Mtoto News is an online platform for news information and resources on children. We aim at making a significant change in the lives of children by making them visible.

Mtoto News is an online platform for news information and resources on children. We aim at making a significant change in the lives of children by making them visible.

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from 10 to 19 years. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health.

Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them.

Despite being thought of as a healthy stage of life, there is significant death, illness and injury in the adolescent years with much of this being preventable or treatable. During this phase, adolescents establish patterns of behavior – for instance, related to diet, physical activity, substance use, and sexual activity – that can protect their health and the health of others around them, or put their health at risk now and in the future.

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from 10 to 19 years. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health.

Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them.

Despite being thought of as a healthy stage of life, there is significant death, illness and injury in the adolescent years with much of this being preventable or treatable. During this phase, adolescents establish patterns of behavior – for instance, related to diet, physical activity, substance use, and sexual activity – that can protect their health and the health of others around them, or put their health at risk now and in the future.

Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from 10 to 19 years. It is a unique stage of human development and an important time for laying the foundations of good health.

Adolescents experience rapid physical, cognitive and psychosocial growth. This affects how they feel, think, make decisions, and interact with the world around them.

Despite being thought of as a healthy stage of life, there is significant death, illness and injury in the adolescent years with much of this being preventable or treatable. During this phase, adolescents establish patterns of behavior – for instance, related to diet, physical activity, substance use, and sexual activity – that can protect their health and the health of others around them, or put their health at risk now and in the future.

Parenting a child in prison is very challenging for both the mother and the child as both are forced to co-habit in environments with poor sanitary conditions.

In addition, Children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system, in particular, face a host of challenges and difficulties: psychological strain, antisocial behavior, suspension or expulsion from school, economic hardship, and criminal activity. It is difficult to predict how a child will fare when a parent is intermittently or continually incarcerated, and research findings on these children's risk factors are mixed.

Clubfoot is a deformity in which an infant's foot is turned inward, often so severely that the bottom of the foot faces sideways or even upward. Approximately one infant in every 1,000 live births will have clubfoot, making it one of the more common congenital (present at birth) foot deformities.

Clubfoot is not painful during infancy. However, if your child's clubfoot is not treated, the foot will remain deformed, and he or she will not be able to walk normally. With proper treatment, however, the majority of children are able to enjoy a wide range of physical activities with little trace of the deformity.

In December 2016, UNICEF reported that an estimated 535 million children, a quarter of the world's children,  lived in countries affected by conflict or disasters. Nearly 50 million have been forcibly displaced from their homes, increasing their vulnerability to exploitation and violence.

Children are the most vulnerable victims of conflict due to many factors. Besides being among the many civilian casualties during an armed conflict, children may be orphaned or separated from their families and become heads of households which leaves them vulnerable to forced labour, sexual exploitation or recruitment in armed forces.

This part 2 of the story of Keane Kagai, an intersex child born into a family of two parents and two siblings.

Intersex is a general term used for a variety of situations in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.” Sometimes doctors do surgeries on intersex babies and children to make their bodies fit binary ideas of “male” or “female”.

Mr and Mrs Kagai have been on a tough medical journey since their son was born and they have had to endure a lot of emotional and financial frustration.

This part 1 of the story of Keane Kagai, an intersex child born into a family of two parents and two siblings. 

Intersex is a general term used for a variety of situations in which a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of “female” or “male.” Sometimes doctors do surgeries on intersex babies and children to make their bodies fit binary ideas of “male” or “female”.

Mr and Mrs Kagai have been on a tough medical journey since their son was born and they have had to endure a lot of emotional and financial frustration.