BiH citizens celebrate movies from all over the world. But a special part of the Festival is attracting every day thousands of spectators to Skenderija Hall, the famous sports complex used during the 1984 Winter Olympics: the Children’s Programme.

26.08.2005 As Afghanistan’s parliamentary election campaign enters its final weeks, the UN Children's Fund launches an awareness campaign that spotlights children and their rights.

24.08.2005 The quality and quantity of relief food aid distributed by the WFP in Niger is ineffective in remedying the acute malnutrition children are facing, Médecins Sans Frontières said Tuesday, and urged U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan take measures to ensure aid reaches the real needs of people.

24.08.2005 Ninety percent of Zimbabwean children affected by the government's home demolition campaign remain in school, said UNICEF Tuesday, and called on international assistance to support parents’ efforts to keep their children enrolled in school in the face of harsh economic realities.

23.08.2005 Shoqata e Librashitësve të Maqedonisë kërkojnë dorëheqjen e Inspektores Kombëtare të Arsimit, Blagorodna Lakinska, si dhe aksion të intensifikuar nga Inspektorët e Tregut për të parandaluar shitjen e librave shkollore në treg të zi.

23.08.2005 Sindikata e Arsimit, Shkencës dhe Kulturës e Malit të Zi organizon fushatën e tretë vjetore “Jep, Blej apo Shit Libra të Përdorura Shkollore”, me qëllim të promovimit të këmbimit të librave shkollor dhe literaturës në mesin e nxënësve të shkollave fillore dhe të mesme dhe t’u ndihmojnë prindërve të tyre që të pajisin fëmijtë e tyre si duhet për vitin vijues shkollor, për më pak para.

23.08.2005 Medici Senza Frontiere (MSF) lancia un appello al Segretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite affinché vengano prese le misure necessarie perché le agenzie umanitarie delle Nazioni Unite, Programma Alimentare Mondiale (PAM) e UNICEF, distribuiscano gli aiuti in funzione dei bisogni reali della popolazione. "Le distribuzioni di cibo organizzate dal PAM non rispondono, né in quantità né in qualità, alla gravità dell'epidemia di malnutrizione acuta che i team di MSF stanno affrontando, in particolare rispetto ai bisogni dei bambini gravemente malnutriti" - denuncia l'associazione umanitaria.

23.08.2005 The Association of Booksellers of Macedonia demands the resignation from the National Inspector of Education, Blagorodna Lakinska, as well as intensified action by the Markets Inspectorates to prevent the sale of schoolbooks on the black market.

23.08.2005 La vendita e il commercio di bambini a scopo di sfruttamento sessuale e non solo è un fenomeno ben più ampio di quanto emerga dalle statistiche. E la maggior parte dei minori vittime è priva di protezione adeguata. E' quanto emerge da "La punta dell'iceberg", un briefing diffuso da Save the Children in occasione della Giornata Internazionale in Ricordo del Commercio degli Schiavi e della sua Abolizione. Sono circa 1,2 milioni i minori di 18 anni vittime di tratta nel mondo: bambini e adolescenti venduti o comprati, rapiti o adescati per essere poi utilizzati prevalentemente nell'industria del sesso e della prostituzione ma anche nell'accattonaggio, in attività illegali quali furti, nell'ambito delle adozioni illegali e del traffico di organi, in lavori irregolari. Si calcola che i bambini rappresentino il 30% delle vittime della tratta di esseri umani. Un fenomeno in aumento soprattutto in Europa, dove la tratta di minori è raddoppiata negli ultimi 3 anni.

23.08.2005 The Montenegro Education, Science and Culture Trade Unions organizes the third annual campaign “Give away, Buy or Sell Used Schoolbooks”, with the goal to promote the exchange of schoolbooks and literature among the elementary and highschool students and to help the parents to equip their children properly for the coming school-year, for less money.

23.08.2005 Entre os dias 23 e 25 de agosto, o Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância (Unicef) reúne especialistas sobre violência na Consulta Nacional sobre Violência Contra a Criança e o Adolescente, em São Paulo-SP. Na ocasião, a organização lançará o livro A Violência no Ciclo da Criança e do Adolescente, em parceria com o Observatório de Favelas do Rio de Janeiro. O documento apresenta uma análise do tema entre meninos e meninas de 0 a 18 anos.

23.08.2005 A report released Monday by leading development agency, Plan International, reveals that despite Asia's much lauded development and economic growth rates, millions of children in the region live in abject poverty and continue to die before their fifth birthday as a result of malnutrition, and little or no access to sanitation.

23.08.2005 With materials provided by SudanAid, displaced women in Dereig camp, West Darfur weave and sell prayer and bed mats, allowing them to buy food and supplies for their children who attend the camp’s UNICEF school.

23.08.2005 For 19 years, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has been battling the government of Uganda for political power. The LRA abducts children to serve in his army as laborers or fighters, and in the case of girls, sex slaves. World Vision asks you to help end the children's suffering.