The Global Fund For Children

Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Hurricanes and tropical storms are events that people in the Caribbean are all too familiar with. Every year during hurricane season, the region’s countries experience heavy rains; cloudy days become the norm; and local authorities begin to warn about the risks of this particular time of year. While some people are prepared [...]

Panama City, Panama – An HIV-positive mother has, in the absence of any interventions, a 15 to 45 percent chance of passing the disease on to her child through pregnancy, labor, or breastfeeding, according to the World Health Organization. When the mother is aware of her HIV status and takes appropriate measures to prevent transmission, [...]

May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica – During my recent visit to GFC grantee partner Rural Family Support Organization, I had a chance to sit down with the executive director, Utealia Burrell, and the Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) educator, Robert Reid, to talk about the group’s involvement in the Adobe Youth Voices program. These two leaders discuss [...]

Managua, Nicaragua – Ever since Managua’s earthquake of 1972, which destroyed much of the city and displaced two-thirds of its population, most buildings in Central America’s second-largest capital have been left without an address. Without the aid of street names or house numbers, finding your way around the city can be a challenge, even for [...]

Kingston, Jamaica – One of The HOLY (Healthy Ones Lifestyle Youth) Network’s Adobe Youth Voices youth participants, Odane, presents his media piece to a room full of community members during an exhibition event on Saturday, July 23, 2011. Over 100 people from the community, including participants’ parents and representatives from the Jamaican National Building Society [...]

Kingston, Jamaica – A youth leader speaks about the importance of having the “right” shot when filming, learning from the other young people involved in the Adobe Youth Voices program, working collaboratively with peers, and taking pride in showcasing participants’ final media work to members of the community during The HOLY (Healthy Ones Lifestyle Youth) [...]

Kingston, Jamaica – James Bell, founder of The HOLY (Healthy Ones Lifestyle Youth) Network in Kingston, Jamaica, speaks about the Adobe Youth Voices program and the culminating media exhibition event that took place in Kingston on Saturday, July 23, 2011. James describes the youth experience and some of the challenges the organization faced in implementing [...]

Kingston, Jamaica – Cora—or “Auntie Cora,” as she is called by the youth served by The HOLY (Healthy Ones Lifestyle Youth) Network in Kingston, Jamaica—has been involved as a parent volunteer with the Adobe Youth Voices program over the course of the last year. Cora describes the transformation she observed in the life of one [...]

Kingston, Jamaica – Youth of The HOLY (Healthy Ones Lifestyle Youth) Network in Kingston, Jamaica, speak about their experiences in the Adobe Youth Voices program. Many of the young people discussed the closeness they developed with their peers and how the program helped them to be more creative and to think more deeply about life [...]

Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Cité Soleil and Cité Solino are among the biggest slums in Port-au-Prince. Often associated with gangs, violence, extreme poverty, and ignorance, these two areas are for the most part deliberately ignored not only by the international community but by the local government and Haitians themselves. When you ask drivers to take you [...]