Myanmar, also known as Burma, has seen many great changes in recent times. Political Context: In 2007, backed by Buddhist monks, the Burmese people peacefully demonstrated against the military government. Then in 2011, a civilian power officially succeeded the military Junta that had governed the country for almost 50 years, although in reality, the military […]
Chemical Attack in Syria: Syrian opposition group claim more than 1,300 dead, including hundreds of children. Lifeless bodies lay scattered on the ground. Children were convulsing, mouths hanging open and eyes rolling back into their head. Those were the images from the terrible massacre in Syria on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, from chemical weapons. Warning: […]
Report of 28 May 2013 on violence committed against girls, teenage girls and young women from indigenous communities – “Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America“. The context within which this report […]
Nowadays, men in the Indian village of Annathur take pride in their wives. They now view them with trust and gratitude. Whilst families used to be dependent on men earning a living, meaning that more often than not children were left hungry, a professional training programme and the establishment of businesses supported by Humanium have […]
The Children’s Parliament was formed in October 1999 because the French Assemblée nationale and UNESCO had a somewhat utopist idea. The Idea The Parliament gathered four hundred (400) youth from one hundred seventy-five (175) countries at the dawn of the year 2000 to discuss numerous subjects. Many terrible conflicts had surfaced at the century’s end, […]
Syrian children are the first victims of conflict. Often witnesses and targets of violence, they are leaving the country for refugee camps in foreign countries. Not only have children often been victims of mistreatment, abuse, and sexual violence, but they have also been deported, imprisoned, and tortured. The vital needs of refugee children There have […]
Sashila lives in the village of Annathur, India. With Humanium’s support, she has become a dressmaker, and is continuing to actively develop her trade. Sashila is also improving her quality of life. For example, she’s had toilets installed in her house, which means her children no longer have to be afraid of tripping over snakes […]
Bruno did a three-month internship within Humanium dedicated to the project management and fundraising. “I have just finished my three-month internship with the NGO Humanium; here is a short account of my experience. I carried out my internship by teleworking. This situation had many advantages (such as not having to commute), but I also found, […]
The streets of Annathur, a village in India, are now maintained and clean. The result is one of several outcomes of our global project to help improve living conditions. Before Humanium’s intervention, nearly all of the plastic used by the village ended up in nature. Although organic waste decomposes naturally, this is not the case […]
Vijayakanth comes from the village of Rajampet in India. He did not attend school for many years and could not make up what he missed in public school. He was enrolled in a bridge school specially adapted to allow him to pass his certificate of secondary studies and enroll in a polytechnic program in school. […]
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