Right now, people’s minds are focused on their wallets with news of falling markets, foreclosures and rising unemployment filling the papers. But another, less reported fallout of the global recession is that more children are being tempted to fight in wars, attracted by the large sums of money being offered by recruiters. A recent report [...]

…with four high-level Canadian executives pledging to help UNICEF raise $1,000,000 for programs benefiting children, earmarking a portion to aid child soldiers in the Democratic of Congo. (The rest of the money will go to assisting children with AIDS in Haiti, constructing schools in Rwanda, and increasing access to schools for girls in Afghanistan.) Kudos [...]

A new foundation that supports child soldiers in Colombia has been developed by former corporate techie Philippe Houdard. Last year he decided to take a break from the office and his six-figure salary but instead of moving to the beaches in Thailand for a year, he started Developing Minds Foundation. The foundation works with impoverished [...]