Resources / Links

Links

--None of these organizations (except our own) are specifically endorsed by either Rainbows of Hope or WEC International.

Rainbows of Hope Ministries

http://www.crisiscaretraining.org A response to the cry for help for training children-in-crisis caregivers using a cross cultural context

http://www.rainbows.wecspain.org/aide/eng Rainbows of Hope in Spain

Children in Crisis

http://www.savethechildren.org Home page of Save the Children, an internationally respected secular agency

http://www.childwatch.uio.no/resources/index.html Childwatch International Research Network

Children's Rights

http://www.boes.org A non-profit organization for children's rights; provides the full text of The Convention on the Rights of the Child, in a large number of languages.

http://www.unicef.org UNICEF home page, with all kinds of reports. Get The State of the World's Children 1999 here--a must read.

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http://www.crin.org Child Rights Information Network: news and information about children in crisis.

http://www.oneworld.net Information on The Convention on the Rights of the Child with links to child-rights related sites.

http://www.hrw.org Human Rights Watch has breaking news, current events, and information on various child-related campaigns.

http://www.amnesty.org Amnesty International also calls for active involvement in letter-writing campaigns, for adults and children.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/children The U.S. section of Amnesty International, focusing specifically on child-rights violations.

http://www.omct.org Organization Against World Torture, also publishes campaigns about child-rights violations and has ways to get actively involved.

Children with Aids

http://www.unaids.org This is the home page of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

http://www.aegis.com Claims to be the largest HIV/AIDS web site in the world

Child Labor

http://www.ilo.org/ipec/lang--en/index.htm The International Labour Organization's site for the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

http://www.unicef.org/aclabor/ UNICEF's report on child laborers

http://www.globalmarch.org The Global March against Child Labor contains an extensive worldwide report on child labor

http://www.cwa.tnet.co.th/index.html Child Workers in Asia

Children of War

http://www.unicef.org/graca Extensive UNICEF reports on children of war

http://www.child-soldiers.org Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

http://www.warchild.org War Child is both an advocacy group and implementing agency of outreach programs to children victimized by war.

http://www2.essex.ac.uk/c&acu The Children and Armed Conflict Unit Includes many reports and current news on children of war

http://www.iwpr.net Institute for War and Peace Reporting This site is not necessarily on children of war, but keeps you up to date with wars going on currently and gives links to news agencies.

http://www.iansa.org International Action Network on Small Arms Website giving information on small arms which affect children used as child soldiers.

Girl Children

http://www.pdhre.org/rights/women_girl_child.html  The People's Movement for Human Rights Education Human rights and the girl child section

http://www.girlsrights.org  Working groups on girls

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/asp/user/list.asp-ParentID=3012.htm Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues

Sexualy Exploited Children

http://www.hri.ca/children/reports While not exclusively concerned with sexually exploited children, this site list projects and reports related to child prostitution.

http://www.captivedaughters.org/index.htm Captive Daughters - Dedicated to ending sex trafficking.

Street Children

http://pangaea.org/street_children/kids.htm Street Children - Community Children Worldwide Resource Library

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http://www.casa-alianza.org Covenant House Ministry to street children in Latin America includes articles, e-mail list and ways to get involved

Other Organizations

http://www.actionintl.org Action International Ministries is an evangelical, nondenominational missionary-sending agency working in urban centers of the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and India

http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk Jubilee Campaign is a church-based pressure group campaigning on issues of religious liberty and children's rights world-wide

http://www.oakseed.org Oakseed Ministries reaches out to the poor and the children of the Third World

http://www.toybox.org Toybox Charity is a Christian charity that sponsors street children in Latin America

Other Resources