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Join us today as we get to understand the impact technology has on children, straight from the children themselves.

Sexual exploitation refers to any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, perpetrated by aid workers against the children and families they serve. Sexual abuse is the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions, perpetrated by aid workers against the childre...

Listen in to today's episode as the challenges facing children in Starehe Sub-county are narrated by a child.

Rising temperatures and decreased air quality affect kids by increasing asthma attacks and allergies, worsening pregnancy outcomes, creating food insecurity, increasing mental health problems, developmental delays, and changes in their genetic makeup . Welcome to today's episode as we get to listen to a child's take on climate change.

On the 12th of April , organizations around the world will be recognizing International Day for Street Children: a special day acknowledging the strength and resilience of millions of street children around the world.

Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is all about how people think, feel, and behave. Mental health can affect daily living, relationships, and physical health.

Many children will experience a temporary delay in speech and language development. Most will eventually catch up. Others will continue to have difficulty with communication. Some of the most common disorders include Articulation Disorders, Receptive Disorders , Autism-Related Speech Disorders,,,

Experts estimate that there are 250,000-300,000 children living and working on the streets, with more than 60,000 of them in Nairobi. According to statistics from ‘the new humanitarian’ Street children face endless cruelties. Their rights have been violated many times by the adults who were supposed to protect them. In many cases these children are subject to sexual exploitation in return for food...

Nurturing care refers to conditions created by public policies, programmes and services. These conditions enable communities and caregivers to ensure children’s good health and nutrition, and protect them from threats. Nurturing care also means giving young children opportunities for early learning, through interactions that are responsive and emotionally supportive. The Nurturing Care Program for...

Nurturing care refers to conditions created by public policies, programmes and services. These conditions enable communities and caregivers to ensure children’s good health and nutrition, and protect them from threats. Nurturing care also means giving young children opportunities for early learning, through interactions that are responsive and emotionally supportive. The Nurturing Care Program for...

Mtoto News is an online platform for news information and resources on children. We aim at making a significant change in the lives of children by making them visible.

Mtoto News is an online platform for news information and resources on children. We aim at making a significant change in the lives of children by making them visible.

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from 10 to 19 years. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them. Despite being thought of as a healthy st...

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from 10 to 19 years. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them. Despite being thought of as a healthy st...

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from 10 to 19 years. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health. Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them. Despite being thought of as a healthy st...

Parenting a child in prison is very challenging for both the mother and the child as both are forced to co-habit in environments with poor sanitary conditions. In addition, Children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system, in particular, face a host of challenges and difficulties: psychological strain, antisocial behavior, suspension or expulsion from school, economic hardship, a...

Clubfoot is a deformity in which an infant's foot is turned inward, often so severely that the bottom of the foot faces sideways or even upward. Approximately one infant in every 1,000 live births will have clubfoot, making it one of the more common congenital (present at birth) foot deformities. Clubfoot is not painful during infancy. However, if your child's clubfoot is not treated, the foot wil...

In December 2016, UNICEF reported that an estimated 535 million children, a quarter of the world's children,  lived in countries affected by conflict or disasters. Nearly 50 million have been forcibly displaced from their homes, increasing their vulnerability to exploitation and violence. Children are the most vulnerable victims of conflict due to many factors. Besides being among the many ci...

This part 2 of the story of Keane Kagai, an intersex child born into a family of two parents and two siblings. Intersex is a general term used for a variety of situations in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.” Sometimes doctors do surgeries on intersex babies and children to make their bodies fit binary ideas of “male” or “fe...

This part 1 of the story of Keane Kagai, an intersex child born into a family of two parents and two siblings.  Intersex is a general term used for a variety of situations in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.” Sometimes doctors do surgeries on intersex babies and children to make their bodies fit binary ideas of “male”...

Menstruation is the monthly shedding of the lining of a woman’s uterus (more commonly known as the womb). Menstruation is also known by the terms menses, menstrual period, cycle or period. The menstrual blood—which is partly blood and partly tissue from the inside of the uterus—flows from the uterus through the cervix and out of the body through the vagina. The discrimination faced by someone mens...

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Although many children with mental health problems are in contact with primary health care services,...

(FGM) Female genital mutilation , also known as female circumcision, excision or genital cutting, comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injuries to the genital organs for non-medical reasons, mostly carried out between infancy and age 15. It is practiced all around the world, affecting 200 million women and girls alive today. Yet...