By Karen Castellon, UN Rep (AWC Berlin)
Oral update by the High Commissioner, Honorable Michelle Bachelet on the situation of human rights worldwide and on the activities of her office
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ISIS aftermath
The topic of mental health is the focus of our time. Finding an adequate answer to the problems at hand seems illusive, as human beings pop in and out of the ideal balance between the mind and soul depending upon what life throws our way. It is a mystery...
“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” – Louis L’Amour
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We are excited to announce the Education Team's Third Annual Summer Global Book Read: I Believe in Zero by Caryl M. Stern, the President and CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF. Subtitled “Learning from the World's Children: ZERO...
I highly recommend the movie, Capernaum, which I saw at the Edinburgh International Film Festival the night before the FAWCO conference last March. I watched the movie in the original language (Arabic and Ampharic) with English subtitles. It contains strong language, references to child abuse and drug misuse.
Zain (Zain Al Rafeea) is a young boy living with his family...
While most FAWCO members recognize the importance of environmental problems and issues, very few clubs actually organize any environmental activities to highlight those concerns. The Environment Team encouraged clubs to change that, and provided a lot of big and small activity ideas last fall. We heard back from three clubs about the activities they planned...
There have been many studies on this topic, and there are several reasons, but they can be reduced to four: religious, personal beliefs/philosophical reasons, safety concerns, and a desire for more information.
Religious reasons concern the components of vaccines. Some vaccines are produced with...
World Refugee Day is June 20th
This content was originally published as a FAWCO-wide awareness raising campaign for World Refugee Day 2018 by the FAWCO Target Program for Education. The following is credited to Julie Lehr, Lauren Mescon and Tricia Saur.
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