By Constance Ndeleko A child grows and develops not in a vacuum but in a community, a culture and a nation. Unity to the rights of children hold the greatest promise for children’s health and well-being and for that of their families and communities thus a communal need to promote Early Childhood Development (ECD). Investing […]
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By Constance Ndeleko Around the world, too many children still start life at a disadvantage simply because of who they are and where they are from. (Save the Children) Prior to the pandemic there have been reported cases of violence against children globally with at least 2-17 years old experiencing physical, sexual or emotional violence or
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By Constance Ndeleko Times have been hard with the wide spread of the pandemic across continents with its advent bringing interferences to our normalcy, forcing us to adapt to a new normal and its impact hitting hard especially to those in abject poverty, those in conflict zones, refugees and IDPs, those in detention/juvenile and in
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By Collins Orono Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria. Omar Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using foul language toward Allah in an argument with a friend.
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By Collins Orono New analysis by UNICEF and Save the Children on the the Impacts of COVID-19 on Child Poverty shows a dire situation facing millions of children globally. The report published on September 17, 2020 reveals the number of children living without access to health, education, nutrition, housing, sanitation and water has risen to
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By Karen Mwikoma So you might be wondering how I got Crona. I got it in a pretty obvious way I got it from my mom, crazy right. My mom got it from a meeting she went to in town then she brought it to us. We were fine for a few days we even
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By Collins Orono Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria. Omar Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using foul language toward Allah in an argument with a friend.
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Educaton Cabinet secretary pfrof. George Magoha during a past event By Collins Orono As the debate on whether to reopen schools or not continues the Ministry of Education has released a COVID -19 response and recovery guide for reopening of schools even as school reopening dates remain unknown. The 50-page document highlights the guidelines institutions
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By Capital FM News Sharon (not her real name) left her home in Western Kenya in 2017 to live with her paternal aunt in Nairobi. Her mother was happy that her daughter could finally join a good school in the city with the help of a ‘doting’ aunt. The opportunity came at the right time,
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