SOS Children's Villages

“‘At our age, it’s more complicated for the rebels. So they use stronger stuff, like drugs or money, to bait us and to make us march…I remember the attack on Njola-Kombouya village, in the south of Sierra Leone. They made us wake up at 1 in the morning and we marched until 7. A doctor came. He had a small bowl of cold water, and, every two injections, he rinsed his needle in the water. It was always a small vial with red liquid. At first, I constantly felt weak and then after, I had a sense of…

For example, she starts the film’s narrative with an ancient, oral story about how Maui stole the heart of Te Fiti. She gets carried away with the drama, and her voice booms over the children about “inescapable death.” Tui comes in to soothe the children’s fears, but Moana is the only child who is enthralled by the legend—foreshadowing that she will be the one to deliver Maui. Gramma Tala possesses a no filter way of talking like Grandmother Fa. Another time that Gramma Tala is nonchalant about…

childhoods while children new to the world experience trauma as the process of losing a childhood they still have access to. The matured self experiences the world around them through loss and and their reactions to that loss directly affect their own children's perspectives on the world.The youthful self experience's the world through new eyes that have yet to be tainted by trauma and the real world therefore creating a large divide between the experiences of the child and the adult when it…

The Power of Revenge Revenge is the act of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands. A fairy tale is a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands with the purpose of teaching a moral or lesson. A fairy tale’s moral or lesson is suppose to inform the audience of the principles of right or wrong behavior in order to teach about proper conduct in society. The story’s moral or lesson is exemplified through the protagonists actions and…

1. La Llorona Hispanic Legend: La Llorona is an old myth many times told by Hispanic parents, to scare their children into obedience. The story is about a woman named Maria. Maria was the most beautiful woman in her village, knowing this she thought she was better than everyone else. This meant Maria refused to marry any man below her standards, until she met a wealthy, attractive Ranchero. The beginning of their marriage was great, until the Ranchero returned to his gallivanting ways and would…

Ways to Treat Neglect A Controlled Evaluation of Family Behavior Therapy in Concurrent Child Neglect and Drug Abuse is a study where they selected 72 mothers who had been reported for child neglect and drug abuse by the Department of Family Services (Donohue, Azrin, Bradshaw, Van Hasselt, Cross, Urgelles, & ... Allen, (2014). Family Behavior Therapy (FBT) uses a family support system and therapy assignments as its foundation. The belief behind this therapy is that the parent’s drug abuse is the…

connection between these stories. We are presented with tree different nations; Mexico, Morocco and Japan. The stories seem so far from one another, but as the film…

attention to support the position against all child soldier amnesty. At age 15, Omar Khadr killed a US soldier, and has then since been held in prison. Now, eight years later, his release is still to be decided on. Part of the reason why this case has taken so long, is because Khadr chose to fight. He claimed to be happy that he killed the soldier, and stated that killing the US soldier with a grenade was the “happiest day of his life”. And with his father being a deceased Al Qaeda leader, he…

Fun and Excitement at the West Chester's Old Fashion Christmas Parade As the lyrics of the song goes, “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, and everyone shares the exact sentiment about the holiday seasons, especially because it gives everyone an excuse to indulge, share love, and go crazy with gift shopping. It is also the time of the year for West Chester's Old Fashion Christmas Parade. For residents of apartments West Chester, PA, it is also a time for a double celebration. For this…

Astrologie, Geomancie, Alchemie, Recovery of Goodes Lost, Physicke. Soon pot's and vases are being smashed agains't the ground and doors shut by their self when no one is near them, but James is being blamed! Because a series of notes appear around the village of Ledsham with the signature Thos. Kempe Esquire. Sorceror, but at the end they trick the ghost to trap himself in a little box until someone open's it and lets him free once again. The theme of this book is to never give up, because…