Meet Isatu

Isatu is 15 and lives in Sierra Leone

Meet Isatu who at 15 years old is an activist fighting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage in Sierra Leone.

Ukraine crisis: One year on – Kateryna

Kateryna and her almost 2-year-old son

Kateryna lives with her husband, children and sister in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Accommodation Centre in Vinnytsia Oblast, a region in west-central Ukraine, close to the border with Moldova.

Farwell to our sponsorship programmes in Thailand

A girl writes on a blackboard at a school in Chiang Mai Thailand

Good news! In Thailand, our sponsorship programmes have made such good progress that we will end our sponsorship work in the country this summer. As the overall situation in Thailand has improved so much over the past few decades we are winding down much of our work there. Since 1981 we have worked hand in […]

Taking Down Teenage Taboos: Talking About Sex to Prevent Child Marriage

The Teen Better for Life Project

Huddled in a circle and deep in discussion, teenagers in northern Thailand are talking openly about the myths of sex, the dangers and risks of early pregnancy, marrying too young and how to put a condom on. They are animated, intrigued and keen to debate and learn about the taboos that are so often filtered […]

Meet the Youth Leader Advocating for Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Fabiana from Bolivia is a youth leader

When Fabiana is asked to recall one of the happiest moments of her life, she tells us it was the day she was sworn in as President of her municipality’s youth council. “I felt super important,” she says with her broadest smile. It was September 2021, when she was only 16 years old and in […]