While the train runs
Meherunnesa is a ten years old girl that lives by a rail tracks slum in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The train is a ticking clock for all human activities. When Meherun is not playing, she is selling jasmine necklaces at the local traffic light. On an ordinary day...Zewdu the street child
Zewdu is a street child that sells chewing gums and sleeps under a car in the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. One day a foreign tourist gives him by mistake a larger amount of money then the one he was asking for, he decides to spend that money to go back to the...
International Day for Disaster Reduction
Year of first observance Theme is "Living with Disability and Disasters" Theme is "Reducing Disaster Mortality" The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster...Read more“I call on all governments to take action to end all forms of violence against girls in all parts of the world. Together, we must create a world where violence against women and girls is never tolerated and girls are always empowered to reach their full potential.”
– Ban Ki-moon
