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How wigs help children handle hair loss

For young people who lose their hair during cancer treatment, a wig can make them feel normal again. Carmel King photographs some of the processes and people involved with a charity providing beautiful human-hair wigs for kids.

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Children in burns prevention campaigns

Whose responsibility is it to prevent accidental burns and scalds in the home? Shane Ewen’s research shows that it’s everyone’s concern.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable

Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.

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  • Helping families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS / CWAC, Children with AIDS Charity.
  • Helping families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS / CWAC, Children with AIDS Charity.
  • Helping families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS / CWAC, Children with AIDS Charity.
  • Helping families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS / CWAC, Children with AIDS Charity.
  • Helping families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS / CWAC, Children with AIDS Charity.
  • Helping families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS / CWAC, Children with AIDS Charity.
  • A chick hatching from an egg representing the Children with AIDS charity. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman representing Charity, with three children. Engraving by C. Caukercken after A. Van Dyck, 16--.
  • Children with the words 'How much do your children know about AIDS?'; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • Angels drawn by children fly across red wires joined to syringes; advertising a family Christmas charity event in support of AIDS-affected children and their parents in Berlin. Colour lithograph for Kinder-AIDS-Forum e.V., 1993.
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