Child Advocacy

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Recordings to Rescue Children

Recordings to Rescue Children

DirectGrace Records is an elegantly simple concept: a ruby stylus cuts a groove in a lacquer master record, and a vulnerable child’s life is saved. The gift, a grace note of the music; the concept, helping children in extreme poverty while creating a thing of audible beauty is the invention of audio engineer Peter Ledermann, president of the Soundsmith Corporation.

Hindu priests are now helping to combat child marriage in Nepal

Hindu priests are now helping to combat child marriage in Nepal

Imagine your birth certificate being the only thing that can stop you from becoming a child bride. A piece of paper that could change the course of your life.In Nepal, a girl’s cheena, or astrological chart, is playing a crucial role in deterring her from being married off before she reaches adulthood.

The Same Heart – Ending Poverty One Transaction at a Time

The Same Heart – Ending Poverty One Transaction at a Time

The Same Heart film imagines a world where a tiny tax on financial transactions helps meet the unmet chronic needs of poor children at home and around the world. Today, one billion children, every other child, live without one of the essentials for a decent life: food, medicine, sanitation, shelter, education and even basic security. 

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