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World food crisis latest
Soaring prices for basic food items is creating devastating hardship for already poor families and is leading to political instability in some countries.

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Through Children's Eyes

Learn more about Through Children's Eyes, a ChildFund Australia photographic exhibition by children from Papua New Guinea and rural Australia.

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Kenya election update

The instability and violence stemming from Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections is continuing to present security issues for many Kenyans.

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Adult wars, child soldiers

More than 85 countries around the world are using child soliders in armed combat. The majority of these children do not enlist voluntarily, but are abducted from their homes and families.

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Children at work and in danger

The International Labor Organization has estimated that over 210 million children worldwide, between the ages of five and 14, are engaged in some form of illegal, hazardous, or exploitative child labour.

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The impact of displacement

Approximately 20 million children have been uprooted from their homes as a result of armed conflict and natural disasters, with many becoming separated from their family members during the upheaval.

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