I read this article on Human Rights Watch website today. You can also find another article on the same subject in USA TODAY and BBC NEWS. Spain: Migrant Children at Risk in Government Facilities: Close Canary Islands Emergency Centers and Provide Adequate Care (Madrid, July 26, 2007) – Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children from Africa…
“It’s easier to be ignorant and say I don’t know about the problem. But once you know, once you’ve seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable.” Craig Kielburger, Founder of Free…
Taken From BBC NEWS April 2, 2007 Traveling deep into the plantations of the Ivory Coast – the West African nation that produces half the world’s cocoa – children carrying machetes are a common sight. They are being kept out of school and many have untreated wounds on their legs, where they have cut themselves…
Two million boys and girls are enslaved in the child sex industry—raped for pay, sold into prostitution, trafficked across borders, and bought as sexual souvenirs by tourists. The average age of these children is 13, however, there have been reports of children as young as 5 months. Cheryl Perera started the youth run organization OneChild…