Reduce, reuse – or else! Eco-underwear a must to save the world

Earth day is right around the corner so get ready to stand up, spread your arms wide and give saintly, old momma nature a great, big loving hug. But you better make damn sure you’re wearing renewable socks and...

Nigeria - lead poisoning kills 100 children in north

"More than 100 children have died of lead poisoning in Nigeria in recent weeks, health officials say. The number has been rising since March, when residents started digging illegally for gold in areas with high concentrations of lead.A total of 163 out of 355 cases...

Israel goes PR through propaganda

Maariv, Haaretz, Yedot Ahronot, Jerusalem Post, Israeli TVs and tens of other Israeli media outlets seem to be recruited by the government of Israel now.As the aid convoys approach Gaza by the Mediterranean, the media outlets step up its propaganda and PR campaign. The...

Authoritarian Upbringing, Indulgent Upbringing, and Clarity

The purveyors of the authoritarian model of raising children like to claim that indulgent upbringing breeds criminals and monsters. The purveyors of the indulgent model of raising children like to claim that authoritarian upbringing breeds violent people who cannot...

Children's Books in Pakistan

The following article written by me has been published in the May 2010 issue of the monthly Himal Southasian magazine, published from Nepal. "There is pure delight in the oral tradition of storytelling. Children...

Skype to Connect Kids Across Time and Space

Sixty-five years is an eternity for most ten-year-olds. Chances are, anything that happened that long ago would be ancient history in their young minds. But thanks to the marvels of 21st century technology, the significance of an event that took place long before they were...

The Importance of Making Children Environmentally Conscious

The basic theme taken up by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights (CMPHR) this year is 'Environment'. In order to facilitate a better understanding of the issues involved in this vast theme and...

Michelle Obama Childhood Obesity campaign gains traction

Michelle Obama childhood obesity detractors are few and far between. When the campaign first launched several weeks ago many did not know what to make of it. Through an organised effort combining several government agencies, her childhood obesity movement has built up a lot...

Nepalese children as young as 6 enslaved as domestic workers

" Viti was six years old when she was first sold to her employer by her parents. Her parents are poor farmers in the village who live their lives at the mercy of their landlords. When Viti's parents crop failed miserably the year before, the employer proposed that he would...

Blooded Broken Crosses [BBC]

I watched a documentary program on killing innocent children in Nigeria. Apparantly an Evangelist church denounces many children as witches who should be killed!!I was very troubled to see images of beautiful...

Tories tell companies to stop sexualisation of children

Tory leader David Cameron today released plans to stop companies who aggressively market to and sexualise children. In another take on his 'broken Britain' theme Mr. Cameron attacked a society where "inappropriate...

Outrage as UK locks up 1000 asylum seeking children a year

The UK unlike the US is signed up to UNICEF's UN Rights of Child (except for two articles) but it is still locking up child asylum seekers a practice that Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the Children's Commissioner says...

From YUPPIES to YUCKIES the 18-30s that won't leave home

They are Young Unwitting Costly Kids - 18 to 30-year-old Yuckies who won't leave-can't leave the family nest behind citing poor finance as a the main reason. They are causing heartache and financial strain on...

Don't be fooled by media: Haitians need you, not the Americans

" The media succeeded once again to sweep everyone's attention over to the affairs of Christian missionaries and now continuously do so by carrying it onto their lawyer. How did they do that? just like they always have by using trendy words like child trafficking or human...

Hunger is not Polite.

Liberia, West Africa I held Jesus in my arms today... He took the form of a 3 year old girl. Her family walked to Liberia from another country in the desert. They came because there was a drought and no food for several months. It took them 3 months to walk to Liberia the...

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