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05
Sep

TODAY IS WORLD CHARITY DAY

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Today is International Day of Charity also called World Charity Day. The United Nations designated the 5th of September, the anniversary of the death of mother Teresa to be commemorated as International Day of Charity. The commemoration is to be used to reward good deeds and encourage people to commit to charitable works for the benefit of the poor …
03
Sep

African child tasked on use of libraries

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By Elizabeth Uwandu The Africa child has been urged to avail himself with both the physical and digital libraries for his growth and development as future leader. As the relevance libraries play in leadership can not be over emphasised. Mrs Funmi Ilori , a representative of Mandela Washington Fellowship for young African Leaders  described the importance …
24
Aug

HOW TO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR CHILD

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Have you ever been mean to your child? Have you ever lost your temper or done something that you weren’t proud of, only to see them watching you? How did you handle it? Kids need to see that their parents are human. They need to realize that we make mistakes, too. They also need to see how we handle those mistakes. If we never humble ourselves or …
22
Aug

A BABY GIRL PREGNANT WITH PARASITIC TWIN

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A toddler whose stomach was so bloated she could not eat or drink was found to be carrying her unborn twin. Doctors were astonished to find the 7lb 11oz (3.5kg) mass of bone, flesh and hair inside the girl’s abdomen. The parasite had been feeding off Nisha, after forming an umbilical cord-like structure that leached its twin’s blood supply. She …
20
Aug

66 Positive Things You Should Be Saying to Your Child

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  In a world where saying “no” is usually a lot easier than saying “yes,” it is important to bring up children who don’t feel that negativity has a higher value than positivity. Encouraging words can have a truly lasting effect on your kiddo years and years after you’ve said them, so we should choose to use phrases …
20
Aug

RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN CURB CHILD MARRIAGE

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To the Parliament Enact legislation which: sets the minimum age for marriage at 18 in accordance with the definition of a child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; makes those who perform, register, or assist in child marriages liable to criminal prosecution, and establishes fines for the failure to register marriages; establishes the principle …
30
Jul

Rehabilitating street children

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By Rasak Musbau In many countries, there are children whose habitation is on the streets. And since they domicile in the streets, they are referred to as street children. Children are supposed to enjoy love, care and protection from parents, but this is not the case with the street children. These children are denied basic rights and are exposed to …
19
May

OUTBREAK OF DEMONIC POSSESSION IN SCHOOL

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Many children in a school in Peru have suffered seizures and described visions of a man in black trying to kill them in what locals say was a mass case of demonic possession. Up to 80 students were seen convulsing, screeming and fainting at Elsa Perea Flores school in Northern Peru’s Tarapolo. The school was reportedly built on a mafia graveyard. …