BY VERONICA BABIRYE More children in Uganda who are caught up in the legal system now have a safe space in which to confidently express themselves, thanks to the tireless advocacy work of Viva’s partner network, CRANE. The promotion of children’s rights is a responsibility not only for the government but every member of the …
A heart for building a more effective child protection system in Paraguay BY ANNA BARKER At the start of last year, Ruth Sharon came to us at Viva with a strong legal career specialising in child abuse cases and a heart to make a difference. She wanted to help governments and judiciaries ensure their child …
Local churches in some of the poorest cities around the world are on the frontline of the pandemic in the Global South. Coming together in pioneering, city-wide networks, they are reaching increasingly vulnerable children and families – despite being socially distant.
BY JO DOWDS Reflections on Psalm 8. My sons love to create fortresses, or more accurately, clandestine caves where they plot top-secret strategies for global domination. As part of their covert operation they play ‘spy’, where they sneak around while I’m trying to get ready for work. Their challenge is to approach without me seeing …
Antonio from Oruro, Bolivia describes the positive impact of Viva’s partner network when he was a child – and why he still believes in it today. Read his testimony and watch it in the video at the bottom of the article. My name is Antonio. I study in Oruro. I am 21 years old and …
BY MOLLY BEEGOO Fundraising can seem like a daunting challenge. People envision enormous events that are timetabled to the very last second. In reality, fundraising can be near effortless. You can raise money for Viva with just a few clicks on the computer when online shopping (see Amazon Smile or Give as you Live), half …
BY HANNAH BARR The last thing I listened to last night was audio from inside a US Customs and Border Protection Facility. It was children, crying, wailing. Ten Central American children who have been separated from their parents, screaming “Mami” and “Papa” over and over again. It was haunting. It was heart-breaking. The first thing …
BY VICTORIA PRICE A new textbook has been launched by Viva’s partner network CRANE in Uganda, which creates brand new learning opportunities for deaf primary school-aged students in Kampala, through the creative use of pictures, videos and sign language tools. According to UNICEF, approximately 2.5 million children in Uganda live with some form of disability, …
The scourge of online sexual exploitation continues to attack children in nefarious ways. Philippine Children’s Ministries Network (PCMN), Viva’s partner network in the Philippines, is about to embark on a programme to combat digital abuse in Dasmariñas City, near Manila – focusing on the potential of youth advocates. Dasmariñas City has the highest number of …
BY ANDREW DUBOCK One hundred children in north west Cambodia, who face neglect and abuse in their lives, are being given the opportunity to turn their lives around through a new mentoring programme. The Child Protection Mentorship initiative is being run by Viva’s partner network, PEACE Team Cambodia (PTC) in ten communities in Siem Reap, …