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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Creating Crisis of Orphans

HEARTBREAKING

The number of children who lost a parent or were separated from a parent has doubled since April, UNICEF reports.

Tracy Connor | Published Aug 14, 2019

Fathers Raising Children In The World’s Largest Refugee Camp

DAD

Photographer Jiro Ose travelled with UNICEF to Uganda to visit Bidi Bidi—the largest refugee camp in the world—and the fathers who've made the camp home with their children.

Elizabeth Hunt Brockway | Published Jun 18, 2017

We’re Turning Refugees Into Soldiers

Raw Recruits

The Trump travel ban and the current U.K. deportation of child refugees both play right into the hands of the so-called Islamic State.

Maajid Nawaz | Published Feb 13, 2017

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Life in War Zones Damages Kids’ Brains

DANGER

Almost 90 million developing children live in regions of the world where ‘toxic stress’ rewires neurons, a shocking new United Nations report finds.

Abby Haglage | Published Mar 24, 2016

The Year’s Most Forgotten Crisis

Lessons From Rwanda

While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.

Nina Strochlic | Published Jan 01, 2015

Lucy Liu: Child Trafficking Must End Now

Call to Arms

<p>Millions of girls and boys are trafficked into places where they are exploited, sexually violated, and abused on a daily basis. This is preventable. Watch the film <i><a href="http://www.meenathemovie.com" target="_blank">Meena</a></i> about a girl who was kidnapped and held at a brothel for 12 years.</p>

Lucy Liu | Published Jun 26, 2014

The Celebrity Impact Rankings

Through her reluctance to cooperate with a war-crimes tribunal and her all-around bad behavior, a supermodel is bringing much-needed attention to atrocities in Sierra Leone.

Our Good Giving Guide: Luxurious Gifts with a Conscience

Sure, it’s a recession. But that doesn’t mean you should feel guilty about shopping. To help, The Daily Beast has compiled 23 gifts to feel good about. In each case, at least some of the profits go to charity.

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