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A campaign to deliver breakfasts to children in their homes was a “great success”, the charity that ran the event said yesterday. The Coalition for the Protection of Children said its first National Breakfast Day campaign on Monday delivered about 20...

Pupils and prisoners have been helped by a community group that launched campaigns to provide computers and books. The Grateful Bread rallied supporters, who paid for 20 Chromebooks for children and donated boxes of books to Westgate inmates. The gro...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and there does not seem to be any decline in obesity in general. Recently, The Royal Gazette reported on childhood obesity in Bermuda and as a new father, these words from the Bermuda Diabetes Association resonated wi...

A Bermudian aid worker who devoted the last 12 years to building a better life for Haitian children said that conditions in the stricken Caribbean country had descended to the worst he had ever seen. “I have seen devastation, but this is a whole diff...

Enough cash could be raised by Christmas to rebuild a playground destroyed by arson, a fundraising group said yesterday. Pig’s Field Family Connections, set up after the attack on the Pembroke park in April, added that the new playground was the firs...

A child mental health specialist said that being in nature was especially important for families working or teaching from home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Gwendolyn Creary highlighted that a shift to online classes and meetings could leave p...

A Bermuda Coast Guard team towed children to safety after their fishing boat took on water. The rescue came after a beachgoer saw people waving sticks and shouting for help. The Department of Marine and Ports Services said that a member of the public...

A charity has launched a mental health awareness campaign focused on issues faced by young Bermudians. The campaign, launched by Family Centre in partnership with RBK Advertising + Design and One Communications, is intended to educate the public abou...

A marine science museum will screen a series of free documentaries on climate change for youngsters from this weekend. A spokeswoman for the BUEI said: “Being able to show a variety of films means there should be something interesting for everyone. “...

Kayaks, paddleboarders and a rower completed a marathon circuit of the island yesterday to raise almost $160,000 for a charity focused on the prevention of child sex abuse. The money will be used to help fund free training for adults by Saving Childr...

Bermuda’s children are the focus of a prayer group set to launch next month. Parents Pray Bermuda was created by Prayer for Change ministry, which launched as a quarterly in-person prayer meeting in February 2020 but transitioned to Zoom after th...

A public authority involved in an inquiry into misconduct claims against the head of the island’s child protection agency has claimed it does not have a report on the investigation’s findings. Gina Hurst-Maybury, the acting permanent secretary at the...