Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) – 2015

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Sep

Mother Wakes Up From Coma After Hearing Her Baby Cries

Joe Igbwe FOREIGN NEWS, Right to life No Comments

Shelly Cawley had lapsed into coma after giving birth to her first baby Rylan via emergent C-section. A blood clot broke during her operation and rendered the woman comatose for several hours. After various efforts to revive her, doctors were almost desperate until one of the nurse suggested reuniting mother with daughter. As soon as the little …

18

Sep

190,000 children die of diarrhoea yearly – Medical practitioner

Joe Igbwe Uncategorized No Comments

Dr Jude Oko, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abuja chapter, has said that no fewer than 190,000 children die of diarrhoea in Nigeria every year. Oko, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday, described the situation as regrettable, and emphasised the need for regular hand washing, which he said, …

18

Sep

Gov. Ugwuanyi of Enugu State inaugurates committee on child fostering, adoption

Joe Igbwe Uncategorized No Comments

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Monday inaugurated a child fostering and adoption committee to clamp down on baby factories in the state. The 15-member committee is headed by the Archbishop of the Anglican Ecclesiastical Province, Enugu, Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuma. Members of the committee include the commissioners for gender and social development, …

15

Sep

President’s wife wants enforcement of law on rape

Joe Igbwe Right of women and girls No Comments

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged government at all levels to enforce the law on rape, to protect women and children in the country. Aisha stated this when she received some staff of the Ministry of Women Affairs, UNICEF and National Population Commission, led by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Ezekiel Oyemomi. The staff …

15

Sep

17-yr-old mother abandons day-old baby in the hospital in Abuja

Joe Igbwe Right to life No Comments

A 17-year-old girl who abandoned her one-day-old baby she just delivered in a private hospital in Galadima, a community in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, The Federal Capital Territory, has been apprehended by the police and handed over to the Social Welfare Department of the FCT Administration. The teenage mother, a resident of Dutse, according to reports, …

14

Sep

Woman confesses to selling 19 kids to ritualists

Joe Igbwe CHILD TRAFFICKING No Comments

THE police at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Owerri, Imo State have arrested a woman, Chioma Anoruo, who has confessed to selling about 19 children to ritualists. Mrs. Anoruo was arrested by the Orlu community local vigilance led by their chairman, Innocent Anokwute. She was subsequently handed over to the police. During the …

14

Sep

Nigeria has the highest number of children out of school and one of the world’s worst education systems

Joe Igbwe Education No Comments

Recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)shows that Nigeria has the highest number of children out of school and one of the world’s worst education systems. In fact, Nigeria was among Pakistan, Chad and Ethiopia as the countries that are way off target on the six key educational goals to be achieved …

14

Sep

Man chases away his 4 albino children and wife, after calling them a curse

Joe Igbwe FOREIGN NEWS, Right to life No Comments

Salongo Kawuki Bwogere abandoned his wife, 35-year-old Faridah Nantumbwe and his children after she gave birth to the fourth albino child two years ago. He told his wife that in their clan they did not produce albinos, whom he described as a curse. He also barred his wife from cultivating on their land. Nantumbwe, now resident in Mugongo, Uganda said …

12

Sep

7 Reasons Parents Don’t Find Out The Sex Of Their Baby

Joe Igbwe Education No Comments

To find out baby’s sex or not to find out? Some pregnant women and their partners can’t decide! One thing that is for sure: from the moment you announce your pregnancy, people will be asking whether you are going to find out the sex of your baby. As the 20 week scan approaches, you might find yourself in two minds as to whether to find out or …

12

Sep

14-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped denied an abortion by Indian High Court

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

A 14-year-old girl who became pregnant after she was raped has been denied an abortion by the Gujarat High Court in India. The victim, who has not been named, is more than 24 weeks pregnant, and is currently studying in high school in the Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat, in the west of the country. The petition for the girl’s abortion was …

Monthly Archives: September 2015