Children suffering under severe food shortages can face lifelong consequences. Samah Matar holds her malnourished son Youssef, who suffers from cerebral palsy, at a ...
(Beirut, April 9, 2024) – Children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, a war crime, Human Rights Watch ...
In Tanzania, people with albinism are believed to be "haunted beings." — -- Baraka and Mwigulu are bunkmates, living in hiding in Tanzania, where they are hunted simply because of how they look.
Listen to more stories on the Noa app. If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat.
Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible plants and care for babies by the tender age of six or seven. This rapid ...
Food processing has been a part of human adaptation since deep in the past. The softening and breaking down of food left its testimony on the human body. For example, the massive teeth of our early ...
When a society expects economic “winning” from all its members, it loses sight of their inherent preciousness. Last week, our household came down with hand-foot-and-mouth disease. Quarantined during ...