Children at RiskInfant Mental Health: An Interview With Mother’s Heart Organization
Vital Infant Years The early years of infants are vital to mental health throughout a lifetime. Studies are showing how impactful even the first few months of growth is in babies. Those months shape how their brain forms connections and develops. This is why nations are beginning to recognize mental health for infants through initiatives…
CiFChildren in Families·2018-06-16·8 min read
Children at RiskTrafficking Children Part II: Solutions
In our last piece, we addressed the problem of child trafficking, and the forms it takes around the world. This time, we’re looking at the hope. We’re going to walk through recognizing the systematic issues behind trafficking and the practical steps all of us can take to help solve the issue. After all, every child deserves a chance to…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-05-17·12 min read
Children at RiskTrauma and Health: Address One, Help the Other
It is so damaging it can trim 20 years off of life expectancy. It disrupts brain development, immunity, hormones, and even DNA transcription. It is childhood trauma. In the linked TEDTalk, Dr. Nadine Burke, who serves in a community with low income children and families, addresses a study by Dr.s Vincent Felitti and Robert Anda…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-04-14·5 min read
Children at RiskWhat’s in an Orphan Photo?
THE ORPHAN PHOTO Iranian photographer and artist, Bahareh Bisheh, took this captivating image of his little cousin after she had fallen asleep on the pavement outside their home. The photograph took the social media world by storm, the story of this “orphan photo” evolving into an orphan missing her mother. REMINDER AND RESPONSE The incredibly…
CiFChildren in Families·2016-02-26·2 min read
Children at RiskHow do CIF, David Beckham, and Child Abuse Prevention go together?
When it comes to child abuse prevention…what do CIF and David Beckham Have In Common? Hint: It has nothing to do with exceptional soccer skills. While David Beckham may be best known for his career as a renowned English soccer player, he has recently been getting attention for something else – the launching of 7: The…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-10-26·5 min read
Children at RiskWho Knew? Saving the Poor is also Saving the World. No, Really!
Can saving the world happen by saving the poor? It’s a simple enough principle, to say we should help people, and you may not think it’s such a controversial one. But sometimes you do have to ask, what will helping this person cost me? And in the case of helping children in poverty in the developing…
CiFChildren in Families·2015-08-17·2 min read
Children at RiskWhat About Those Poor Dump Kids?
Report from Indochina Starfish Foundation by Kate Griffen Indochina Starfish works with the “dump kids”. We currently have 315 kids who access our 2 non-residential education centers in Stung Mean Chey and Chbar Ampov. We have 1 social worker per 50 kids in our organization. We are very familiar with the families and their circumstances and…
CiFChildren in Families·2013-07-11·4 min read
Children at RiskChild Rights – Privacy
Article 16 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states addressed child rights privacy,“No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour or reputation.”This makes sense, right? We are entitled all entitled to…
CiFChildren in Families·2012-08-04·2 min read
