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#116Stories: A child's Healthcare requirements should be met.
6-year-old Abraham's father called the helpline for advice. Abraham was ill and his father was not sure what to do. His symptoms included...
C-Sema Team
Jul 6, 20211 min read
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An end-year chat with parents and students of Sacred Heart School in Dar
This year we entered a partnership with Porticus Foundation to support their commissioned research to understand the prevalence, nature...
C-Sema Team
Jun 18, 20213 min read
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#116Stories: Fathers can be part of the pregnancy journey too!
A man called the helpline seeking advice on how to properly take care of his pregnant wife. This father-to-be wanted to find out all he...
C-Sema Team
Jun 17, 20211 min read
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#116Stories: FGM is a danger to the lives of girls and women everywhere.
The Village Executive Officer (VEO) called the Helpline for assistance on a case concerning 16-year-old Sarah (not her real name) who was...
C-Sema Team
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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#116Stories: Children should believe in themselves and in their capacity to do great things.
16-year-old Grace, (not her real name) called the Helpline worried about her grades, particularly in her chemistry and biology subjects....
C-Sema Team
Jun 8, 20211 min read
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#116Stories: Discipline should teach and not inflict pain.
The parents of 9-year-old Adam (not his real name) called us to report one of Adam's teachers for physically abusing him. The parents...
C-Sema Team
May 28, 20212 min read
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#116Stories: A child's right is to get an education.
A father called the helpline reporting the headteacher of his child's school, the headteacher had been sending children back home to ask...
C-Sema Team
May 20, 20211 min read
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#116Stories: Taking the initiative to raise your child is your Responsibility.
We received a call from the mother of one-year-old Ibra. She told us since she got pregnant up until then she had never seen or received...
C-Sema Team
May 15, 20211 min read
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#116Stories: Brave Elimina
Brave 13-year-old girl ‘Elimina’ ( not her real name) called the Helpline to report her father for negligence. Elimina informed us that...
C-Sema Team
May 13, 20211 min read
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Hanifa is saved from a life in the sreets.
We bring you a sad tale about Hanifa. Hanifa lived as a maid before she was thrown out by her employer, while on the streets she wished...
C-Sema Team
May 4, 20211 min read
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#116Stories: Robi saves herself from FGC
Brave 12-year-old Robi (not her real name) called the Helpline and reported her father who wanted her to undergo Female Genital Cutting...
C-Sema Team
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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Improving the Child Helpline service in Zanzibar
Earlier this month on the 12th of October, the Deputy Permanent Secretary Ms. Abeida R. Abdallah invited C-Sema for a meeting at her...
Nadhira Jiddawi
Mar 24, 20213 min read
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Children need to rest on the Weekends.
Ally, a seventh-grade student at a certain school called the helpline with a complaint concerning the school’s teaching schedule. Ally...
C-Sema Team
Mar 10, 20212 min read
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#116Stories: Children are not sources of income.
On that same day, one of our Counsellors referred the case to the District Social Work Officer, who accepted to work on the case. The...
C-Sema Team
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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Children with albinism have the same rights as other children.
A concerned father called us seeking advice for his newborn son Joel (not his real name). Baba Joel told us that his wife gave birth to...
C-Sema Team
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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Afya ya kinywa kwa mtoto.
Kwa kawaida, mtoto huanza kuota meno kuanzia miezi 6-12 japo inaweza kuwa awali ya hapo. Jino la kwanza linapojitokeza, ni vyema mzazi...
C-Sema Team
Nov 28, 20201 min read
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#116Stories: 'Child Neglect.'
A brave 13-year-old girl called the Helpline to report her father for negligence. 'Elimina' informed us that her father had not been...
C-Sema Team
Nov 28, 20202 min read
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Oral hygiene for your child.
Normally, children start teething from around 6-12 months and as soon as the first tooth shows up, oral hygiene should follow. Wondering...
C-Sema Team
Nov 27, 20202 min read
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Hope stands up for herself.
The Helpline received a call from a courageous 15 year old girl named Hope (not her real name). Hope reported her parents for forcing...
C-Sema Team
Nov 23, 20201 min read
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#116Stories: 16-years old Irene is rescued from marriage by Neighbour's call
Back in July we received a complaint concerning a young girl named Irene who was a victim of child marriage. The caller informed us that...
C-Sema Team
Nov 13, 20202 min read
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