Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO)

06

Jan

If you are looking at setting new goals for 2017, then consider volunteer work

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Studies have shown that giving time to help others can help improve both people’s physical and mental health, and also makes you a winner in the job market. So, as you think about the year ahead, CRACO advises that you consider volunteering. Volunteering can help people in need, worthwhile causes and the community in general, but the benefits …

05

Jan

Children whose parents give them sips of alcohol more likely to drink as teens

Joe Igbwe CHILD UPBRINGING No Comments

A study published in the journal Psychological Medicine found that children who are given alcohol by their parents are more likely to be drinking full serves of alcohol by the time they are 15 or 16. Parents are advised to desist from giving their kids alcohol, no matter how small as any level of alcohol is harmful to children because their brains are …

05

Jan

60-year-old man marries a 6-year-old girl, and says she was a gift.

Joe Igbwe CHILD MARRIAGE, FOREIGN NEWS No Comments

In Afghanistan, a 6-year-old girl was rescued after a horrific case of child marriage involving a man 54 years older than her. The 60-year-oldMuslim priest claimed the child was a “religious offering” and sent to him as a gift. He claimed the child’s parents were aware of the marriage that took place in a village on the Ghor province …

04

Jan

Dirty kids are healthy kids

Joe Igbwe CHILD UPBRINGING No Comments

Science has said that keeping kids clean all the time is not the best for them. Kids must be allowed to get dirty. Parents and teachers need to stop slathering their kids with hand sanitizers because it actually does more harm than good, killing off the good along with the bad. The microbes found in dirt and dirty things play a crucial role in training …

04

Jan

The Pope laments the rising cases of child abuse among catholic priests and other clergy and calls on bishops to maintain “zero tolerance” for child abuse

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Pope Francis has exhorted catholic bishops worldwide to do what’s needed to ensure children are protected from sexual abuse by clergy. In a letter released on Monday to the bishops, the Pope decries “the suffering, the experiences and pain of minors who were abused sexually by priests”. “It is a sin that shames us” the …

03

Jan

CRACO calls on Gambian president to step down to save the lives of women and children

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Senegal’s troops are on alert to intervene if president Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh said a standoff with neighbouring west African states over his refusal to step aside after losing December election will escalate into war if the alliance doesn’t back down from its stance. In his words: “Let …

02

Jan

TODDLER HIT BY ISRAELI MISSLE BLAST

Joe Igbwe VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

A two-year old girl, Naama Abu Al- Foul, was playing outside her home in Gaza City when she was thrown into the air by an Israeli missle blast. When she fell back to the earth, she landed squarely on her face. Her father, Fadi, was also thrown off his feet by the blast. Naama’s face was covered in blood. She suffered concussion and both her eyes …

29

Dec

PASTOR REMANDED IN PRISON FOR DEFILING 5-YEAR OLD GIRL

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has remanded an Anglican church pastor, Gabriel Asateru, in prison over alleged defilement of a 5-year old girl. The said pastor committed the offence on the 23rd day of December, 2016 at Ekiti state. On the said day, the 53 years old pastor unlawfully had canal knowledge of the little girl (names withheld) by petting …

27

Dec

In Kano: Man gives out his 13-year old daughter in marriage to a 56-year old man

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A Man in Kano has finalised plans to marry off his 13-year-old daughter, Bilkisu, to his 56-year-old friend. The same day, he also said he planned to marry off another daughter, who is almost the same age as Bilkisu. One relative took Bilkisu to the Freedom Radio office in Sharanda, Kano, where a media campaign was launched on behalf of the girl, who …

21

Dec

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: A CRACK IN THE FOUNDATION OF A BETTER FUTURE

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE No Comments

All children deserve childhoods free from all manner of sexual abuse and exploitation. Without this safety, we put our future as a society at risk. As a part of the Old Nursery Rhyme states “……listen to your children, we are the leaders of tomorrow”, the rise and fall of every nation deepends solely on her future leaders, which should be psychologically …

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