Tips: my face has really gone crazy!

Puberty is ruining my looks!
Puberty is a name for the time when you start to change from a child to an adult. Puberty is normal—it happens to everyone. You'll go through a lot of changes, but you will still be YOU—with some important differences. This is one girl’s story.

I am Thandi and I live in South Africa. When I turned 13 my skin changed. My back and shoulders were full of pimples and my thighs and legs had stretch marks. It was hard to be happy because I was always so aware of how bad my skin looked.

I would always wear a cap to cover the pimples and blackheads on my face, especially on my forehead. I would wear long sleeves and a long skirt. Anything to cover up.

I felt very depressed, because people were mean to me. Also, I believed that no guy would want to date a person with such bad skin, so I stayed at home and didn’t go out much.

But things changed when I met a guy at my church. He was sweet to me and after we had been friends for a while he told me that he loved everything about me. I could not believe it!

He helped me look past what was on the outside. I know I am a good person I just got so upset about the way I looked that I forgot to love and care for my body.

I have accepted the stretch marks but I have started to really look after myself more. I wash my face twice a day with soap and water. I exercise and avoid oily food. I know the pimples will clear up eventually.

I used to cry every day because people were so mean about the way I looked. But I am not going to hide behind closed doors anymore.

I have love and pride in my heart and no matter what I look like on the outside, am going to focus on my education and my future, because that is what is really important.LMP

Tips: ARE YOU BEING TREATED BADLY? YOU DO HAVE RIGHTS

In many countries women and girls have the same rights as men according to the law, and are regarded as equals in all aspects. But this isn’t always practiced at home.

You have the right to be treated with respect and to be safe anARE YOU BEING TREATED BADLY? YOU DO HAVE RIGHTS

In many countries women and girls have the same rights as men according to the law, and are regarded as equals in all aspects. But this isn’t always practiced at home

You have the right to be treated with respect and to be safe and secure in your home. If this isn’t the case then speak to someone you trust like a teacher or village leader. A problem shared can be a burden lifted.

If someone older tries to scare you by shouting at you or hurting you, it can be can be abuse and is wrong. Find an adult you trust to help you.
There is nothing more traumatic for a child than losing a parent – never mind both. Growing up without parents or a caring adult looking after you can mean you are more at risk of harm. But you still have the right to education and healthcare.
When Preity was young she lived with her aunt and uncle. They made her believe they had the right to beat and mistreat her. This is her story:d secure in your home. If this isn’t the case then speak to someone you trust like a teacher or village leader. A problem shared can be a burden lifted.

If someone older tries to scare you by shouting at you or hurting you, it can be can be abuse and is wrong. Find an adult you trust to help you.
There is nothing more traumatic for a child than losing a parent – never mind both. Growing up without parents or a caring adult looking after you can mean you are more at risk of harm. But you still have the right to education and healthcare.
When Preity was young she lived with her aunt and uncle. They made her believe they had the right to beat and mistreat her. This is her story

Child who wore Lionel Messi plastic bag shirt forced into exile by Taliban as family fear he could be kidnapped

Murtaza Ahmadi, the 5 year old child whose picture of him wearing a plastic bag jersey with Lionel Messi's name and number went viral early this year, has been forced into exile as his family fear he could be kidnapped by Talibans.

Now I want you to invite me so I can come and meet you." Then In February, UNICEF confirmed Murtaza had been sent a signed Argentina shirt by the World Player of the Year.

According to the boy's father, talibans in the area thought Messi must have also sent the boy some money alongside the signed jersey, so his family have had to relocate him amid fears he could be kidnapped and then Lionel Messi contacted to pay a ransom. Mohammad Arif Ahmadi told the BBC, "A few days ago I got a call from a local gangster," he said. He thought that since my son had received these T-shirts from Messi that maybe he also got money and asked for his share." The family have moved to neighbouring Pakistan after selling their possessions and are currently in Quetta.

 Source : BBC

Late Prince covers May issue of Rolling Stone magazine

Prince graces the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone...

Photos from Buhari and Biya's meeting in Abuja

President Buhari and Cameroonian president, Paul Biya pictured at a Communique Signing /Press Conference at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja today May 4th. More photos after the cut...

 

High School student claims she was ridiculed at school for supposed Indecency

According to Twitter user @nangatse, she was ridiculed in school yesterday by a female teacher for indecency. Narrating her story, she said she had an altercation with her teacher who confronted her for not wearing a bra to school & making male students/teachers uncomfortable. Feeling humiliated, she ran to her principal for help but was surprised when the principal did not support her. See what she wrote after the cut...

According to Twitter user @nangatse, she was ridiculed in school yesterday by a female teacher for indecency. Narrating her story, she said she had an altercation with her teacher who confronted her for not wearing a bra to school & making male students/teachers uncomfortable. Feeling humiliated, she ran to her principal for help but was surprised when the principal did not support her. See what she wrote after the cut...

Bomb run Aleppo

Syria's largest city, Aleppo, is split between government and opposition forces. Since 2013, rebel-held districts have been under siege, battered and bombarded from the ground and the air.
Many if not most aerial attacks come in the form of barrel bombs; crude canisters - often just oil barrels or garbage cans - packed full of high explosives, that President Bashar al-Assad's men roll out of helicopters and transport planes onto the city below.

The impact on Aleppo's densely packed civilian neighbourhoods has been devastating. Homes, business and schools have been obliterated and many thousands of people wounded or killed.
International human rights groups have categorised the use of these weapons as indiscriminate and unlawful, yet the attacks show no signs of slackening. Indeed, recently they seem to be intensifying, with growing numbers of government troops stepping up their efforts to capture this iconic location.
Few know better what the barrel bomb attacks mean in terms of shattered lives, pain and despair, than the makeshift medical teams struggling against impossible odds and great danger to bring help to the victims.
As likely to fall victim to an unannounced attack from the air as any other civilian - and working out of Aleppo's bombed-out hospitals and clinics with the bare minimum of equipment and vehicles - the medics nevertheless perform daily miracles in rescuing and treating the wounded, be they opposition or government supporters.
Earlier this summer journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja spent time with one group of medics as they struggled to do their jobs. He brought back a remarkable report.
Visceral and sometimes raw, it nevertheless paints a harrowing portrait of city and its people struggling to survive