July 2018
Thousands of children in the Philippines spend their childhood sifting through mountains of garbage seeking income selling recyclables. Education programs targeting these children are helping these children rise out of the dumps.
The international media have moved on, now that the bodies have been removed from the streets. But the real work is just beginning. Many residents of Tacloban have fled to places like Manila and Cebu City. Those who remain have no idea when they’ll be able to shop for food the way they once did, just to survive.
Millions of Syrian refugees have been impacted by the Syrian civil war that broke out in 2011. Watch and listen to Nadia’s story; A 12 year old Syrian refugee child who, while fleeing Syria, was shot in the back and paralyzed.