Over 150 Children die in fresh outbreak of diseases in Thar Desert of Pakistan
At least 150 children have died of waterborne disease since January this year in Pakistan’s impoverished desert district of Tharparkar, which has been devastated by drought since 2013. The media reports suggest the death toll around 173 but the government authorities have termed it an ‘exaggerated figure’. Civil society groups and opposition politicians say the […]
UNICEF fights violence against children in Egypt
Many children in Egypt are being subjected to violence at the hands of those who are supposed to protect and nurture them, according to a detailed study carried out in 2013 by the Center for Development Studies for the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood and UNICEF. This violence is often normalized by the adult perpetrators and even […]
“You Are The Future”
“An expression of joy. A feeling of love and care. A look of awe and curiosity. Poverty doesn’t affect any of them. The children of Pakistan may have been affected by their poor circumstances, but their feelings are still fresh. They still know how to smile. Their eyes show the experiences they have gone through […]
Syrian Refugee Children Continue Education in Turkey
HATAY, Turkey- Syrian refugee children who took shelter in Turkey with their families after they run away from brutal Syrian regime began their educating in Turkey. They are continuing their education with their own language in the Tent school in Turkish border city of Hatay. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia
1 Dollar is Quite Big for Us
Afghan children get water from a public water pump at a slum area in Herat city west of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on March 6, 2012. It is believed that some nine million Afghans live under poverty line on less than one U.S. dollar a day. <Photo: Xinhua/Sardar> news@theasian.asia
First Snow Makes Children Happy
Children play around after the first snowfall in 2012 in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Jan. 4, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Massoud> news@theasian.asia
Washi Killed 957 Filipinos
Children play inside a school, which has turned into an evacuation center, after tropical storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, on Dec. 20, 2011. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that as of Tuesday afternoon, the death toll from the typhoon stands at 957. Heavy downpour caused flooding and landslides […]