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"Where are your shoes? Go back and get your shoes on," Nathalie tells a boy who is playing in the grass without sandals. She remembers from her own childhood in Haiti how her SOS mother would never allow a child to walk the village's paths barefoot.

While global leaders meet in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, farmers in India's Uttar Pradesh state, near Nepal, are adopting techniques to meet the challenge of changing weather.

In Malawi, orphanages are often viewed as the best place for the 1 out of 8 children who have lost their parents. However, a recent study bears out that offering modest support to poor families reaps disproportionately large benefits for children.

Fighting hunger, which affects a billion people around the world, was the agenda of a three-day summit that began Monday, November 16, in Rome.

Two earthquakes shook the city of Padang on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on September 30th and October 1st killing more than 1,000 people in and near Padang.

At least 140 Filipinos have lost their lives, and 150,000 their homes, to Typhoon Ketsana. The storm hit Luzon, the Philippines’ main island, on Saturday, September 26th.

In a nation that is home to beautiful wildlife, Zambia’s poverty and AIDS have led to an increasing number of child labor cases.

Ban Ki-Moon's meeting with Richard Pichler, General-Secretary of SOS Children's Villages, highlights 60 years of work on behalf of children and families

Tragedy combining with a chance encounter has surprisingly serendipitous results in Apsaras.

Children’s author JaiLeen Shepherd has written her fourth book for children entitled Moonbow & Meek-El.