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Alkhidmat Foundation: Striving to help orphans shine Pledge to help millions of innocent orphans by joining forces with Alkhidmat Foundation today May 04, 2021 SPONSORED Press Release According to a UNICEF report, there are currently around 150 million orphans worldwide, with more than 60 million orphans in Asia alone. Glancing at Pakistan, there are five million children who are currently deprived of parental care, adequate health and of food facilities which are not available for them. Embellishing dreams in their eyes, holding a glimmer of hope in their hands and a sense of deprivation i...

Newly deployed sailors are now getting counseling assistance aboard ship 2 hours ago The cruiser Vella Gulf and the destroyer Laboon, right, come alongside the fleet-replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha in the Atlantic Ocean Jan. 15. Crew members of both ships have benefited from a new Navy program to provide emotional support to deploying sailors. (MC2 Dean Cates/Navy) The Navy has started providing sailors mental health support in the early stages of deployments so they are better equipped to manage common stressors they may encounter while getting underway. Under the Navy’s new Depart...

5 (3) The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has launched virtual support groups for people living with paralysis — either due to multiple sclerosis (MS) or other conditions — and their caregivers. Paralysis in some or all limbs occurs in MS and other neurological disorders, often exacerbating feelings of social isolation, even before the global COVID-19 pandemic. “The feeling of isolation is common for many individuals who have been diagnosed with paralysis, and the COVID-19 pandemic has not helped this sense of seclusion,” Bill Cawley, director of the foundati...

WORLD / AFRICA By Xinhua Published: Mar 10, 2021 09:11 AM People buy charcoal amid a cooking gas shortage in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, Feb. 5, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)   Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows a fisherman fishing on the bank of the White Nile in Khartoum, Sudan.(Photo: Xinhua)   The head of the United Nations mission in Sudan on Tuesday warned against ignoring economic hardships that are posing a risk to stability in the Northeast African country. "We cannot ignore, though, that economic hardships are posing a risk to Sudan's stability," head of United Nations Integrated Trans...

memara@fortfrances.com Pictured here is three-and-a-half-year-old Bryce Martin enjoying his oranges and cereal during snack time at the new Abinoojii Gamig Childcare and Family Centre. The facility opened its doors earlier this week, and will house several UNFC programs geared to families. – Merna Emara photo On Monday the new Abinoojii Gamig Family Centre opened in their new location on 821 McIrvine Rd. This new facility will house the Zaagi’idiwin Headstart Program, Prenatal Nutrition Program, CAP-C (Family Support) Program and Healthy Babies and the Healthy Children Program. Sheila McM...