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Children and adolescents with outstanding achievements commended in 2024 Award Presentation Ceremony for DSW wards (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The Acting Director of Social Welfare (DSW), Ms Wong Yin-yee, joined the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs), Mr Herman Wai, in a joyful reunion with over 180 DSW wards as well as children and adolescents receiving residential care services from the TWGHs today (March 16) at the 2024 Award Presentation Ceremony for DSW wards co-organised by the Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the TWGHs. Those who showed great improvements or made remarkable achievements in ... Read more

KATHMANDU, Nepal – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 13, 2024 100 days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Nepal on 3 November 2023, UNICEF is calling for continued support for 68,000 children and their families in the affected areas and appealing for US$14.7 million in funding to help rebuild the lives of the affected children. The earthquake, with its epicentre in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province, killed 154 people and injured 366. Half the dead, 81, were children. The earthquake also damaged homes, schools, health facilities and water supply infrastructure, which disrupted critical services for children. Around 200,000 people, including ... Read more

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – WEBWIRE – Friday, February 9, 2024 Escalating violence in easternDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC)has forced at least 78,000 children to flee their homes in the past week, with thousands now on the road to Goma, Save the Children said. The renewed fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and M23, a non-state armed group, has displaced at least 150,000 people, more than half of them children, since February 2. Parents have reported that many children have been separated in the violence, although the number of lost children is unknown. Families are ... Read more

Children celebrate Christmas in hospitals (with photos) ******************************************************* The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:            Christmas is a time for celebration. The Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital at Sandy Bay (DKCH) and Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH) arranged a series of Christmas activities for their children so as to let them enjoy the happiness of festive season, even staying in hospital.       The DKCH has brought back its tradition this year. Healthcare workers dressed up as Santa Claus and cartoon characters, riding in animal-themed vehicles for a parade accompanied by Christmas dogs, to visit the ... Read more

Washington, D.C. – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, May 10, 2023 The Biden administrations ban on asylum, announced today, undermines therights and safety of hundreds of thousands of migrant children and families, most of whom are fleeing unimaginable violence and disasters. Save the Children strongly opposes this ban, and haslong urgedthe Biden administration not to enact such devastating restrictions.This ban will go into effect tomorrow, whenTitle 42ends. In barring asylum, the United States government is subjecting asylum-seeking families and children to moreand unnecessarydanger and violence, said Janti Soeripto, President and CEO of Save the Children. The asylum ban will cause family separations ... Read more