SaludToday Did you know 11% of U.S. Latino kids face adverse childhood experiences? These traumatic events include sexual or physical abuse, domestic violence, poverty and the sudden loss of a parent. A new infographic by the Robert Wood Johnson…
By Jose Alejandro LatinaLista Our children spend the majority of their days and years learning. The vast majority are spending nine months a year sitting in classrooms with their classmates as teachers expose them to the fundamentals of math,…
By Claire Marie O’Brien LatinaLista “At my school, the students created a gigantic number 43, each candle symbolizing a missing student, so that anybody from the sky — the UFOs, the airplanes, God, perhaps? — could see and understand…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Invisible Kids Project When courts and caseworkers make decisions about the lives of kids in foster care, they often move the child without a well-thought-out plan. Children heal, learn and grow through the primary relationship they…
LatinaLista — Campaign: FosterShip: Transforming the Foster Care System The statistics are harrowing: Foster kids are 4 times more likely to have experienced sexual abuse than a child in the general population Teen pregnancy rates top 25% Barely half…
By Adriaan Alsema Colombia Reports A Colombian Facebook community went off the internet and sent its administrator on an epic journey to deliver a computer to a young girl who had been given an almost antique machine in a…
LatinaLista Whooping cough used to be thought of as a disease of the past, but it’s making a comeback – and 2014 is on track to be a busy year! There are many factors contributing to the current resurgence…
By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie tintafresca.us Albert Espinosa’s vision of life could have been bleak and dark indeed. Yet it isn’t, in spite of the cancer that nearly killed him. Instead, for this writer, director, screenwriter for film, theater, and…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Mañiuco School A group of Fellows from the Melton Foundation who have been working with the Mañiuco School since 2011. Mañiuco School in southern Chile is exclusively Mapuche (Indigenous peoples from the Araucanía Region) and students…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Global Learning XPRIZE XPRIZE has launched the Global Learning XPRIZE to incentivize teams to create tablet-based Open Source software that will teach a child to read, write, and perform arithmetic, fully autonomously. The impact of this…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Endangered script coloring book for kids The Philippine script is endangered. A new coloring book will help teach this script to kids to keep it alive for future generations. Kulay: Baybayin is a coloring book Kristian…
LatinaLista — It is estimated that as many as 500,000 children work harvesting and picking the nation’s crops in farm fields from Michigan to California. They and their families are the migrant farmers. Since children from the age of…
By Amelia Orozco Extra News! There is no need to look to the big screen for a hero nowadays, although in this case, you can look there, too. Chicago Police officer, Lourdes Nieto, has appeared in both TV hit…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Helping kids with disabilities reach the finish line Achilles International makes it possible for people of any age and any disability to participate in mainstream sports. Their mission is to enable people with all types of…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Reinventing Diabetes Education Through PLAY Jerry the Bear is a best friend for children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D). He helps kids master their medical procedures, from counting carbs to monitoring their blood sugar…
By Nate Robson Oklahoma Watch As measles cases rise in nearby states, Oklahoma schools are seeing increasing percentages of kindergarteners walk into their classrooms without required immunization shots, according to survey data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health….
By Christoffer Frendesen Colombia Reports Demobilized female rebels, many of whom were forced into guerilla groups against their will, are now searching for the children they were made to abandon, according to BBC Mundo reports. Female rebels, “banned” from…
LatinaLista — Crowdfunding Campaign: Hannah’s Homeless Drop-In Center Lisa Trunzo is the founder of Hannah’s Homeless, Inc. Hannah’s Homeless was first officially registered as a non-profit two years ago. Hannah is the name of Trunzo’s daughter who she had…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat A new study by researchers from Stanford University finds that “book sharing” is less prevalent in immigrant families, most significantly among Hispanic and Asian families. Book sharing was defined who read or…
LatinaLista — Filmmaker Josh Soskin‘s bio describes him as a “hispanophile.” In addition to the fact that he’s named his French bulldog “Guadalupe,” his latest short film is further testament to the love affair Soskin has with Hispanic culture,…
By Karen Peart-Yale Futurity By the time they reach age 18, about 12 percent of American children experience a confirmed case of maltreatment in the form of neglect, physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, new research reports. The numbers are…
LatinaLista — Fleeing life-threatening violence, extreme poverty or just wanting to be with their parents are reasons cited as to why there has been a 90 percent increase over last year of children from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and…
By Molly Rauch Mom’s Clean Air Force What do shower curtains, cleaning products, couches, crafting supplies, and cooking pans have in common? Untested chemicals. Store shelves are full of products that contain untested chemicals, products whose ingredients may or…
SaludToday A new obesity management program will use family counseling, text messages and newsletters to control weight and spark healthier eating and physical activity habits in obese/overweight Latino kids, thanks to a five-year $2.9 million federal grant awarded to…
LatinaLista — Today is a special day among Spanish-speaking countries. It’s known as El Día de los Niños. Kind of like Father’s Day or Mother’s Day, but honoring children. Unfortunately, the majority of children in Mexico, don’t have the…
