Young and carefree. Will children they be like that forever? Bantay OCW financial counselor and Pera Eskwela segment host Joyce Baluyot Deloviers recently noted that more often than not, children are excluded from discussions on financial planning.
Parents who work overseas assume that their kids understand fully why they have to leave—that it is for the children’s good and their future.
Many parents leave when their kids are young. The children do not even know where in the world their mothers or fathers are.
A nongovernment organization striving to bring peace and development to poor strife-torn communities has vowed to solve the illiteracy problem in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
An American is facing child abuse and human trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting boys whom he gave money for sexual favors.
The Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council, the Department of Education (DepED), and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched this February an innovative project called Early Learning for Life which aims to help children ages 3-5 years old get ready for school.
Thankful for the contribution of overseas Filipino workers in the growth of their business, a major healthcare company from the United Arab Emirates launched on Wednesday a P5-million campaign in Manila to save Filipino children with congenital heart defects (CHD) by funding their surgeries and treatment.
A new UN report paints a grim picture of the millions of people trafficked for sexual exploitation and forced labor: They come from at least 136 different nationalities, have been detected in 118 countries, and the majority of victims are women though the number of children is increasing.
UNICEF has appealed for almost $1.4 billion to meet the immediate, life-saving needs of children in 45 countries and regions globally gripped by conflict, natural disasters and other complex emergencies this year. Funds raised by the annual appeal will also go towards improving disaster preparedness, and to strengthening the resilience of communities to withstand and minimize the impact of new shocks.
A court in southern Sweden has convicted a man of ordering online sex shows involving very young Filipino girls and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
The 27-nation European Union, the United States and a score of other countries on Wednesday launched a “global alliance” to stamp out trade in online images and videos of child sexual abuse.
Many Filipino families have a hard time talking frankly about money matters—especially with the children. Not many families of overseas workers understand or realize that their loved ones overseas live month-to-month on their entire salaries. They want to move away from the hand-to-mouth existence to create better lives.
UNICEF Philippines through its online fundraising event Auction for Action held from 1st to 7th October 2012, raised over P3 million to help the poorest and most vulnerable children in the Philippines.
