Posts Tagged ‘children’
by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives There are half a million children in the UK who are unhappy with their lives, according to a report out today. The Good Childhood Report 2012 was launched today by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu. It warns that a generation of children will be [...]
by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums In a context of instability, deprivation and conflict, a Christian school is offering Bethlehem’s children a safe and happy place to learn. St Aphrem’s Christian School in Beith Jala is one of Barnabas Fund’s flagship projects in the region. At the start of the last school year, [...]
by Smithsonian Institution The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is among the Christians praying for the world’s children today. The World Day of Prayer and Action for Children has the backing of UNICEF, Religions for Peace, and Save the Children. The day serves as a reminder to adults of the preciousness of children [...]
by The Library of Congress Children are being hard hit by the withdrawal of USAID to programmes in the West Bank, BibleLands has warned. The charity said USAID had cut funds unilaterally and “without warning” to several independent Palestinian Christian NGOs. Although USAID denies that its budget has been frozen, Biblelands is concerned about [...]
by Bibliothèque de Toulouse The Diocese of Lichfield is inviting school children to adopt a gargoyle in a new fundraising and education initiative. The ‘Adopt a Gargoyle’ scheme has been launched to raise funds towards Lichfield Cathedral’s East End Appeal. It hopes that the scheme will not only get the children involved in raising [...]
by Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Knock me down with a feather – the GCSE and A level results have improved again. But would grades be even higher if schools dished out money to pupils who achieved good results? In 2009, Harvard Economist Roland Fryer Jr carried out a controversial study to [...]
by The Library of Congress Parents in Britain are struggling to find the time to teach their children valuable life skills, according to a new survey. New research has found that 45% of parents have less than five hours to play and bond with their children each week. Nearly all parents (93%) agreed it [...]
by Oregon State University Archives Remember that moment in Bruce Almighty when Bruce, who has been given God’s job for a few weeks, is trying to find a way to organise and listen to all the prayers of the world? He tries post-its and filing cabinets, then eventually settles on email, although he is [...]
by Oregon State University Archives The petition was presented to 10 Downing Street on Monday by Rosemary Kempsell, worldwide president of the Mothers’ Union, as well as several MPs. It calls upon the Government to prohibit sexualised media, marketing and products aimed at or easily accessed by children under 16 years of age. The [...]
by Smithsonian Institution The Rev Ian Galloway, the Convenor of the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council, said it was “repugnant” that children were being used as sex slaves in Scotland. His comments follow the publication of a report from the Scottish Commissioner for Children and Young People on child sex trafficking in [...]
