GPS technology to help track childrenPlans are underway to bring GPS technology to Bahrain to help parents track the movements of their children. The Manama-based Ali Venture International Holding Company and a group of investors from the Indian state of Kerala have More… |
Toyota offers children offered safety tipsEbrahim K Kanoo, the sole distributor of Toyota and Lexus in Bahrain, this week organized an event for children to increase their awareness and to teach them about the safety procedures and technologies inside the Toyota cars. More… |
Bahrain plans foster care programmeA new foster care programme is being set up in Bahrain to help youngsters aged between two and 18 who are unable to stay at home because of the risk of physical or sexual abuse, a report said. Children whose parents or family memb More… |
Israel ‘mistreats Palestinian children in custody’Palestinian children detained by the Israeli military are subject to widespread, systematic ill-treatment that violates international law, a Unicef report said on Wednesday. The United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) estimated that More… |
Charity match for kids diabetes campaignThe Rotary Club of Manama will be organising a Six-A-Side charity football tournament next month at the Bahrain Rugby and Football Club in Saar to raise funds for its 'Reduce Diabetes Amongst Children' program. The tournam More… |
Insulin-requiring diabetes up in young childrenThe number of cases of insulin-requiring type 1 diabetes rose sharply in children under the age of 14 in Philadelphia over a two decade span, paralleling increases seen across the United States and in Europe, according to a US study. More… |
Dubai Cares walkathon next weekDubai Cares, a major UAE-based philanthropic organisation working to improve access to quality primary education for children in developing countries, has announced that its Walk for Education 2013 will be held on February 8. In i More… |
New app rewards children for doing choresA new app called ChoreMonster, available for iOS devices and on the web, is designed to encourage children to do chores by turning the tasks into a game and giving them points when it is completed. The app aims to make household c More… |
Ithmaar backs children with special needsIthmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, recently helped support a local charity that provides recreation and educational facilities to children with special needs. Established by Bahrain’s Indian Ladies Associatio More… |
28 killed as gunman opens fire in US schoolTwenty schoolchildren were slaughtered by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire at a suburban elementary school in Connecticut on Friday, ultimately killing at least 27 people including himself in the one of the worst mass shootings in US histo More… |








