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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When the American Civil War neared its end, Abraham Lincoln spoke of the need to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan. It's the orphans we speak of this morning - orphans of the war in Ira
A judge in Haiti filed charges today against all ten of the American missionaries, who tried to take almost three dozen Haitian children out of that country. The suspects, including a young 18-year-old girl, say the kids were orphans and that they we
Story of One American Familys Russian Adoption Told in Documentary NEW YORK A documentary that tells the story of three Russian children adopted by an American couple has become especially relevant in the wake of Russias 2012 ban on U.S. adoptions. T
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 June 2007 The U.N. Children's Fund says it is very concerned by the rapidly deteriorating condition of children and women in Zimbabwe. UNICEF says it needs more than $6 million immediately to address the urgent needs of chil
By Zulima Palacio Toronto, Canada 21 August 2006 watch Conference report One of the main attractions at this week's International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada is the Global Village. It is more than 7,000 square meters of shops, activist booths
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 13 October 2006 Reports that pop star Madonna is in the process of adopting an orphan from the African nation of Malawi have brought praise for raising awareness about the rising number of orphans in Africa and other parts
By Naomi Schwarz Thies, Senegal 19 June 2007 Kids who live in the streets are a growing problem in West African cities. Troubled youths, orphans, and children with family problems often run away from their homes in small villages and wind up in citie
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 27 June 2007 United States first lady Laura Bush is in Mozambique on the second leg of a four-nation African tour aimed at highlighting U.S. assistance to countries to fight HIV/AIDS and malaria. VOA's Delia Robertson
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 February 2007 An unidentified girl looks from a broken window at the Just Children Foundation for orphans in Harare (File) The U.N. Children's Fund says the number of orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe continues to
By Lisa Bryant Paris 14 January 2008 French charity workers sentenced to eight years of hard labor in Chad, on charges of having tried to kidnap more than 100 African children, are appearing before a French court this morning. From Paris, Lisa Bryant
Several of the world's top footballers came to Rwanda this week to play a charity match in support of the country's genocide survivors. The VOA correspondent reports from Kigali on the unifying power of sports in a country still healing from the div
In the early 1990s China made it easier for families from abroad to adopt Chinese orphans, most of whom were girls. Today about 60,000 adopted Chinese children live in North America, and about 15,000 live in Europe. Many families take special tours
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 February 2008 Recent civil wars in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast destabilized neighboring southeast Guinea with a flood of refugees and increased poverty. Health workers say the movement of