Muslim boy died in detention, says govt
The youngster was among a group arrested for attacking and killing border guards in November.
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Lead Story Mandalay Division News Society
Calls for crackdown on child beggars in Mandalay
City official acknowledges there has been a marked increase in the number of children begging at junctions and traffic lights around central Mandalay, and said it was down to “economic problems”.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Man apprehended for allegedly raping child of Burmese migrants
The alleged attack took place on Thursday as the child’s parents were working.
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One in five children, elderly in Burma forced to work
Life is short in Burma, and for many, most of it is spent working for their survival.
DVB Roadshow: Burma’s Lost Boys
At a school renown for discipline and training, former street kids are attempting to get their lives back on track.
Conflict Culture Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Kachin IDP kids tell their stories with images
“In the end, we should be aiming to make this the last generation in Burma who has to live with war.”
Human Interest Lead Story News
Naypyidaw orphanage crying out for help
A centre for abandoned children in Naypyidaw is calling for additional funding as it struggles to cope with a recent increase in admissions.
813 Burmese children held in Malaysian detention camps
Other children held in detention centers are from Indonesia (422), Philippines (295), Cambodia (121) and 267 from other countries, a Malaysian MP says.
Health Lead Story News Sagaing
Dengue fever outbreak hits children in Monywa
Fifteen children have died and around 150 hospitalised since an outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever hit the Sagaing Division city.
Arts Education Lead Story News
Stolen childhoods
Backed with a haunting piano score, a Burmese cartoonist tells you in three minutes everything you need to know about child exploitation.
51 minors released by Burmese army
The latest release of 51 underage recruits has been commended internationally as a positive step forwards in the eradication of child soldiers worldwide.
Govt promises free books, school uniforms
More than five million youngsters across the country will each be provided with a free uniform for primary school.
Education Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Migrant kids fall through cracks in Thai school system
Of the approximately 300,000 migrant children in Thailand, only 100,000 are in education. What happens to the rest?
Australia pledges $2.5m to UNICEF for Burmese children
Canberra is to donate US$2.5 million to UNICEF for the protection of children in Burma from sexual and physical violence, and human trafficking.
Education Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Migrant schools face closure amid funding plunge
As donor attention shifts away from border areas, schools for migrant children are putting plans in place in case of closure.
Health Lead Story News Parliament Women's Issues
Upper house approves population control bill
A bill which limits child births to one baby per mother every three years is passed by the upper house of Burma’s parliament.
Human Rights Lead Story News Politics
Respect children’s rights, say CSOs
Marking International Children’s Day on 20 November, 230 groups write to President Thein Sein, calling on him to implement and respect Burma’s commitments to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Census Chin Citizenship Lead Story Magwe Mon News
Birth registration project launched in Magwe, Mon, Chin
The pilot scheme will target non-registered children in Magwe, Moulmein and Hakha, and is part of a long-term goal to issue birth certificates to every child in Burma.
Dengue fever grips 10,000 children in Burma every year
Burma’s Ministry of Health announces that more than 10,000 children, aged between three and eight years, contract dengue every year.
Education Labour Issues Lead Story News
Education would help stop child labour, say experts
A compulsory middle school education for all children in Burma would help to eradicate child labour in the country, several educational experts have said.
School in session for Mandalay street kids
Mandalay divisional government has opened up a local schoolroom to volunteers teaching street kids.
Education Lead Story News Video
Teashop kids get second chance in class
Over one hundred children who work in teashops in Rangoon are benefiting from a summer internship with volunteers from Hong Kong.
Human trafficking bust in Bangkok: Burmese children forced to sell flowers to tourists
Anti-human trafficking police have arrested a Burmese man for forcing children from Burma to sell flowers to tourists on Khao San Road in Bangkok.
Aid Arakan Communal Violence Lead Story News
UNICEF emphasises Arakanese children over terminology
The primary concern for UNICEF is the plight of children in Arakan State, and not the lexicon employed to describe members of the community, says Bertrand Bainvel, the agency’s leading official in Burma.
Arts Communal Violence Lead Story News
Children’s art depicts pain of communal violence
A Rangoon art exhibition is featuring more than 300 drawings by children displaced by communal riots in Arakan State and the central Burmese city of Meikhtila over the last two years.
Push to ban harmful Chinese snacks from schools
The Consumer Protection Association of Myanmar [Burma] will lobby against the sale of imported snacks from China at schools, after tests show high levels of harmful chemicals.
Sidewalk classroom offers tuition for street children
Platform Classroom is set up on a sidewalk next to the Mandalay Central Railway station. It has become the learning centre for almost 40 children – many of whom are homeless and shelter at the station.
Burmese boy, 7, used as drugs mule in Thailand
A seven-year-old Burmese boy with only a backpack was found crying at a roadside in Thong Pha Phum district in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province after being tricked into carrying almost 10,000 methamphetamine pills.
Burma to survey discrimination against children with HIV
The Burmese government is planning to conduct a survey to identify the prevalence of discrimination against HIV positive school children, according to a leading medical researcher
Migrant school to teach Burmese curriculum in Thailand
A new primary school for migrant children is set to open near Bangkok next month, where students will be able to study their native curriculum in the Burmese language for the first time
