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12-year-old Algerian invents smart shoes to help blind people

On his way to school, a 12-year-old child from the M’Sila Province, south of Algeria, named Hamdini Wael Shihab Al-Din usually encounters some blind people. Those blind individuals always find it difficult to walk and often they have accidents every now and then. …

In Syria : 90% of children need support

The war in Syria has left the lives and futures of a generation of children hanging by a thread, UNICEF warned today, as the conflict nears the 10-year mark. The situation for many children and families remains precarious, …

Number of Children of Unknown Parentage in Northern Syria Soars

Throughout the war in Syria, which is entering its 10th year, the phenomenon of deserting newborn babies has dramatically increased in northern Syria….

Sweden sentences woman for taking child to Islamic State area in Syria

A southern Swedish court sentenced a woman to three years in prison for taking her 2-year-old son to Syria in 2014, to an area that was then controlled by the Islamic State group….

UN calls for children in Syria camps to be allowed home

The UN children’s agency called for all minors held in displacement camps or jails in northeast Syria to be allowed home….

Tiny Hand’s Award for reporters presenting distinguished stories

Tiny Hand receives works from reporters specialized in covering children stories. …