Kutupalong-Balukhali, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, has 600,000 people (including children with disabilities)

25 August 2018 marks one year since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled persecution and violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State and sought refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.

WHO: This crisis stands out among recent refugee flows due to the large number of people fleeing in an extremely short pe

Caring Activism – operating below, beyond or outside government

'Democracy, as collective decision-making, is valued highly in the concept of caring activism, but it does not, as a political system, always protect small minorities lacking in power.'

Extract from Caring Activism: A 21^st Century Concept of Care, p 49:

“Caring activism should not allow itself to be

‘These Are Our Children’ review calls for urgent action to keep disabled children and young people out of institutions – England

From press release: A review of the care of disabled children and young people with challenging behaviour and complex mental health needs, is calling for urgent action at a national level to prevent these children being institutionalised a

Caring Activism – comes up for vulnerable kids & adults when public services & charities go down in austerity – any country

Where do you go for help when public services have to turn you away because of cuts in their finances and when charities can no longer help because they are struggling to survive?

If you are concerned about a vulnerable child, adult or family because they are not getting effective support, what do y

Opening Doors for Europe’s Children. (What can be more important than getting children out of institutions? - Ed)

Opening Doors for Europe’s Children is a pan-European campaign that aims to strengthen families and end institutional care.

They say: It’s encouraging to see that the European Commission has maintained and strengthened its commitment to the transition from institutional to family- and community-base

The irradiation of children in seven easy steps. Your children and mine. The children we love, the children we care for and work with

ONE: We start early, before they are born or even conceived. The smart phone we carry with us sends radiation into our ovaries and testicles. Eggs and sperm can be compromised.

TWO: The lap top on our desk or kitchen table and the smart phone next to it send radiation into the foe

‘Aware Girls’ working in the face of terrorism

The following are extracts from an article by Billy Briggs in February 2016 on the website of Positive News.

It’s a cold morning in the village of Shah Mansoor, Pakistan. Wearing a black burqa, through which only her brown eyes are visible, a young woman addresses a group in the courtyard of her fam

Caring Activism – new website – review copies of new book available

Peter Limbrick writes –

Caring activism is a new model of care to cater for vulnerable people who find themselves excluded from public services in any country. This can include:

- frail elderly people living alone with no visitors

- depressed parents unable to support their children properly

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