11 April 2016: For many fleeing conflict and living in refugee camps, the absence of war and freedom from fear of violence may be the most obvious contrast to life at home, however camp life can be far from safe. Kakuma … Continue reading
11 April 2016: Jime, 17, and his three friends are on a journey: From war to peace; from South Sudan to Kenya; from childhood to adulthood. Over the past two years, 1.7 million people have become internally displaced within South … Continue reading
30 March 2016: I recently spoke at the Disasters and Development conference at Bath Spa university with a talk entitled The conflict in South Sudan: Lessons from a manmade emergency. My talk drew on experiences from my recent visits to South … Continue reading
1 February 2016: I have just created a new YouTube channel to host the videos I have produced during my field visits. All footage is taken on my phone, and I either use a professional video editor (the EU-UNICEF videos) … Continue reading
26 November 2015: Today and tomorrow the First African Girls’ Summit on Ending Child Marriage in Africa takes place in Lusaka Zambia. The Faces of Change series prepared for UNICEF for the Summit, profiles advocates in the community who are changing … Continue reading
20 November 2015: November 2015 heralds the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). I worked with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child … Continue reading
17 November 2015: “The figures are alarming and steadily rising. We treated 116 children in August, 146 in September, 162 in October,” explains Dr. Lalick Banda, paediatrician at the UNICEF-supported One-Stop Centre for the treatment of child sexual abuse in … Continue reading
26 October 2015: Mercy, 38, sits quietly under the shade of a tree with a dozen other women from a small settlement in the Turkana region of Northern Kenya. All are single mothers, all are sex workers, and all are … Continue reading
22 October 2015: At just 10 years of age, Baba worked as a cook for the South Sudan Democratic Army (SSDA) Cobra Faction armed group. Baba was separated from his family for nearly two years. The family were reunited in … Continue reading
21 September 2015: Ghana with support from UNICEF commissioned a national baseline study on child protection and produced a new Child and Family Welfare Policy based on the findings. I recently produced a reader friendly version of the research and … Continue reading
