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Kids with guns

For many children around the world, guns are a part of daily life…

China earthquake in pictures

We take a look in pictures at China’s Sichuan province after an earthquake, the worst in three years, killed 186, injured 11,800 and left many more homeless.

Fighting poverty through education

Charity-funded, the school of St Jude is providing free, quality education to more than 1,500 of the poorest children in Tanzania.

Tina Fey’s new charity flavoured ice cream

Ben & Jerry’s delicious new ice-cream flavour, the Liz Lemon, was inspired by Tina Fey’s much-loved TV character, to help disadvantaged kids start school.

Bangladesh’ brothels

MiNDFOOD writer Joanna Tovia has just returned from an emotional trip to Bangladesh with Save the Children Fund. There she encountered the horrific lives of women and their children who are sold as sex workers to Asia’s largest brothel.

MiNDFOOD Radio featuring Joanna Tovia and Teresa Mudgeway

In this week’s episode we discuss the blame game with Teresa Mudgeway, an adventure seeker shares how to write a bucket list & Jo Tovia tells of her emotional trip to Bangladesh.

Purple Soup

Not for profit cause Purple Sup just won an international award for its work with chronically ill children. Director and founder Tim Marchinton tells us more.

Syrian Refugee Tide Hits One Million Mark

We take a look in pictures at life in the refugee camps as the Syrians refugee crisis reaches the one million milestone, after two years of civil war & conflict.

Kids and technology

Electronic devices are the most popular mode of recreation for kids these days – they spend more time in front of the TV then at school. Dr Sonja Walker explains how this can be detrimental to children’s ability to develop socially and emotionally.

Woman Gives Birth To Two Sets Of Identical Twins

A Texas woman gets a very rare Valentine’s Day gift: two sets of identical twins – a one in 70 million chance event.

New Hygiene Rules Ban Communal Birthday Cakes

Blowing out candles on birthday cakes at childcare will soon become a thing of the past, under strict new hygiene rules.

Chinese Lunar New Year preperations

The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. We take a look in pictures at the preparations underway for this year’s celebrations.

Shakira hosts online baby shower with UNICEF

While most expectant mothers celebrate their impending arrivals with close family and friends, one international celebrity has chosen to open up her celebration to the world for a good cause.

Back to school: Head lice

Dr Kerryn Grieve from Ego pharmaceuticals, has been involved in clinical trials for head lice. She helps to explain the lifecycle, symptoms and treatments available to get you and you’re family ready for back to school outbreaks.

Young shooting victim could “light up a room”

The father of six-year-old Emilie Parker, who was one of 20 children shot dead by a gunman at a Connecticut school, pays tribute to his daughter.

Getting to grips with head lice

Just thinking about head lice can have us scratching our scalps. Dr Renee Mill joins us to debunk the myths surrounding this common ailment and why cleanliness has nothing to do with the cause, symptoms and cure.

Lamingtons with Cream & Cherry Jam

Lamingtons with Cream & Cherry Jam. Give traditional lamingtons an unexpected twist with this Black forest inspired recipe, using homemade cherry […]

Scuba Santa spreads underwater joy

Sharks and rays are not left out this holiday season as a scuba diving Santa Claus visits them at a Tokyo aquarium.

Obama goes Christmas shopping

U.S. President Barack Obama goes holiday shopping with his daughters at a bookstore in Arlington, Virginia.

The gift of sound

Four in every 1000 children are born profoundly deaf. The Sound World is giving the gift of sound to deaf children worldwide. We speak to the organisation’s founder Rosa Alpert about the initiative and it’s official ambassador, designer, Akira Isogawa.

SAMSN: Men surviving childhood sexual abuse

Men coping with the effects of childhood sexual abuse can have a hard journey ahead of them. SAMSN, run by three male Survivors of childhood sexual abuse, organises psychologist led peer-support groups for men who were sexually assaulted when they were yo

Kids with mental illness

More and more children are suffering from mental health issues. Dr Lyn O’Grady discusses some of the problem behaviours, and the tell-tale signs you should watch out for.

Sparking a love for reading

Frustrated by a lack of interesting books for her children, children’s book author Alexandra Yatomi Clarke, began to create and source books to spark the interest and reading appetite of young minds.

Children step up to save sea turtles

Mexico’s navy teams up with conservationists and local children to release some 4,000 endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles into the wild

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