The Indian Association is to send 11 children to India for open heart surgery. The body's Executive Committee Chairman, Naren Mehta, said the children will be leaving on Monday, November 30, for Narayana Hrudalaya Hospital in Bangalore, India, where they

IN the recent past, concern has been expressed over the conduct and behaviour of the youth and many who have commented on the matter have expressed worry at the immoral behaviour that the young people are falling in.

THE just-ended workshop for Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV and AIDS will go a long way to ensure that maternity protection is used as a preventive and care strategy against mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

For most, a father epitomizes love, protection, care, a safe place. But for some, these are the monsters that they wish they could flee from.

year-old Shanae Muir disappeared from her Warner Beach home in KwaZulu-Natal on 9 July 2005, the nation was gripped with anxiety and sorrow for her family.

The National Forum on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in collaboration with the Department of State for Social Welfare and the World Initiative for Orphans on Monday began a two day consultative workshop on the protection of vulnerable children and children

A two day national forum on orphans and vulnerable children, organised by world initiative for orphans (WIO), is currently underway at Paradise Suites Hotel. The forum started on Monday 23rd November 2009, with the theme Â'Bridging the gapsÂ'.

The Government of Ghana is making frantic efforts to alleviate unemployment, especially among the youth in the country. To this end, the government, through the Ministry of Youth and Sports has rolled-out the 2010 National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) for

The Agency for the Development of Women and Children (ADWAC), on Friday, observed the Day of the African Child with the theme: Â"Africa fit for children: A call for accelerated actions towards child survivalÂ".

The 'Future Youth Development Association' in Farato recently held a massive cleansing exercise at the Farato Health post in western region. The purpose of the cleansing exercise was to ensure a healthy environment within the campus of the post as

The Neighborhood watch groups namely: Manjai, Kololi, Bakau, Kerr Sering, and Bijilo in collaboration with the Child protection Alliance (CPA) on Friday 21st November met at the president Awards Scheme to inaugurate and discuss the way forward in avoiding child

This is a clear indication of the value the association attaches to young people - Secretary-General

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last week gave Namibia's Church Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) a huge budgetary boost with a N$9,1 million donation.

ZANU PF Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and his MDC Deputy, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, left Harare for Rwanda on Thursday. Mahlangu, who was a guest on our Behind the Headlines programme, told us they were going to the Rwandan capital Kigali on

The Niger Delta Youth Mirror for Good Governance (NDYMGG) has threatened to stage a mass protest unless the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs apologise to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Ubong Ufot Ekaette

THE Police have arrested the parents of a 15-year- old boy who was discovered abandoned in a chicken house.

Workers living on a farm settlement about 35km from Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, bury their dead children secretly because parents cannot afford to get them to a clinic or hospital in time.

The 39th founders' day lecture of the University of Benin held was x Monday marred with protests from students of the institution over the imposition of N5000 on students who paid their school fees late and the poor state of

Management of the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) in Brass Local Government Area (LGA), Bayelsa State is to train 120 youths at the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), while local contractors would boost their knowledge in procurement and contract execution through

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Salamatu Suleiman, has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other law enforcement agents, to ensure prompt report of violence against women and children.