GenevaLunch » children http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Malaria cases down 25% but funding shortfall threats could slow progress http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/malaria-cases-down-25-but-funding-shortfall-threats-could-slow-progress/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/malaria-cases-down-25-but-funding-shortfall-threats-could-slow-progress/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64697 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Malaria cases worldwide fell by 25 percent in the past decade and by 33 percent worldwide thanks to better prevention but threatened shortfalls in funding from governments could slow the fight against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. Its World malaria report 2011, published 13 December, shows malaria rates falling [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/14/malaria-cases-down-25-but-funding-shortfall-threats-could-slow-progress/feed/ 0 Australia: Grave concerns for the mental welfare of child asylum-seekers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/australia-grave-concerns-for-the-mental-welfare-of-child-asylum-seekers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/australia-grave-concerns-for-the-mental-welfare-of-child-asylum-seekers/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:22:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61858 GenevaLunch.com AUSTRALIA – Child asylum-seekers in Australia may be victims of “child abuse,” said the Australian Medical Association, AMA, to a joint select committee looking into Australia’s detention network. The AMA said it has “grave concerns for the mental welfare of child asylum-seekers and believes mandatory detention is akin to child abuse.” According to the Association, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/australia-grave-concerns-for-the-mental-welfare-of-child-asylum-seekers/feed/ 0 Migros and WWF band together to teach kids about Swiss mountains http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:03:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61451 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – WWF, the environmental organization, and Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain, Migros, are joining forces to help children learn more about and appreciate the Swiss Alps. Mountainmania is a seven-week online quiz programme that kicks off 13 September, designed to teach children more about the Alps. The two organizations are ready to hand out [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/migros-and-wwf-band-together-to-teach-kids-about-swiss-mountains/feed/ 1 Begnin couple’s death under investigation http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/10/begnin-couples-death-under-investigation/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/10/begnin-couples-death-under-investigation/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:42:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61410 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Vaud police say the 48-year-old man whose body was found in Begnins, not far from Nyon, Friday morning committed suicide, but the cause of death of his 39-year-old wife is not yet clear. The Swiss couple were found in their apartment by someone who knew them about 09:00 Friday 9 September and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/10/begnin-couples-death-under-investigation/feed/ 0 School’s in! Slow down, police caution; Ecolint buses use math http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/schools-in-slow-down-police-caution-ecolint-buses-use-math/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/schools-in-slow-down-police-caution-ecolint-buses-use-math/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:40:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61034 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Cantons Geneva and Vaud are back in school today, 29 August, and police are reminding motorists to slow down near schools. School buses at Ecolint, the popular name for the campuses of the International School of Geneva, will start the year Thursday 1 September with a difference: the school has been working [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/schools-in-slow-down-police-caution-ecolint-buses-use-math/feed/ 0 Large barn fire near Nyon set by children playing with lighters http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/large-barn-fire-near-nyon-set-by-children-playing-with-lighters/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/large-barn-fire-near-nyon-set-by-children-playing-with-lighters/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:53:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60869 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A huge and costly fire in Grens, Vaud Saturday 20 August, at 15:00, was set off by three children from a Jura family, playing with lighters and straw, say Vaud police. The parents noticed that the fire originated in an area where their children, ages 8, 9 and 12, had been playing, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/22/large-barn-fire-near-nyon-set-by-children-playing-with-lighters/feed/ 0 An apple a day keeps the Happy Meal on the tray http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/an-apple-a-day-keeps-the-happy-meal-on-the-tray/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/an-apple-a-day-keeps-the-happy-meal-on-the-tray/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:50:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60236 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Health-minded parents have won: McDonalds in the US will be putting fewer french fries in children’s Happy Meals and adding an apple plus low-fat milk and chocolate milk as drink options. The company will introduce the new meals in September as part of a nutrition drive that includes providing calorie and nutrition [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/an-apple-a-day-keeps-the-happy-meal-on-the-tray/feed/ 0 Nyon’s Arpad Busson, glam Brit royals raise £17.2m for kids charity http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/10/nyons-arpad-busson-glam-brit-royals-raise-17-2m-for-kids-charity/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/10/nyons-arpad-busson-glam-brit-royals-raise-17-2m-for-kids-charity/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:07:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58719 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – London has not seen a show like this for a while, excluding the recent royal wedding: more than £17.2m million raised in one night Thursday 9 June at a party for Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), a UK-based charity, whose founding chairman is Swiss-British-French financier and social celebrity Arpad Busson, who heads [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/10/nyons-arpad-busson-glam-brit-royals-raise-17-2m-for-kids-charity/feed/ 1 Unicef: At least 20 children killed in Libya, 26 in Yemen, cluster munitions used http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/unicef-at-least-20-children-killed-in-libya-26-in-yemen-cluster-munitions-used/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/unicef-at-least-20-children-killed-in-libya-26-in-yemen-cluster-munitions-used/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:53:13 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=56816 GenevaLunch.com The United Nations agency for children affairs, Unicef, appealed for a ceasefire in Lybia saying at least 20 children had been killed in attacks by government forces. Anthony Lake, Unicef’s Executive Director said at least 20 children have been killed and countless others have been injured in the city of Misrata in Libya. “Reports of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/unicef-at-least-20-children-killed-in-libya-26-in-yemen-cluster-munitions-used/feed/ 0 Missing twins: search for bodies in Geneva countryside, no results (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/12/missing-twins-search-for-bodies-in-geneva-countryside-no-results-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/12/missing-twins-search-for-bodies-in-geneva-countryside-no-results-update/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:27:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56448 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - SwissMissing, with help from Canton Vaud Police, carried out an 8km2 search in the Geneva countryside Saturday 9 April to Monday morning, looking for the bodies of the two missing six-year-olds, Alessia and Livia Schepp. Twelve people including a police officer and three dogs that are trained to look for bodies, [...]

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