Tag: child death

Aid working for children

Child deaths across the world have nearly halved in the last twenty years. So says a new report from Unicef a part of the United Nations. The dreadful figure of 12 million under fives who died in 1990 was reduced to 7 million last year. Sadly rates remain high in Saharan north Africa where one … Continue reading Aid working for children

Little angels

My daughter Bridget died 21 months old. She had never walked or crawled but could sit propped up. She couldn’t see. She was born three months premature, the first of twins. She was a much-loved sister to my three grown-up stepsons. She gave so much joy in her short life. After the shock of her … Continue reading Little angels