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‘When I Was Little, We Had Nothing’
By Patricia Toquica, Americas Region Communications Manager Karla with her family. “Welcome. I’m Karla and this is my house,” says a 19-year-old girl from La Paz, Bolivia, as she ushers us into her...
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Family Struggled to Prepare a Daily Meal
By Saroj Kumar Pattnaik, ChildFund India Being born into an extremely poor family tends to reduce a child’s chances for a promising future. Years aoo, that seemed to be the case for Kesavaiah, a...
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Youth Unemployment at 17 Percent in Sri Lanka
By Danielle Roth, ChildFund Program Officer-Youth Programs There is one issue on the minds of many Americans these days (myself included). In one word, it’s the economy. Many of us are trying to make...
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Celebrating Day of the Girl
Reporting by ChildFund staff in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Uganda As we celebrate the Day of the Girl, ChildFund recognizes three young women who were empowered through programs that emphasized the...
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Tsunami? Earthquake? This Indonesian Teen Is Prepared
By Sagita Adesywi, ChildFund Indonesia Anastasia Anastasia, a 16-year-old from the Indonesian island of Flores had the honor of being the youngest keynote speaker at two events aimed at helping...
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Youth in the Americas Embrace Finance Education
By Graeme Thompson, ChildFund Americas Regional Program Coordinator Is saving even possible in rural, poor communities? That was a question a lot of people asked when the Aflateen program began in...
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Young Tailor Sews Her Way Out of Poverty
Reporting by ChildFund Zambia Twenty-two-year old Jacqueline is one of the young people whose lives have been changed for the better through ChildFund’s youth empowerment projects in Zambia. Jacqueline...
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From Kara2Mijael: A Father’s Inspiration
Guest post by Robert Patrovic As ChildFund recognizes #GivingTuesday today, we are sharing the inspiring story of a father watching his daughter work hard – to give. Through ChildFund, Kara sponsors...
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Teens Find Their Voice in Ecuador
By Mauricio Bianco, ChildFund Brasil Mauricio Bianco, marketing and fundraising manager for ChildFund Brasil, recently traveled to Ecuador. Today, he shares his impressions in the first of a two-part...
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Youth in Bolivia: “We Might be Small, but We Can Do Big Things”
By Abraham Marca and Ana Vacas, ChildFund Bolivia It’s common to hear older Bolivians describing adolescents and children as being in their “donkey’s age” because they can be bull-headed. A youth group...
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A ChildFund Alumnus Gives Thanks
By ChildFund Ethiopia staff Gegsebo Redi, 24, lives in Silti Aynage, Ethiopia. He is a formerly sponsored child and an alumnus of the Silti Aynage Child and Family Development Association, an...
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Young Entrepreneurs Group Wins National Award in Zambia
By Priscilla Chama, ChildFund Zambia A Zambian youth group supported by ChildFund recently won a national award for its entrepreneurial spirit. The Mukubulo youth group’s work — growing vegetables and...
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Photography Exchange Program Brings Cultures Into Focus
By Priscila Oliveira, ChildFund Brasil Photographs span different languages and long distances, as a group of American and Brazilian students learned during an exchange program. In January, 12...
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Children’s Voices: Fatoumata From Guinea
Reporting by Arthur Tokpah Mamy, ChildFund Guinea Fatoumata, 13, is minister of discrimination in her school. Fatoumata is 13 years old and lives in Guinea. A student in Sougueta Primary School, which...
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Talking Circles Help With Cultural Restoration in ChildFund’s U.S. Programs
Dr. Paul Dauphinais is a psychologist for Turtle Mountain Community Schools in Belcourt, N.D. He wrote this letter earlier this year after attending a tribal outreach gathering for American Indian...
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Keeping Children’s Rights Close to the Heart of the African Union
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the African Union, ChildFund, Save the Children, Plan International and the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) gathered last week to focus on the future of...
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Caribbean Youth: All We Need Is Love
By Kate Andrews, ChildFund Staff Writer For 50 days, ChildFund is joining with numerous organizations to demonstrate support for government policies and programs that will allow women and girls to be...
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Marialyn Works Her Way Back to School
By Martin Nanawa, ChildFund Philippines Each morning, Marialyn wakes to the voices of fishermen returning from a night at sea. A cool ocean breeze carries the scent of salt and brine through the...
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Children’s Rights in the Spotlight on Day of the African Child
By Tenagne Mekonnen, ChildFund Africa Regional Communications Manager Here in Africa, it is a crucial time for focusing on the rights of children in Africa, as we prepare for the Day of the African...
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Children Urge African Leaders to Take Action
We could not be prouder of the children from ChildFund programs who participated in last week’s Day of the African Child events held at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Facing many...
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