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  • Child Support Grant Extended to 18

    Cabinet approves the extension of the state child support grant to children older than 14 years

    Cabinet has approved the extension of the state child support grant of R240 a month to children older than 14 years with effect from 1 January 2010 next year.

    Government spokesperson, Themba Maseko, says the decision applies only to children from poor households. Caregivers of the beneficiaries would have the responsibility to ensure that the beneficiaries remain in school.

    Maseko says the cost to the state will be R1.3 billion, R2.6 billion and R3.5 billion respectively over the next three years.

    Source: 
    Sowetan

  • Gala Dinner in Aid of AIDS Orphans

    Christina Swart-Opperman AIDS Orphan Foundation Trust is organising a gala dinner to raise funds for charity.

    Christina Swart-Opperman AIDS Orphan Foundation Trust is organising a gala dinner to raise funds for charity.

    The Trust says that the dinner, which is scheduled to take place early next month, is aimed raising further funds to help in its goal of helping orphaned children.

    Source: 
    <br /> All Africa
    Article link: 
    http://allafrica.com/stories/200910020884.html

  • Child Hunger to Increase Due to Climate Change

    International Food Policy Research Institute report shows that up to 25 million more children will be malnourished in the next 40 years due to climate change

    Up to 25 million more children will be malnourished in the next 40 years due to climate change, with sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia the worst affected, according to a new report issued on Wednesday.

    The report, released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and detailing the impact of climate change on agriculture, says without climate change about 113 million children under five years of age will be malnourished by 2050.

    Source: 
    <br /> Reuters
    Article link: 
    http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE58T01C20090930

  • Exploitation of Children Booms in Southeast Asia

    ECPAT reports that the recent economic downturn is causing more vulnerable children to be exploited by the global sex trade

    Commercial sexual exploitation of children is booming in Southeast Asia, with governments failing to do enough to protect young people, experts say.

    "The recent economic downturn is set to drive more vulnerable children and young people to be exploited by the global sex trade," Carmen Madrinan, executive director of End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual purposes (ECPAT), said.

    Source: 
    <br /> Irin News
    Article link: 
    http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86335

  • Increasing Sexual Predators on the Internet

    UN warns that approximately 750 000 sexual predators are prowling the Internet to gain contact with children

    The United Nations (UN) has warned that some 750 000 sexual predators are constantly prowling the Internet to gain contact with children.

    Najat Maala, UN special rapporteur on the child prostitution and child pornography issue, points out that, “The number of sites devoted to child pornography worldwide is growing."

    Source: 
    <br /> News24
    Article link: 
    http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/2d44dec621624dc7bd9111c526e14378...

  • Donation for Nigeria’s 1m Orphans

    The NGO, Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC), has donated food parcels and clothes to one million orphans living in Nigeria

    The Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care (GIPLC), a NGO, has donated food parcels and clothes to one million orphans living in Nigeria.

    GIPLC coordinator, Nuhu Kwajafa, says the organisation has sent more than 400 orphans to schools by paying-off fees for the orphans.

    Kwajafa further says the GIPLC has also established a “save the needy” project in which orphans are helped with medical bills and hospitalisation.

    Source: 
    <br /> All Africa
    Article link: 
    http://allafrica.com/stories/200909071115.html

  • MXit Furious at Accusations After Pupil's Disappearance

    MXit is outraged at suggestions that it is responsible for the disappearance of a Parktown school girl last week

    Cellphone text-chat service MXit has furiously rejected suggestions that it could have been responsible for the disappearance of a Parktown schoolgirl last week.

    MXit spokesperson, Juan du Toit, branded reports as sensation-seeking, misleading and inaccurate, and warned that legal advice is being sought with a view to possibly suing newspaper publishers.

    Du Toit states that, “Even if it does emerge that she [Nabeela Omar] accepted a friendly request from a stranger, it is not fair to condemn a technology for bad choices made by one user.

    Source: 
    <br /> Citizen
    Article link: 
    http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=102506,1,22

  • SA Needs More Social Workers

    The new Children’s Act set to come to effect later this year means SA needs all the social workers it can train, and more.

    The new Children’s Act set to come to effect later this year coupled with the economic downturn which is increasing social problems, means that South Africa needs all the social workers it can train, and more. This is according to the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society (JCWS).

    “There are currently only about 13 000 registered social workers in South Africa. Of these only half work in government and welfare services - others are registered private practitioners,” says JCWS assistant director, Aileen Langley. 

    Source: 
    <br /> Business Day
    Article link: 
    http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A992156

  • Child Care SA: Celebrating 14 Years of Service to Children

    Press Release 

    27 March 2009

    Date published: 
    03/27/2009
    Organisation: 
    Child Care South Africa

  • Malawi Court Rejects Madonna Adoption Bid

    A human rights group in Malawi has welcomed a court decision rejecting an application by US pop star Madonna to adopt a second child.

    A leading human rights group in Malawi has welcomed a court decision to turn down an application by US pop star Madonna to adopt a second child from the southern African country.

    Malawi's Human Rights Consultative Committee chairperson, Undule Mwaksungula, said, "We are very happy. I think it's the right decision, the right ruling...I don't think the welfare of Malawian children can be solved by inter-country adoptions."

    Source: 
    <br /> News24
    Article link: 
    http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2496387,00.html