Humanium was partnered with NGO World Wide Watch in the building of a school in Senegal. The NGO is now developing educational workbooks designed for students in the first two years of primary school, with the aim of allowing each child to be “a Little Prince”. A...
Child labor in the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) contains vast and significant mining resources including more than 1100 minerals and precious metals. With such riches, the DRC has the potential to become one of the richest countries in Africa and to guarantee the...
A new Bolivian law on child labour: Legalising illegality…
Bolivia promulgated a new Code for Children and Adolescents (CCA) on 17 July 2014 (Law No. 548, Chapter VI), which exceptionally and officially authorises child labour from the age of 10. This is a decision that has aroused strong indignation and concern from both...
Starvation for Children Left in Syria
The civil war in Syria has left thousands of civilians displaced, dead, or under military control. While the plight of millions of refugees has been extensively covered by the media, the situation of those who remain in Syria has been hard to gauge....
Child marriage in India, one of the worst violations of children’s rights
In general, birth, marriage, and death represent the three main events in a person’s life. However, marriage is the only one of the three that is a matter of choice. Unfortunately, millions of children in the world (girls and boys) have marriage forced upon them...
World cancer day: Act together
Every year on February 4, World Cancer Day is celebrated throughout the world. This disease remains one of the main causes of death worldwide. Cancer causes the death of 90,000 children every year It is estimated that today 14 million new cases of cancer are...
Aboriginal Rights: The Wide Gulf between Theory and Practice
This year marks the eighth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Although huge advances have been made in this area, some serious inequalities still exist. . This is not only due to living conditions, but also insufficient governmental...