Twin bombings have killed at least 17 people, including 10 children, near a school in the government-controlled area of central Syria. A Syrian pro-government channel aired on Wednesday a brief footage of the aftermath, showing distraught parents rushing about frantically looking for their children, amid strewn schoolbags and blood stains[…]
At least half a million children returned to their schools in the Gaza strip on Sunday, where many will be given special attention and pyschological counselling before their regular classes begin. This initiative aims to help children deal with the traumas the war has inflicted on them. There has been[…]
“She will call me Daddy and Mummy,” insisted 11-year-old Amir Hamad, cradling his infant sister in his arms after the Gaza war left him and his four siblings orphans. Fifty days of bloody fighting in and around the wartorn Gaza Strip has cost the lives of nearly 500 children, but[…]
Amid the multitude of striking posters and banners at the historic 200 000 strong SA March for Gaza on Saturday 9th August was a distinctive piece of artwork created in honour of Palestinian children. The colourful banner – Remember Gaza’s Children – tells the story of Gaza’s brave youth, killed[…]
Outraged by the death of over 400 children as a result of Israel’s intense assault on Gaza, a group of local women have initiated an artwork campaign to remember the dead by name, rather than statistics. They will be creating banners that will be on display at a mass march[…]
Having been witness to some of the worst cases of genocide during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Union of Health Work Committees has expressed concern over the psychological effects the war has had on the children of Gaza. To date, more than 1500 people have been[…]
Relief group Save the Children has called for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, so that aid and support can be provided to Gaza’s youth affected by the nearly four week long conflict. Much of Save the Children’s focus in the region has been addressing the[…]
With seemingly no end in sight for the Israeli government’s Operation Protective Edge, children’s humanitarian organisation UNICEF has estimated that one in every three civilian casualties of the two week long offensive, have been children under the age of 18. Latest statistics put the current death toll in the Gaza[…]
The year 2013 saw a 30-per-cent increase in the number of children killed or injured in fighting in Afghanistan compared with 2012, UNICEF reported Thursday. UNICEF officials in Afghanistan expressed concern with the sharp spike, initially reported by the United Nations Security Council in May. At least 545 children were[…]
With the sole focus on keeping the station’s younger audience occupied throughout the month ahead, VOC has once again launched its annual Kiddies Ramadan Clubhouse Project for the year 1435. In line with the stations goal of marking its 20th Ramadan with fresh and innovative ideas, this year’s project will[…]
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