Family and sexual violence helpline in PNG responds to sharp rise in calls
The COVID-19 crisis has prompted an urgent expansion of ChildFund Papua New Guinea’s 1-Tok Kaunselin Helpim Lain (715-08000), a tele-counselling service providing support to people experiencing…
Empowered families bring new hope for children with disability
Six-year-old Samnang is funny, outgoing and loves to play. However when she began school a couple of years ago, the other children teased her because she was born with one arm and one leg. Due to…
COVID-19 the perfect storm for online child exploitation
“It really pained my heart,” says Masipag*, a Filipina teenager who was first sexually exploited online when she was 12 years old. “I kept asking myself, why did this happen to me?” Since…
'I was scared': A young girl's struggle to feel safe at home
Mya hides in the corner of her home when the quarrelling starts. Her mother and father have been fighting every day for four years, since she was 10 years old. Sometimes her father would…