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Posts Categorized: Children

February 22, 2012

A visit from Central New York

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The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations is hosting a seminar from the Central New York Presbytery Partnership Group. Twenty-one students and four adults have gathered to explore issues related to child labor and the trafficking of children in labor. Opening worship celebrated what children should be able to do. Allie Naskret, field education student… Read more »
February 8, 2012

It is time for the U.S. to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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Urge President Obama to send the Con­ven­tion on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to the United States Senate for ratification. The CRC sets the standard for children’s welfare around the world. The United States played a major role in drafting the CRC. However, the United States and Soma­lia are the only countries that have… Read more »
January 2, 2012

Toward a More Humane Future – Article 4

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Toward a More Humane Future is a devotional study on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for use by individuals or groups. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 4No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Scripture For freedom Christ has set… Read more »
December 10, 2011

Tap Project brings water to world’s children

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Would you pay for tap water in a restaurant? Would you pay for tap water if it made a difference to children in Togo, Vietnam, Mauritania, and Cameroon? By participating in the UNICEF Tap Project, you support UNICEF’s efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world. What is the… Read more »
December 8, 2011

How to make Red Hands

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The Red Hand Campaign asks nation states to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and make clear their commitment to ending the use of child soldiers.  The goal is for every country in the world to ratify the optional protocol by… Read more »
November 21, 2011

Take opposition to sex slavery and trafficking on the road

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Looking for a stocking stuffer? Consider a TassaTag. TassaTags are 4″x6″ bright, hand-woven cotton luggage tags. TassaTags serve a much larger purpose than simply helping you spot your luggage. Each purchase of a TassaTag supports ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking), a non-profit children’s rights organization whose mission is to protect children in the US… Read more »
October 28, 2011

Trick or Treat for UNICEF this weekend

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What are you doing this weekend? Be sure to spend part of your time taking part in some way in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. This program began in Philadelphia in 1950, the idea of Presbyterians Clyde and Mary Emma Allison who wondered “Why can’t kids collect food for starving children?” In the sixty years since those… Read more »
October 23, 2011

No child soldiers

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The group from the Presbytery of Geneva made Red Hands during their seminar. They also made Red Hands before they came to the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations for their seminar. This banner was made by members of First Presbyterian Church in Gowanda, New York. Thanks to all for their witness to a world… Read more »
October 17, 2011

Presbyterian Women say “No Child Soldiers”

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They brought Red Hands. They made Red Hands. They made plans to create Red Hands in their congregations. The Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of New York City gathered for their Fall Gathering on October 15 at the First Presbyterian Church in Williamsbridge. Their varied program featured a presentation by the Rev. Kellie Anderson-Picallo on… Read more »

“Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” — Luke 23:42

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