How UNICEF Thailand is helping children in the slums and streets of Bangkok get an education. Like any large city, Bangkok is multi-faceted and the view you get can be radically different depending on your perspective...
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Travelling in DRC feels like leafing through an over-dimensional picture-book, with myriads of colours and shapes. Only studying the countless green-shades could take hours on end. After a couple of days in Bukavu, Eastern DRC, I am back in the capital...
Boyet has been at Nayon for eight years and there is little chance of reintegration with his extended family. For Boyet, football offers a future beyond the street. ”Through football Boyet was able to give himself a dream that one day he will become a college student, using football as a means for scholarship grants,“ his social worker explain.
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My first impressions of Binondo, one of Manila’s slum areas and home to
many children living on the streets, was quite daunting. We briefly
visited the area to introduce ourselves to the street educators from
Childhope and meet some of the children the organisation serves
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Thirteen-year-old Mary lives and works with her
family on the streets of Manila, capital of the Philippines. The family
occupy a corner of the pavement outside Starbucks in Binondo Square,
where they sell cigarettes and newspapers, cook and eat, and sleep
outside at night.
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Fifteen-year-old Crisanto lives at Pangarap Shelter
for Street Children in Manila, capital of the Philippines. He ran away
from home when he was nine because his father was an alcoholic and would
beat him when he got drunk. Crisanto lived on the streets for two
years.
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Fourteen-year-old Kristine lives at Nayon ng Kabataan, a shelter for vulnerable children in Manila, capital of the
Philippines. When Kristine was five years old, she and her
brothers were abandoned in a flat for over two weeks. They
were referred by a friend and brought to the shelter.
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Working with its partners, UNICEF is helping children affected by Typhoon Parma recover from trauma The children of Sto Nino are welcomed by Farida from the Sunflower Centre. © UNICEF Philippines/2010/Kat Palasi "I’m so excited. I’m so...
How UNICEF is helping to protect the rights of former street children and gang members in the Philippines Carl, 13, ran away from home after being physically abused by his father. He now lives at Pangarap Shelter for Street Children. © UNICEF UK...
How UNICEF is helping to protect the rights of children living on the streets in the Philippines Efren, 11, lost three fingers in a flour grinding machine last year. Without access to health care, the wound soon became infected. © UNICEF UK/Philippines...
UNICEF UK’s Andy Brown meets former street children in a UNICEF-supported shelter and celebrates his birthday in tropical style Efren, 11, lost three fingers in a flour grinding machine last year. Without access to health care, the wound soon became...
UNICEF UK’s Andy Brown visits an underground river and attends a training session for journalists reporting on children’s rights in Mindanao. I spent most of my sixth week in the Philippines on the island of Palawan, at a UNICEF-supported...
It's been an eventful week for UNICEF UK's Andy Brown in Manila Children wave their hands in the air during an early morning assembly at Pinagbuhatan Elementary School, on their first day back after the floods. © UNICEF Philippines/2009/Andy Brown...
Child protection specialist Pernille Ironside travels through Southern Sudan to see how UNICEF and partners are working to ensure the release and reintegration of former 'child soldiers'. June 3rd We arrive in the steamy small town of Awiel, with the...
How UNICEF UK is protecting the rights of children living on the streets in the Philippines Former street child Alvin, 13, at a UNICEF-supported shelter in Manila. After making a living selling peanuts, Alvin is now back at school and reunited with his...