children Archives

March 14, 2012

First ICC verdict addresses exploitation of children in situations of armed conflict

Posted 9:01pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced its first verdict today. The court found Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of conscripting, enlisting, and actively using children under the age of 15 in hostilities in the Ituri district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 2002 and 2003. Lubanga was one of the leaders of the Union… Read more »

March 7, 2012

Tap Project at the CSW

Posted 2:37pm

Presbyterian participants at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women helped provide clean water for children around the world. They conributed to the UNICEF Tap Project for the coffee and tea provided by the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. You could do the same during a coffee hour, fellowship meal, or other time people gather.

A visit from Central New York

Posted 7:59am

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

Posted 12:00pm

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 24, 2012

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust – 27 January

Posted 12:00pm

One and a half million Jewish children perished in the Holocaust – victims of persecution by the Nazis and their supporters.

How to make Red Hands

Posted 5:49pm

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

Posted 10:00am

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

Posted 6:54pm

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 »

September 22, 2011

Red Hands make a difference

Posted 11:53pm

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” (Matthew 19:14) We moved another step closer a world where children are children and not soldiers today. Presbyterian Red Hands helped make it happen! Saint Lucia signed the… Read more »

September 6, 2011

Children’s Books at Huguenot Memorial Church

Posted 10:00am

I have always liked books; I was an English major in college. Children’s books have held a special appeal to me. Books written for children can be amazing: in words and images they may carry profound truth. The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program makes good use of children’s books. Intergenerational conferences often included a time of bed-time… Read more »

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