According to most measures of the world’s well-being, countries are better off than ever. But the chasm between the haves and the have-nots has grown. In Latin America’s Northern Triangle...
Where ChildFund’s commitment to child protection and communities’ commitments to their children intersect, community child protection committees are formed. In The Gambia, where such committees are already established, we are working to broaden the scope of this work and further train committee members to ensure that children are protected on every front – at home, in the community and on the national level.
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Chanderavati and her husband, Rajesh, are descended from generations of Firozabad bangle makers. Here, they join together the glass bracelets over propane burners in their home. None of their five children wish to continue the family business. Their parents agree. “It should end with us,” Chanderavati says.
Four-year-old Olver was very shy and scared when his mother started taking him to an Early Childhood Development center in Guatemala’s central highlands.
One of the major problems facing families in poverty
is a lack of clean water. Nearly 1 billion people face this challenge daily.
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