Malawi: Kangaroo Care Helps Malawi Leap Forward

Malawi, one of Africa's poorest nations, has made significant progress in improving the survival of newborns and is on track to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goal… Read more »

Africa: Continent Fails Her Newborn Children

Despite a significant reduction in child deaths around the globe, a new report released today shows that the health of newborn babies has been largely overlooked. Read more »

Africa: Keeping Pace With Change

While Africa is home to some of the world's fastest growing economies, if it aims to sustain this growth and improve the quality of life of its citizens, the continent cannot… Read more »

Nigeria: Commitment to Expand Vaccination Programme to Save Children's Lives

Nigeria's first-ever national vaccine summit ended in mid-April with a federal government commitment to expand the country's vaccination programme to help reduce the country's… Read more »

Kenya: Cultivating Traditional Crops to Fight Malnutrition

If growing up in an agricultural community were the key to health, the children of Kiamwangi would be thriving. But Jane Hunyu, who farms a quarter-acre plot here, says the… Read more »

Kenya: Young Men Bend Tradition With Fathering Skills

The repeated hooting of the Ostrich bus announces the break of dawn in Nguruman, a pastoralist village about 150 kilometers south of Nairobi near the Tanzania border. It also stirs… Read more »

Uganda: Money in the Dirt

Soft spoken Kika is a 25 year old from Kampala, Uganda. I met him on a road trip from Nairobi to Durban with the We have Faith Caravan with over 130 youth from all over the world.… Read more »

Africa: In Zimbabwe, Change Like a River in Aids Fight

When social worker Charakupa Ngwerume was named by the village chief to serve as a counselor on a customary court, his first priority was to campaign for the nomination of female… Read more »

Africa: Simple Steps Can Curb Childhood Deaths

Although she is five years old, Rose Nduta is about the same height as a 20-month-old toddler. Pale, spindly-limbed and severely underweight, the Kenyan girl suffers from chronic… Read more »

Malawi: Engaging Local Leaders to Save the Lives of Mothers

Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female vice president. Before taking office in 2009, Banda served as a member of parliament, minister of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services,… Read more »

Nigeria: Student Gets Into Elite School Against All Odds

The life of Philip Abel looked as if it had been derailed at an early age. He was one of the many Nigerian boys who was forced to drop out of primary school to work as a vendor on… Read more »

Africa: Ugandan Youth Advocate Spreads Message of Self-Care

Jackie Kemigisha, an HIV-positive youth advocate from Uganda, dedicates her life to empowering those affected by HIV/Aids. After she learned of her HIV-postive status, Kemigisha… Read more »

Africa: Donors Pledge U.S. $4.3 Billion to Immunize Children

Major public and private donors have pledged more than U.S.$4.3 billion to immunize at least 250 million of the world's poorest children against life-threatening diseases over the… Read more »

Africa: 'Tellers and Cashiers' of Africa's Wealth Are Key to Development

When it comes to development policies, alongside all the statistics of hunger and need, and the totals of dollars spent, it must be remembered  that what matters most is that… Read more »

Africa: Empower Women to Realize the African Dream

It is hard not to be inspired by the widely-recognized economic growth story of Africa: more than a decade of robust growth for a region that has become a credible destination for… Read more »

Africa: Women and Children the Focus of Achieving MDGs

With five years remaining to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made it clear that a concerted,… Read more »

Liberia: Something New for the Senior Class: Girls

When students return to the classroom at Bopolu Central High School this year, there will be something not seen at the school since it reopened after Liberia's long civil war:… Read more »

Liberia: Choosing Family Over Education

Meriam Dukumue, like the majority of women in her country, cannot read and write. Having suffered through years of conflict and now the breadwinner of her family, she is giving her… Read more »

Liberia: Why Spelling Matters

Golden and draped in red, white and blue ribbons, the spelling trophy won by Mango Town School has become more than a source of orthographic achievement for the students and their… Read more »

Africa: Young Africans Seek U.S. Partnership to Boost Democracy and Development

The Obama administration this week commemorated Africa's historical achievements by engaging youth leaders in a dialogue on the continent's future. Read more »

Africa: Obama Administration Planning 50th Anniversary Festivities to Honor 'Significant Gains'

President Barack Obama will host a town hall meeting next month with African youth leaders as part of a U.S. celebration of 50 years of independence being marked this year by 17… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Will Hit Ten Million Children - Report

Climate change will increase the number of malnourished children in Africa by 10 million to 52 million  in the next 40 years, and the continent needs new agricultural… Read more »

Africa: Singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka Campaigns Against Malaria

The singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka visits New York this week to help campaign for the voices of Africa's women and children to be heard at the opening of the new session of the United… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Population Reaches One Billion

One billion people now live in Africa, says a new report. The continent's population is growing by about 24 million a year, and will double to nearly two billion by 2050, the… Read more »

Malawi: Madonna's Newly-Adopted Child Prepares to Leave

As pop star Madonna prepares to fly her newly-adopted Malawian child to New York, the child's father has reportedly given up efforts to keep her in Malawi. Read more »