If you’re a parent, you’ll no doubt do everything you can to make sure your little ones feel loved and protected. Unfortunately, many kids around the world don’t have mums or dads to look after and nurture them. In fact, it’s estimated that there are as many as 200 million orphans across the globe, many of them in desperate need not just of love and attention, but practical necessities like food ...
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3 classic garments that never fall out of fashion
Certain trends come and go and turn out to be little more than a flash in the pan. Others though have real staying power and never seem to fall out of fashion. Here, we take a look at three iconic garments that have stood the test of time and look just as good now as they did when they first became famous. 1. The classic miniskirt Initially launched into the limelight by models like Jean ...
Do good with BT’s Christmas e-cards
When you're reading this post you might be a little late to send traditional Christmas cards to your friends and family, but don't fear. BT MyDonate have it covered for you. Just before Christmas, they've teamed up with some of the UK's most popular celebrities and asked them to create their very own Christmas e-cards and support a charity close to their heart and help people in need. To send an ...
Sponsored Video: World Toilet Day
If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you will know that around this time of the a year I often run posts to raise awareness for World Toilet Day, an initiative that was launched 15 years ago to make people aware of the global sanitation crisis. Domestos have backed the campaign for the past 6 years to raise funds for those 2.4 billion people who don't have access to basic sanitation. ...
4 Early Marriage Problems That Ruin Girls’ Lives
In the UK the average age for a woman to marry is 31. By this time a woman will have been to school, possibly onto university, have developed a career and may have had a child. Whichever course her life has taken before she made the choice to marry, she will have had control. But for the 700 million women around the world who were married before 18, there was little, if any, choice involved. ...
Reasons to foster a child
Fostering is a pressing need in most communities. All over the country there are agencies such as Capstone who are looking for carers for children and young people. Fostering is a very worthwhile commitment which can be beneficial to all parties. People in all different circumstances decide to foster, here are just a few reasons why people take on the responsibility. Make a Difference in a ...
