UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power’s video diary from his third day in Eastern Chad near the Sahara Desert. Here he is reporting from inside a UNICEF supported feeding centre for malnourished children. To donate to the UNICEF Ireland Appeal for the Children of the Sahel, please visit our Sahel Emergency Appeal page
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Peter Power Video Diary from Chad – Day 2
16th May 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
Second update from UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power in Chad. Peter was travelling to Abeche to see first hand the impact of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa, where the lives of one million children are now at risk from starvation and malnutrition. To donate to the UNICEF Ireland Appeal for [...]
Peter Power Video Diary from Chad – Day 1
15th May 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Peter Power’s video diary from his first day in Abeche, Chad. Here he is reporting from outside a UNICEF supported feeding centre for malnourished children.
UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director Peter Power in Chad to see the impact of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa
15th May 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
UNICEF Ireland’s Executive Director Peter Power is currently in Chad to see first hand the impact of the food crisis in the Sahel region of Africa. This is his first update from his trip… The conditions are truly dramatic; more difficult than I have ever experienced. Temperatures of 47C is making travel very difficult. Without [...]
UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Cathy Kelly visits a centre for orphaned children in Mozambique
10th May 2012 | by unicef | Field Visits | No Comments
UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Cathy Kelly takes notes during her visit to Kubatsirana in Chimoio, Mozambique, which is a centre providing abandoned, abused or orphaned children with alternative care through guardianship, fostering and adoption with another caring family in the community.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon cope with hardships, fear for their families at home
8th May 2012 | by unicef | Syria | No Comments
The little hilltop town of Al Faqiha is located in one of the more remote corners of the Bekaa Valley, a fertile swath of land along Lebanon’s eastern frontier. It’s also the region closest to Syria, Lebanon’s troubled neighbour, making it a natural refuge for Syrian families seeking sanctuary from the unrest in their homeland. [...]
Confronting severe malnutrition: Across South Sudan hunger is a daily reality for many children
4th May 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
There was only sorghum for lunch, but it didn’t make the preparation any simpler. Report by Kun Li UNICEF correspondent Kun Li reports on UNICEF’s efforts to treat malnutrition in the newly formed nation of South Sudan. In Illeu, a small town in Eastern Equatoria State, Anorina Kabaka first had to bring a bucket full [...]
Field diary: Journey to recovery from severe acute malnutrition in Niger
2nd May 2012 | by unicef | Sahel, Uncategorized | No Comments
Field Report by Shushan Mebrahtu and Adamou Matti Dan Mallam UNICEF Communication Specialist Shushan Mebrahtu and Communication Officer Adamou Matti Dan Mallam travelled into the field assess the situation of families, especially children and women, amid the Sahel region’s intensifying nutrition crisis. Their report follows. AGUIE, Niger, 1 May 2012 – Two-and-half year old Oumarou [...]
Crisis-affected children forced to drop out of school
30th April 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
In Niger, the food crisis has forced tens of thousands of children to leave school. Some are migrating with their families in search of work, others are simply too weak to attend. Report by Laura Huyghe and Shushan Mebrahtu Only a few months ago, 12-year-old Oumar Soumana was happily living with his family in Damana, [...]
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