The aim of this study is to encourage the development of pre-school teachers by raising their awareness about zerowaste and recycling activities. The need for this research is linked to the lack of prominence about the concept of zerowaste in pre-school programs in Turkey, and also the limited inclusion of opportunities for pre-school students to…

Introduction: Disasters and emergencies adversely influence around 70 million children worldwide. Regrettably, those who suffer the most from the consequences of any natural disaster and do not have any knowledge on how to protect themselves in such situations are children. Particularly, educating and raising the awareness of children in this…

In 2005, an estimated 48 million children aged 0-18 years--12 percent of all children in sub-Saharan Africa--were orphans, and that number is expected to rise to 53 million by 2010. One quarter of all orphans are orphaned because of AIDS, and about 2.6 million children are currently infected with HIV. Untreated, most children born with HIV will…