The importance of children’s rights
Children have the same human rights as everyone else, but because of their position in society, they are granted special rights. These rights serve as protection for the period of life from birth to adulthood. Special rights such as the right to life and protection ensure that children are protected from abuse and exploitation. Right […]
A MEANINGFUL LIFE AS A VOLUNTEER.
An estimated 1 billion people around the world volunteer. Some are frontline volunteers who are repeatedly called to crisis missions caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes, famines, landslides and climate change, or man-made disasters such as wars.Other volunteers work in areas of social development, each playing their part to change the world one day […]
The new role of technology in the work of NGOs.
The world of non-profit organizations is changing with the rapid advancement of technology. Non-governmental organizations are no longer limited to the country or region where they originate but can operate from anywhere in the world thanks to technology. The introduction of technology into the world of non-profits has had a positive impact by making most […]
Child marriage in Togo
Child marriage is a widespread problem in Togo, a country in West Africa. In Togo, approximately 22% of girls under the age of 18 are married. Despite the high number of child marriages, there are many social and political aspects of Togolese society that encourage child marriage in Togo. Here are five reasons for the […]
World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide is the deliberate act of a person to take his or her own life.Suicide is a matter that affects all age groups, especially adolescents who are in a very vulnerable stage of life and tend to be guided by emotions and feelings that go beyond rational logic. Statistically, an estimated 800,000 people die by […]
WHAT TANZANIA NEEDS TO DO TO IMPROVE LITERACY
Tanzania joins the rest of the world today in marking International Literacy Day, plenty of questions have been swirling about literacy in the country in recent decades. According to Unesco, Tanzania’s current adult literacy rate is 77.89 percent, which is not bad at all, but the country has retrogressed compared to the situation in the […]
Inspired to make a difference.
In all the forty-two years Emma spent on earth, one could count on one hand the number of times he had visited his village. He rarely visited the village, but given the frequency with which his parents became ill these days, he had no choice but to intensify his visits to the village.Soon the visits […]
The hunger pandemic
Every year, 3.1 million children die as a result of malnutrition.Today, about 815 million people in the world don’t have enough to eat.In America, studies show that one in six children has no hope of where their next meal will come from.Recent studies show that a quarter of the food wasted each year could save […]
Hope for a better life.
It was on days like this that Iya Bashira bemoaned her ill fate, days where there was no food for the children and their water supply ran low. How could life be this cruel by causing her only child to pass away like that? how would she cater to the needs of her two grandchildren […]
Nigeria: 200 Nigerian Students Still in Captivity, Says Unicef
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday said 200 Nigerian students were still in captivity after school abductions that have plagued the nation since December 2020. The international organization added that more than 1,000 students have been abducted in these attacks from December 2020 to date in different states across the country. The UNICEF Representative […]