Sudan conflict: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum
In a special report, MAGGIE MICHAEL, of Reuters, speaks with those fighting to keep the infants living in Sudan’s largest orphanage alive in the midst of conflict…
“They’re so young”: Residents of Ukrainian orphanage flee to safety
Lviv, Ukraine Reuters More than 200 children evacuated from an orphanage in Ukraine’s conflict zone arrived in the western city of Lviv on Saturday after a 24-hour train journey with their carers. The 215 children, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, left their orphanage in Zaporizhzhia, in southeast Ukraine, on the day Russian troops attacked a […]
US captives in Haiti were helping rebuild quake-damaged homes
Reuters The work of US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend included helping rebuild homes following an August earthquake on the island, according to their Ohio-based organisation that has aid projects all over the world. Christian Aid Ministries said in a statement Tuesday that the 17 captives – among them five children, […]
Kabul orphanage struggles to feed its children as cash runs low
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Ahmad Khalil Mayan, programme director at a large Kabul orphanage, says he is cutting back on the amount of fruit and meat he gives the children each week because the home is running out of money. For the last two months, since the Afghan Taliban seized control of the country and millions of dollars […]
US missionary gets 15 years for sex abuse at Kenya orphanage
Philadelphia, USAP A Christian missionary from Pennsylvania expressed remorse as he was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison Thursday for sexually assaulting girls at a Kenyan orphanage he led. Gregory Dow, 61, of Lancaster, and his family started the Dow Family Children’s Home near Boito, Kenya, in 2008 and operated it for […]
Postcards: A visit to a Bali orphanage
DEB MACKIE writes of her experiences at a Bali orphanage…