As always the kid at PIO school are happy to see visitors, especially visitors than offer them help and friendship.

Many things that happen in our world make me shudder, but few disturb me as much as the use of child soldiers. Every few months, I see a major news organization run a story on child militias, but for the most part, the terrible things being done to these children are ignored by the media. For those who don’t know, children are used as soldiers across the world in conflicts. Amnesty International estimates there are a quarter of a million child soldiers in the world today.

People of colour in South Africa, through the apartheid years, had limited opportunity and access to formal education. Ukulapha was recently formed with the overall objective of facilitating the growth, development, and empowerment of previously disadvantaged and abused South African people.

UNICEF estimates that 6-10% of children in India are born with some form of disability. But if you visit any public park you hardly see any such children because simple things like swinging on swings are extremely difficult for most children suffering from physical disabilities.

The founder of Creative Corners: The Global Arts Project discusses volunteering while traveling abroad.