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International Women’s Day
We celebrate International Women’s Day, 8th March, by sharing eight stories of women and girls working hard to change lives for vulnerable children and their families where we work.
Mestawot's story
Over the past seven years Mestawot (green dress) and Afework (denim jacket) have not only cared for their younger brothers and sisters, they have also transformed their family’s fortunes.
> Read more on Mestawot's story
Misrak's story
Misrak is a teacher in Addis Ketema, Ethiopia. She works in a centre, set up and run by EveryChild’s partner, FSCE, to help children and young people who have missed out on school. At the centre, children learn Amharic, Ethiopia’s main language, science, English and maths in order to prepare them to go to a local state school for a formal education.
> Read more on Misrak's story
World Day Against Child Labour
On World Day Against Child Labour EveryChild, the international children’s charity, highlighted the plight of child labourers in India and Malawi. There are estimated to be more than 115 million children involved in hazardous labour around the world and often living away from home making them vulnerable to abuse and further exploitation.
Amazing families
Mahananda spent years as a sex worker in Northern Karnataka, India. But thanks to our local partner’s support she escaped a life of prostitution and now works as an agricultural labourer. Our local partner also supports her two daughters to go to school so that they can stay together as a family.
> Celebrating amazing families
Shobha's story
Shobha, a former Devadasi, who is featured in the film ‘Sex, Death and the Gods’, was dedicated at the age of eight. Her family was very poor and they believed she could support the family financially once she reached puberty. Shobha is from the Madiga caste.
> Read more on Shobha's story
Rekha's story
Rekha is ten years old and comes from a low caste dalit community in Northern Karnataka. Her mother practised as a Devadasi and, tragically, died when Rekha was only five years old.
> Read more on Rekha's story
Eclipse's story
Thousands of children have told us what they want to change. 13-year-old Eclipse, from Moldova, spent four frightening years away from his mother living in an institution. Thanks to EveryChild he is now safely back at home. He told us 'I wanted to go home to see my mother and help her.'
> Read Eclipse's story here
Sergey Nicolai and Egor's story
Sergey, 8 years old, Nicolai, 9 years old, and Egor, 6 years old, live with their mother Alice in one room. They share an apartment in St Petersburg with two other families. All three boys are registered disabled as they suffer from asthma, digestive and neurological problems.
> Read Sergey Nicolai and Egor's story
Veniamin's story
Veniamin is 8 years old. He lives with his mother, father and two older brothers in St Petersburg. Two years ago Veniamin was taken away from his family and placed in a children's home for three months.
Celebrating mothers around the world
Watch our photo feature which celebrates amazing mums from Cambodia, Azerbaijan, India, Malawi and Guyana.
Kamraj - Havri, India
When Kamraj was 10, his father passed away, leaving his family in poverty. Shortly after, Kamraj ran away from home, hoping to find a better life on the streets. Instead, he fell into a life of drug abuse and violence, begging to survive at train stations across India.
Towera's story
Towera faced a bleak future after an early marriage. But thanks to EveryChild's intervention, she's now back at school and on the road to a better life.
Onani - Malawi
Onani, 14 years old, is employed as a cattle herder. In Malawi over a quarter of all boys aged 5-14 work, mostly in agriculture. Of all children employed in Malawi approximately 5 per cent never attend school.
> Read Onani's story
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