A Life Like Mine
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789488590 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 to help children after World War II in Europe, UNICEF was first known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations system, its task being to help children living in poverty in developing countries
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Organized into four sections-Survival, Development, Protection and Participation-the handsomely designed volume, with a bounty of photographs that transport readers to exotic lands, stems from the mission set forth by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. . From Publishers Weekly Presented in conjunction with UNICEF, DK's A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around the World profiles 18 children and explores what life is like for them and other young people, spanning 180
DK and UNICEF have combined their inspirational forces to provide remarkable insight into children's lives.. After ten years of study and consultation, UNICEF, the premier organization devoted to the care and welfare of the world's children, published the results of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The challenges of nations both developed and developing are revealed in the stories and photographs in this special volume. Using these tenets as a base, A Life Like Mine profiles children from all over the globe leading their lives in different and fascinating ways
"Children around the world" according to oldster. Published in 2002 so certainly some of the material is quite dated, but the pictures are good, and for someone not wishing to go in depth with facts, it does give an overview for kids in this country to see how fortunate they are in many ways.. Awesome book My little 5 year old grand niece and nephew love this book. Their mother has a friend that travels the world and the kids love to look up the children of other countries that she visits to see how they live. beautiful--unique perspective on other cultures/people/places I love the format of this book. Rather than being structured around regions of the world (like most), it is formatted around basic human needs--clean water, healthy food, safe home, education, protection, love, an identity, freedom of religion and expression, etc In the course of that, specific children from various countries are profiled throughout, w