Every time we release someone from the grips of poverty we defend human rights. And every time we fail, we betray human rights.
States parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and not to be drawn into any work that involves dangers, hinders the child’s upbringing or the child’s health or physical, mental, emotional, moral or social development could harm.
In the small, underdeveloped kingdom of Lesotho, the AIDS epidemic, together with the emigration of the remaining men to neighboring South Africa, depopulated entire areas and deprived countless children of their parents. Here we supported a German initiative to help orphans in the village of Malealea, which used modest resources to enable the children and […]
In the region of Minsk, many people, mostly children, are suffering from the long-term effects of the Chernobyl catastrophe.
Since its opening in 2002, the social center Lazarus in Bucharest has become an important contact point for children and adolescents living on the streets. In the center, they can receive medical treatment, meals, clothing and a place to sleep. Craft, sport and music programs exist for the children that reside in the social center. They can visit the […]
