31/08/2012 - Father, husband or unknown are the only three choices available for a child’s registration in Pakistan. 28/08/2012 – A home for HIV-positive orphaned children in Nepal is facing closure as funding dries up. 21/08/2012 – National Public Radio in the US has brought to light one man’s efforts to help Romania’s abandoned youth reach their potential. 18/08/2012 – Girls and boys who live on the streets, some just eleven years old or younger, must fend off the advances of men seeking to sexually exploit their vulnerability. 06/08/2012 – Soon after a significant transformation of New South Wales’ foster care system was announced, a group of Australian orphans are bringing the abuse they suffered to light at the United Nations. 02/08/2012 – A now 88-year-old woman in China is a hero to the many abandoned children she has recued and adopted over the past four decades. Some estimates put the number of children she saved above 20, others say above 30. 25/07/2012 – Researchers form Harvard University, the University of Maryland and Tulane University have been working in cooperation with Romanian authorities to research the effects of institutionalization on orphaned children. 22/07/2012 – The first day of the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, officially opened today. The meeting has drawn experts and advocates in the field of HIV/AIDS from around the world. 18/07/2012 - This year, Nelson Mandela is celebrating his 94th birthday. Celebrating along with him are his countrymen and the world, including perhaps many of the children his foundation supports. 17/07/2012 - On the day commemorates the deaths of children who were killed by a car bomb on 13 July, 2005, the United Nations has called for continued protection of the rights of Iraqi children. |