World Vision - Frontline Focus

Frontline Focus Series



Pakistan: Bartering in Children’s Lives	Children's Voices - Are you listening?	Romania: Still Paying the Price
Up to 19 million children are suspected to be working fulltime in Pakistan, often in unsafe circumstances. Despite the risks of abuse and exploitation, as breadwinners for struggling households, they are worth more as labourers than they are as students. Without an education and life skills they have no hope of breaking free from poverty and realising their full potential. find out more... US Department of Labor, http://www.dol.gov/ ILAB/media/reports/iclp/ sweat/pakistan.htm	From courageously sharing their own stories, raising awareness on human trafficking, or advocating for peace in their violent societies; children and youth across World Vision's Middle East, Eastern European and Central Asia region are changing their world. Hear their voices and join them in making that change. find out more...	Two years as an EU country and 20 years after Communism, home-alone children, farmers and the 1 in 4 children attending high-school in rural Romania, continue to pay a heavy price; often the price of hearts. In the midst of them Europe's largest minority, the Roma, face a harsh reality of exclusion, stigma and severe poverty. find out more...

Being an Afghan Girl	Micro Credit vs. Poverty	Refugee Children
Illiteracy, drought and tradition conspire against them.	Access to capital scores big wins for families and communities.	As many as 5 million children are refugees in an area from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush.
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Children on the Edge	AIDS in Russia	Iraqi Children Trapped
Children with special needs are the most likely kids to turn up in government institutions..	Russia is experiencing the fastet growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in Europe.	2-million Iraqis have fled their country and are scattered throughout Middle East.
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	Child Brides
	Past history and present hardships mean more and more Afghan girls married before they turn 12.
Drought and a global food crisis are exacerbating a toxic mix of history and traditions. The result is an increase in the already alarming rates of child brides in Afghanistan. Meet a family who has just sold their 11-year-old daughter into marriage. She is the third daughter to be sold to pay bills and buy food in a nation wracked by war and displacement.
	Where Education Can Kill You
	On one side of Afghanistan’s battle lines, girls and women flock to schools. Not on the other side though.