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UNICEF and partners begin immunisation campaign for children displaced by the Lebanon conflict (Popularity:  )
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A campaign to immunise tens of thousands of children displaced by the conflict in Lebanon is underway amid fears that the mass population displacement provoked by the 24-day old crisis could trigger an outbreak of measles, polio or other diseases. The Ministry of Health – supported by UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and a variety of NGO partners – aims to ensure that children living in schools and other public ...
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Boys Town Alumni Kick Off 90th Anniversary With Presentation of Iconic Father Flanagan Image (Popularity: )
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Alumni kicked off the world-famous Girls and Boys Town's 90th Anniversary celebration today by presenting a commissioned portrait of their iconic founder, Father Edward J. Flanagan to today's children and the world-famous home for at-risk youth. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070728/LASA001 ) Accepting the 24-inch by 20-inch graphite on paper portrait of Father Flanagan on behalf of the 47,000 children helped annually by the organization was youth Mayor Jordan Ridder of Neligh, Neb., ...
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Detroit-Area Children Get a New Child-Designed Playground at Josefiak Playlot in One Day Courtesy of the Chrysler Foundation, Chrysler Financial, Motor City Dodge Dealers, Chrysler Jeep(R)Superstores, KaBOOM! and the Detroit Community Initiative (Popularity: )
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-- More than 250 representatives from the Motor City Dodge Dealers, Chrysler Jeep(R) Superstores, Chrysler LLC, The Chrysler Foundation and Chrysler Financial team up with KaBOOM!, the Detroit Community Initiative and local residents on building project -- Volunteers haul more than 64,800 square feet of mulch and mix more than 20,000 pounds of concrete by hand -- Playground is the last of four to be built in Metro Detroit in ...
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Mobilizes to Change How Children Grow Up in America (Popularity: )
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More than 900 Big Brothers Big Sisters leaders, volunteers and donors are mobilizing this week at their National Conference in St. Louis with a focus on "Changing How Children Grow Up in America." "Increasingly, more citizens recognize the serious problems too many of our youth face," said Judy Vredenburgh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters. "Youth violence, drop out rates, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse -- ...
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Special Olympics Announces Launch of New Global Football Initiative (Popularity: )
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Special Olympics today announced the launch of a new global initiative to expand football opportunities for players with intellectual disabilities. This was presented at a press conference prior to the final of the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 in Shanghai. Special Olympics is the world's largest sports programme for people with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competition for more than 2.5 million athletes in 165 countries. Football is ...
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Junior Blind of America's Summer Festival Inspires Learning Through Experience (Popularity: )
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Junior Blind of America today hosted its annual Camp Bloomfield Summer Festival, which featured a variety of fun and interactive activities intended to educate, enhance awareness and increase sensitivity toward those who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled blind. The event was held at Camp Bloomfield, Junior Blind of America's unique 40-acre residential camp in the hills of Malibu, California that provides life-changing recreational experiences for campers of all ages ...
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MovieSeer to Distribute TOKYOPOP’s Manga Mobile Content 2006 (Popularity: )
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MovieSeer has formed a partnership with TOKYOPOP, leader of the Global Manga Revolution, obtaining exclusive rights to distribute a catalogue of more than 60 TOKYOPOP properties on mobile networks across Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore, it was announced today. TOKYOPOP manga wireless content will be available in various forms, including graphic images, audio and video contents, and games. As leaders in the Asian mobile market, MovieSeer recognizes the ...
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Confront Teasing as School Year Starts (Popularity: )
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The teasing that hurts all children is doubly hurtful to those who stutter. Teachers can help by addressing both teasing and stuttering at the beginning of the school year following expert advice in a new brochure published by the Stuttering Foundation. In addition to tips on handling teasing, the brochure provides guidance on how to deal with reading aloud, calling on the child, and other questions teachers routinely have when ...
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State Reaches Historic Agreement on Child Welfare Services With the Karuk Tribe of California (Popularity: )
The Interim Director of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) joined leaders of the Karuk Tribe of California in the tribe's ancestral territory town of Happy Camp today, to announce an agreement which will provide funding to the tribe for eligible child welfare services involving Karuk children and families under the jurisdiction of the Children's Division of the Karuk Tribal Court. This agreement, the first of its kind in ...
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Awana Launches National Campaign to Tackle Crisis Among Today's U.S. Youth (Popularity: )
http://www.moderndayjoseph.org
Awana, an international ministry that helps children and youth grow spiritually by learning to apply the Bible to their lives, has launched a national media campaign called Project Joseph to help kids, parents and churches work together to develop strong "spiritual champions" for Jesus Christ. The initiative was unveiled January 25 at the Children's Pastors Conference in Orlando, Fla. The campaign is modeled after Joseph of the Old Testament, who ...
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