Close to 11 million children under the age of 5 die in the world every year. Each day40,000 children under the age of five from preventable causes !

Nearly 100 million children of primary school age are not taking part in any education programs.Over 100 million children throughout the world are forced to work under hazardous and often fatal conditions; many are employed with no pay.*

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News | Articles | Links | Organizations:

- Cesiri Tono (All the Rewards of Courage and Hard Work), created by the USA-based Population Media Center, is a radio soap opera aimed at combating child trafficking in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast & Mali. Source: PMC

- Darfur's children find healing in art: Tens of thousands of children who have suffered or witnessed violence are now living in camps, where they are provided with shelter, food and even an education. But the psychosocial impact of their traumatic experiences remains. UNICEF is working with non-governmental organizations, the African Union, and United Nations partners to help Darfur's children recover. Source: UNICEF

- He Ha Ho in Ghana is a communication campaign, centred around a radio drama, whcih targets to improve home-based care (HBC) for childhood illnesses and malaria. Source: JHU/CCP

- En el mundo a cada rato (Every second in the world) is a series of short films based on real-life stories of children living in India, Peru, Argentina, Senegal and Equatorial Guinea... Source: Tus Ojos S.L.

- Outside the Dream was started by photojournalist Stephen Shames because — while photographing AIDS orphans and street kids in Asia and Africa —Steve ran into children who desperately wanted to go to school but couldn’t because they lacked school fees. Source: Outside the Dream

- A coproduction of Sesame Street in China (titled Zhima Jie) targets preschool children (ages 3 to 6), uses engaging live action, animation, and colourful characters to teach basic skills, such as literacy, numeracy, and an appreciation of the arts. Source: Sesame Workshop

- 'ph15: photographs by kids of the hidden city'. This book contains 80 pages of photographs taken by the students of the foundation in Argentina, in full colour and a brief summary of the ph15´s activities during the last 5 years. On the day of the launch, there will be a projection show of the images produced by the children. Source: email by ph15

- Nick 2015 Initiative is the communication campaign aimed at raising awareness to end poverty and at getting children and young people involved in the realisation of the MDGs. Source: Nickelodeon

- Mobile Mini Circus for Children in Afghanistan to provide psycho-social support to children in difficult circumstances.Source: MMCC

- 8th Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People in Greece to offer children from various countries the opportunity to meet each other in Greece for cultural and educational purposes. Source:Olympia International Film Festival

- Kids With Camera (Gallery)

- International Child Arts Foundation, USA(ICAF)

- Girl Child Art Foundation , Nigeria (GCAF)

reduce child mortality & achieve universal primary education

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* Source: Statistics from UNICEF 's State of the World's Children 1989 & 1990 report PLAN International at http://www.rehydrate.org/facts/ten_facts.htm