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.	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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	Children of War, Voices for Peace
	Killed, maimed,orphaned, raped, trafficked,...... 1 billion children under 18 years of age are reported to be living in countries or territories affected by armed conflict*.
Robbed of physical, social, emotional and cultural needs to begin their young lives, the impact of armed conflict is devastating. Yet children and youth across World Vision's Middle East, Eastern European and Central Asia Region are asking to take part in changing the violent socieities they live in. By becoming active stakeholders these children and youth are today's unheard peacebuilders and the leaders of tomorrow. From the classroom to community, these children are challenging you to witness the impact of conflict on their lives, and find ways we can work with them to create more peaceful societies. *Machel study 10 Year Strategic Review: Children and Armed Conflict in a Changing World 2009