Colombia is an enchanted land of magical realism and contrasts. It’s a country in which millions of creatures coexist in peace, making it a true paradise of biodiversity. Yet despite the country’s growing wealth, inequality in Colombia has also grown, and rural areas are the most affected. Indigenous people and Afro-Colombians… Read more →←
Thirteen year old Mona is washing dishes out front of her tent. Living with her mother, Harzia, aunt and grandmother, Sabria, the tent is a largely female space. Except there is Ali. At four months old, he does not take up much space in these close quarters, but his presence is notable. He is nestled into one corner of the tent so he… Read more →←
“I’m from Zummar, a village close to the Syrian border. It’s been three years since my family and I left there. We had to go because of all the rockets and things. It was really dangerous. So we went to Mosul.” “I used to go to school in Zummar, but not in Mosul. I don’t know how to read or write. It’s been so long since I… Read more →←
Escaping the fighting in Raqqa involves perilous journeys to reach safety. Mothers, fathers and children must be able to dodge the snipers and landmines along the way, then spend weeks running from farm to farm, sleeping in the open before they arrive at a camp where they can at least get access to basic services again. Those who are… Read more →←
Around the world today, there is a growing global ‘movement’ of children and adolescents – but not the kind of movement that generates many ‘likes’ on social media. It is a movement made up of 50 million children on the move. More than half of them have been forcibly displaced by conflict. Some are escaping violence and… Read more →←
Ousmane is 18 years old. He left his home in Guinea to try his luck with the desert crossing to Libya with dreams of getting to Italy by boat. Along the way, he faced hunger, beatings, and bandits. I lost my parents when I was 10 years old. When I lost my parents, my close family let me down, that’s why I decided to leave. After a… Read more →←
We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet – Margaret Mead In a matter of years the recording of a child or young person’s activities within the public sphere has gone from being consequent to an act of god (or heroics) to a relatively… Read more →←
Last year, close to one million babies died on their first day of life, and 2.7 million during their first 28 days. Almost half of all under-five deaths took place during this newborn period. And 2.6 million babies were stillborn. These first hours, days and weeks constitute the most dangerous period in a human life. In the poorest, most… Read more →←
“I have three kids whom I have to put on their feet; I want them to live happily and to prosper in their future,” Andrii, 35, tells me. It’s a goal that most parents share, but for Andrii one that became a lot tougher when Ukraine’s conflict escalated in mid-2014. “Our children were frightened a lot; they kept hiding under the… Read more →←
This week leading up to Father’s Day, new data shine the spotlight on how parents are involved in their children’s learning and development. One finding is that about half (55 per cent) of young children in 74 mostly low-and middle-income countries have fathers who do not engage in play and learning activities with them. What’s the… Read more →←
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