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From GhanaWeb “The President of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative Ms Winifred Kyei Selby has been selected as an Associate fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society. The Council of Royal Commonwealth Society conferred the Associate Fellowship on Ms Winifred Kyei Selby who is also the co-founder of the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative for her demonstrated…

The Irish Examiner follows a delegation visit to the Chernobyl region from Ireland, organized by 2015 Alumni Honoree Adi Roche‘s organization “Standing in the shadow of the nuclear plant’s devastated reactor number four in Northern Ukraine, Chris O’Leary urged people to continue their support for Irish humanitarian efforts in the poverty-stricken region. His delegation’s historic…

2015 Alumni Honoree Adi Roche‘s organization, Chernobyl Children International, featured in the Irish Examiner “The Irish charity which has delivered almost €100m in humanitarian aid to Chernobyl-affected regions has announced ambitious plans to expand its health-care programmes this year — the 30th anniversary of the disaster…” Read the full story here

A blog carnival is a blog entry that pulls together articles on a particular topic. For our January Blog Carnival, we’ve pulled together stories from various World of Children Honorees on the topic of Child Protection. These stories represent a breadth and depth of thinking and on-the-ground intervention that we are incredibly proud to support…

Poverty and Risk of Infant Mortality Globally, poverty is one of the most important indicators of negative outcomes for children – and one of the most difficult to protect them from. In the worst cases, poverty prevents families from accessing basic medical care and adequate nutrition and young children die from completely preventable conditions. One…

Kalpana from Nepal was lured in under false pretenses and sold to a brothel owner. You helped her rescue and recovery!

The deadly earthquakes in Nepal last spring put the young survivors at risk for another tragedy – the danger of being sold by human traffickers. Nepal has a long history of child exploitation and officials feared a surge in trafficking after the huge earthquakes took more than 9,000 lives and destroyed a half million homes.…

Sometimes protecting children isn’t about saving them from harm but saving them from the horrible emptiness left by neglect. Adoptive mother Tatiana found this when she helped heal the physical and emotional holes in her young son’s heart. Two years ago, Artem and his brother were placed in an orphanage in the war-torn Donetsk region…

The following piece was written by World of Children Co-Founder Harry Leibowitz as part of our Child Protection Blog Carnival. The Numbers Let’s look at some truly horrifying numbers… 116,000 internet queries each day are related to child pornography. 300,000 or more children in the United States are forced into the commercial sex trade each…

From Irish Times “Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Chris O’Leary has paid tribute to the work of the Chernobyl Children International charity as he prepares to lead a delegation from the city to Chernobyl to mark the 30th anniversary of the nuclear explosion in the Ukraine early next month. “Cork is rightly proud of the…

This post, written by Co-Founder Harry Leibowitz, originally appeared on Huffington Post Impact on January 15, 2016 It’s not my problem… I was recently at a cocktail party where the issue of child trafficking in the United States came up in the course of conversation. “It’s not a problem in our community,” said one person.…

This post, authored by Co-Founder Harry Leibowitz, originally appeared in Huffington Post Impact on January 8, 2016. This week, we opened nominations for our newest Award at World of Children – the Child Protection Award. The Award represents a minimum annual commitment of $50,000 by our organization to combatting child trafficking, child slavery, and child…

January is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the United States.We’re going to be talking about the issue all month (and beyond!) and hope many others will join us. In addition to nominating a hero for an award, you can help simply by spreading the word on social media. Below are 5 inspirational quotes…

Yemin Orde Youth Village welcomes children from France, North Africa, Iran, India, Yemen, Eastern Europe and South America. Mostly struggling teens, the youth at Yemin Orde have all suffered trauma in their young lives from isolation and neglect, abandonment, or extreme poverty. At Yemin Orde, they find a home, a family and a future. 2014…

Sixteen-year-old Dasha has hydrocephalus and is confined to a wheelchair. When Dasha was born, doctors told her parents she only had a few months to live. After spending her first year of life in the hospital and despite increased brain swelling and constant seizures, Dasha was still alive. Her mother believed she should be institutionalized…

Sanu Bhai’s Story One day, when Sanu Bhai was only 14 months old, his family left him behind when they went to the local market in the remote part of Tanahun district in Nepal. That day, they left Sanu Bhai behind because he was suffering from a severe eye infection, which would eventually cause blindness…

Sumi was orphaned when she was just 6 years old. An older female relative offered to bring Sumi from Bangladesh to India and care for her, but when Sumi arrived in Mumbai the relative sold her to another family as a domestic servant. Though initially the family treated her well, the situation quickly worsened. The…

StarAfrica reported that five teachers from Africa are on the shortlist for the 2016 Global Teacher Prize. 2015 World of Children Education Award Honoree Miriam Mason-Sesay was among the five. “Five teachers from Africa have made the top 50 shortlisted nominations for the second annual Global Teacher Prize 2016, the Varkey Foundation announced in a…

“You will be proud I’m a powerful woman” – Grace Umutesi Today is the first observance of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. This year the UN instituted the international day of commemoration “to remember the victims of the…

A post from World of Children Co-Founder Harry Leibowitz, which also appeared on Huffington Post Impact Blog While Hanukkah is a primarily Jewish Festival it has significant universal overtones. Specifically, it celebrates the persistence of light over darkness and freedom over tyranny. The world these days feels like a very dark place. With so much…

In honor of International Volunteer Day, we caught up with 2015 Youth Honoree Nicholas Lowinger’s Gotta Have Sole Foundation and learned more about their amazing network of student volunteers. GHS equips student leaders to run change-making programs in their own communities that educate fellow youth about childhood homelessness and give back to children living in…

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) we’re celebrating the work of 3 amazing advocates – World of Children Honorees who have worked tirelessly for children living with disabilities. Each has a different way of approaching the issue but all share one thing – the desire for inclusive opportunities for children of all abilities.…

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2015 Youth Honoree Winnifred Selby and 2015 Education Honoree Miriam Mason-Sesay appeared on Voice of America. The piece was filmed on Nov 4 when our Honorees were in NYC for the Awards Ceremony.