Dear grandchildren My love for you both is without doubt, so much so I feel it is necessary to make a stand against our government and world governments’ inaction on the Climate Emergency. I feel they are not doing enough to ensure you both have a safe and happy future. You know about Climate Change but may not realise how much of an emergency we are in right now and why should you? You are only 11 and 14 years old; life should be sunny, exciting and you should have the opportunity to live fulfilled lives. My actions today are designed to show that we all have a voice and that we should use it to draw attention to important issues in a loving and non-violent way. You may think that stopping some traffic in a town centre is not much but it takes courage and planning. Not everybody will understand, which is a little scary and that is because our government and media tycoons do not want to see change that they cannot control even when they have created the problems in the f
Countries and foundations commit to recover health and social services lost to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening three decades of improvement in health and social services for women, newborns, children and adolescents. The well-being of this vulnerable group is being more affected than others due to disruptions to essential health, nutrition and social services since the pandemic, according to senior health experts at The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), a global alliance of more than 1,000 organizations, hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO). In a huge effort to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children and adolescents, a group of high income, low- and middle-income countries and foundations are making pledges of $20.6 billion to protect this group. $7.4 billion (36%) of the total pledge is from money committed by low and middle-income countries themselves, including Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Liberia, and Ni