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06/05/2008
Burma Cyclone Statement
On Saturday 3rd May, Cyclone Nargis, hit the south west corner of Burma causing widespread destruction. Current reports say that more than 22,000 people have died with many more missing and hundreds of thousands of people without clean drinking water. Children on the Edge is working on the Thai-Burma border where we help the children of the migrant and refugee population from ...
24/04/2008
Living and working on a Thai rubbish dump
In March 2008 Laura McLeod-Turner, Children on the Edge PR and Fundraising coordinator, visited projects on the Thai/Burma border to gain a greater understanding of how COTE helps children who have had to flee the atrocities in Burma. “What I was most shocked by was the migrant worker families who lived and worked on a Thai rubbish dump. The Thai owners pay the migrant ...
10/04/2008
Meet the Newest Member of the CFS Team
In March 2008, Raul Soares became the newest member of the Child Friendly Space team in Viqueque. He joins us as the afternoon activities Sports Coordinator. Raul is 20 years old and comes from Beloi, a small village 5km from Viqueque where he lives with his parents and his 4 siblings. He graduated from high school in 2006 and is now waiting to enter the University. He hopes to ...
10/04/2008
Launch of a report on the abuse of children's rights in Karen State, Burma.
On the 30th April 2008, The Karen Human Rights Group will launch their latest report "Growing up under militarisation: Abuse and agency of children in Karen State" This report funded by Children on the Edge draws on the voices of villagers and children living in Karen State, Burma. It examines the widespread and systematic perpetration of military abuse in the region; ...
27/03/2008
Supporting victims of trafficking in Moldova...
Thanks to funds from the EMEA region of The Body Shop International, raised through sales of the "Bag for Life", Children on the Edge has established an effective partnership with the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in Moldova and is able to help support and rehabilitate some of the most vulnerable victims of trafficking. Such help is targeted to the most ...
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