Analysis - Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, oceans and soil, slowly breaking down into tiny, invisible ...

Innocent Murula, a UNICEF-supported community outreach worker, works to raise community awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 25, 2024. The ...

Community-wide distribution of azithromycin to both infants and children in Niger was effective in preventing deaths, but communities where only infants received the drug had no decrease in mortality, ...

I have heard some version of “Why should I care about kids with AIDS in Africa?” multiple times since the Trump administration announced the dismantling of USAID, a program that spends just 24 cents ...

Africa Kids Token is a blockchain-based initiative aimed at empowering African youth, particularly those involved in music, dance, and cultural expression. The token supports the community by creating ...

International Day of the African Child Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif With just a small investment in education for all of Africa's children, we could transform a continent, open ...

Children from across Africa joined their peers in the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign held on Oct. 7, the ...

Actress Mischa Barton has returned from a trip to South Africa to promote the work of Save The Children. The O.C. star described the visit as a "life-changing experience", adding that she was pleased ...

Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health and the European Commission. Wolfgang Preiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

Giuliana Demma, left, and her sister Audrina, right, sew pediatric hospital gowns in the basement of her Freehold, N.J., home on June 19, 2024. The sisters have sewn and donated 1,800 hospital gowns ...

A 43-year-old community radio presenter in Cape Town sends most of her small salary home to raise four children in the Eastern Cape. She built her own shack to save on rent and only sees her children ...