Infants in War-torn Yemen Dying at Alarmingly High Rate

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  • Lisa Schlein

A premature baby lies in an incubator at the child care unit of a hospital in Sana'a, Yemen January 16, 2018.

A premature baby lies in an incubator at the child care unit of a hospital in Sana’a, Yemen January 16, 2018.

A report by the U.N. children’s fund finds babies born in war-torn Yemen are dying at an alarmingly high rate because of the collapsing health system, lack of food and clean water.

The U.N. children’s fund reports more than three million children have been born in Yemen since the country’s civil war escalated in March 2015. The agency’s report, called “Born into War”, describes the violent, hopeless situation of displacement, disease, poverty and hunger into which these children are born. Tiếp tục đọc “Infants in War-torn Yemen Dying at Alarmingly High Rate”

Menstruating girls banned from crossing Ghana river

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Image caption Girls living near Kyekyewerein (not pictured) are affected by the ban

Ghanaian schoolgirls have been banned from crossing a river while they are menstruating – and on Tuesdays.

The ban, apparently given by a local river god, has outraged children’s activists, especially as girls must cross the river to reach school.

It means girls in the Upper Denkyira East district, in the Central Region, could miss out on their education.

Sub-Saharan Africa is already struggling to keep girls in school during their periods. Tiếp tục đọc “Menstruating girls banned from crossing Ghana river”

Action month highlights pre, post childbirth care

vietnamnews Update: December, 11/2017 – 09:55

A national action month focusing on early prenatal and neonatal checks to ensure a healthy population was launched on Saturday in Hà Nội.— Photo giadinh.net.vn

HÀ NỘI — A national action month focusing on early prenatal and neonatal checks to ensure a healthy population was launched on Saturday in Hà Nội.

The launching ceremony for the National Action Month on Population was jointly organised by the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) under the Ministry of Health and the Hà Nội People’s Committee. Tiếp tục đọc “Action month highlights pre, post childbirth care”

111 – tổng đài quốc gia bảo vệ trẻ em

TTO – Phó thủ tướng Vũ Đức Đam, chủ tịch Ủy ban Quốc gia về trẻ em Việt Nam, đã bấm nút, chính thức khai trương tổng đài điện thoại bảo vệ trẻ em 111, sáng 6-12.

111 - tổng đài quốc gia bảo vệ trẻ em - Ảnh 1.

tuoitre.vn _ Phó thủ tướng Vũ Đức Đam cùng đại biểu quốc tế, đại diện trẻ em cùng lãnh đạo các bộ, ngành trung ương đã chính thức khai trương tổng đài điện thoại bảo vệ trẻ em sáng 6-12 – Ảnh: Đ.BÌNH

Tiếp tục đọc “111 – tổng đài quốc gia bảo vệ trẻ em”

7-yr-old Vietnamese girl tortured with heated iron by father, stepmother

The girl has not been separated from her abusers as local authorities say their hands are tied

 
Photos of the burned marks on T.’s face captured by her teachers

A seven-year-old girl in southern Vietnam has been found to be a victim of constant domestic violence by her father and stepmother, whose tortures include the use of a heated iron bar to burn marks on her skin.

The girl, N.H.N.T., has been living with the abusers since her parents got divorced.

According to T.’s mother Huynh Thi Binh Van, 27, the ex-husband had forced her to give up custody of their child by threatening to kill the whole family if she dared to refuse.

With little knowledge about how the legal system works, Van complied with the demand. Tiếp tục đọc “7-yr-old Vietnamese girl tortured with heated iron by father, stepmother”

Children brutally beaten at Ho Chi Minh City childcare center

Children aged two to five are physically abused at the facility on a daily basisBy Tuoi Tre News

November 26, 2017, 15:46 GMT+7

​Children brutally beaten at Ho Chi Minh City childcare center
Pham Thi My Minh threatens the children with a knife during a meal at the Mam Xanh daycare facility in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Workers at a daycare center in Ho Chi Minh City have been caught physically abusing dozens of children.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters have revealed the ugly truth at the Mam Xanh child care facility in Hiep Thanh Ward, District 12. Tiếp tục đọc “Children brutally beaten at Ho Chi Minh City childcare center”

UNICEF: Millions of children fare worse than parents

Around 180 million children are more likely to live in extreme poverty, be out of school or suffer a violent death than their parents, according to UNICEF. The World Children’s Day report suggests things could get worse.

Should children be allowed to ‘grow up naturally’, or shaped in certain ways?

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Tran Thanh Huong in Hoang Mai district in Hanoi, who has a son in primary school, always encourages the boy to spend more time to relax. She thinks that he spends too much time on studying and doing homework.

The mother has a PhD and had to study hard overseas to obtain the doctorate. However, she doesn’t think that her son needs to study too hard day and night. Spending many years overseas, she saw how foreign students study, Tiếp tục đọc “Should children be allowed to ‘grow up naturally’, or shaped in certain ways?”

Nearly 500 Vietnamese primary students hospitalized after drinking free chocolate milk

A traditional program that offers Nestle’s Milo chocolate for free sent the children to hospitalBy Tuoi Tre News

October 27, 2017, 16:52 GMT+7

​Nearly 500 Vietnamese primary students hospitalized after drinking free chocolate milk
An ambulance arrives at Lai Hieu Elementary School in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on October 27, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Nearly 500 students of two elementary schools in Hau Giang Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, have been hospitalized over food poisoning after having a popular malted chocolate drink at school.

About 30 minutes after drinking Nestle’s Milo at around 7:00 am on Friday, students at Lai Hieu Elementary School in the namesake ward of Nga Bay Town started showing such symptoms as nausea, stomachache, dizziness, and diarrhea. Tiếp tục đọc “Nearly 500 Vietnamese primary students hospitalized after drinking free chocolate milk”

UNESCO: 264 million children have no access to school

UNESCO: 264 million children have no access to school
Syrian girl heads to school in Ghouta town [Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images]

Over 260 million children and youths across the world, equivalent to the combined population of Russia, Poland and Germany, have no access to education, according to a new report from the UNESCO.

There are 61 million children of primary school-age (6-11 years) disadvantaged, 60 million of lower secondary school-age (12-14 years), and upper secondary school-age (15-17 years) set at 142 million. Tiếp tục đọc “UNESCO: 264 million children have no access to school”

Thương lắm ở một ngôi trường!

BDN – Cập nhật ngày: 23/05/2017 | 17:32 GMT+7

“Em xin phép cô cho em nghỉ học hôm nay vì không có gạo để nấu cơm nên em không đi học được. Xin cô giáo gọi điện cho bố mẹ mang gạo và thức ăn ra cho em”.

Các em học xa nhà nên phải tự chăm lo cho bản thân dù còn nhỏ

Sau khi nhận đơn xin nghỉ học của em Giàng Seo Sảng, học sinh lớp 1A, Trường tiểu học Nguyễn Bá Ngọc (xã Quảng Hòa, Đắk Glong), 15 phút đầu giờ cô Lê Thanh Kim Huệ, chủ nhiệm lớp 1A đã xuống khu nội trú tìm hiểu và được biết, Sảng và một bạn nữa đang nằm ở phòng. Em cho biết đã nhịn đói từ đêm qua, sáng nay không có gạo nấu cơm ăn nên em không đi học được. Sau đó, cô đã trích tiền mua bánh mì, mì tôm cho 2 em ăn, ăn xong các em lên lớp học bình thường. Đơn xin nghỉ học Sảng nhờ một anh lớp 4 trong khu nội trú viết giùm. Tiếp tục đọc “Thương lắm ở một ngôi trường!”

Sri Lanka probes ‘longest saree’ wedding for using kids

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A Sri Lankan couple walk along a road as the bride attempted to set a record for the longest wedding saree extending 3.2 kilometres in the central district of Kandy (Photo: AFP/STR)

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan couple is under investigation for deploying hundreds of school children to carry the train of the bride’s saree during a wedding ceremony, authorities said Friday (Sep 22).

About 250 students of a state-owned school carried the train of the 3.2km long saree worn by the bride as she and the groom walked down a main road in the central district of Kandy on Thursday, local media reported. Another 100 students served as flower girls at the wedding. Tiếp tục đọc “Sri Lanka probes ‘longest saree’ wedding for using kids”