2014 has been an important year in the fight against child poverty, and one that may make a difference for years to come. Here are 5 things we learned during the year: 1. It has become clear that children are heavily over-represented among the world’s extreme poor. Over 569 million children aged 18 or less are living on less than $1.25 a day. So while …

As the world enters into the 26th year of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Somalia has become the 194th state party to ratify the Convention, setting a course to improve the lives of its youngest citizens. “By ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the government of Somalia is making an investment in the wellbeing of its …

  (AP) — Pope Francis ended his Asian pilgrimage Sunday with an appeal for the future of the Catholic Church, urging an estimated 3 million rain-soaked Filipinos to protect their young from sin and vice so they can instead become missionaries of the faith. Francis marked an important Filipino feast day honoring the infant Jesus by dedicating …

  BY JOSEPH IGWE PROVIDE ANSWERS, NOT QUESTIONS There are so many questions lingering in the world today without answers, yet people keep on asking more questions. Isn’t it better for us to suspend further questions in order to have time to seek answers to the so many questions already hanging everywhere without answers? It is these unanswered questions …

  By GORDON BROWN 2014 was a bad year for children and education. My hope is that 2015 will be a tipping point in the other direction. And there is good reason to believe so. Outrage at the massacre of 132 children in Peshawar, Pakistan late last year has sparked a worldwide petition now signed by around 1.17 million people. The Avaaz movement …

The United Nations said on Tuesday that the latest wave of Boko Haram’s “vicious, ruthless attacks” in the north-eastern part of the country had sent 11,320 people fleeing into Chad in a matter of days. The Islamist group stormed the town of Baga on January 3, and subsequently razed it alongside at least 16 surrounding settlements. …

Babatunde Williams’s wife, Chinwe, gave birth to a baby boy through a caesarean section at a private hospital in Surulere, Lagos three months ago; the couple has since then remained stranded in  the hospital due to their inability to settle their hospital bill. The hospital, Midas Touch Clinic, had stopped attending to the baby’s mother because …

Nollywood diva, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has shown time without number, her milk of kindness. The sexy thespian and mother of four through Give And Let Give, in conjunction with her NGO, OYEP, feted widows and orphans to food, drinks, dancing and gifts. Omotola, who is marking her 20th year anniversary in entertainment, hosted the end of year Give And …

CRACO and its partners are fully set for the first ever Commemoration of International Day of Charity in Nigeria, come Friday 5th September, 2014. You can have the Programme ahead of time.