In the busy lakeside town of Gisenyi, a UNICEF-supported therapeutic nutrition rehabilitation unit is helping give babies a healthy start in life. Report by Jenny Clover, UNICEF.
The pediatric ward at Gisenyi Hospital sees around three new cases of malnutrition each week, and is working to bring this number down to zero.
The hospital’s community teams are [...]
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Community-based nutrition programs empowering families to prevent malnutrition in Rwanda
3rd February 2012 | by unicef | malnutrition | No Comments
Feeding drought affected families in Niger
30th January 2012 | by unicef | malnutrition | No Comments
At the end of the farming season. Halima Isaka sat with her 10-month-old daughter at the edge of their family’s field, watching as her husband loaded a pile of dried millet stalks onto an oxcart. With cash transfers, UNICEF and partners aid drought-affected families in Niger. Report by Bob Coen.
VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Bob Coen reports [...]
‘Humanitarian Action for Children 2012’ calls for continued focus on the Horn of Africa
27th January 2012 | by unicef | East Africa, Report | No Comments
The ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa will remain a significant part of UNICEF’s global humanitarian response in the coming year, according to the ‘Humanitarian Action for Children 2012’ report, which launches tomorrow. Report by Chris Niles.
UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Louis-Georges Arsenault discusses UNICEF’s annual appeal for emergency funding. The [...]
Life-saving action against cholera in DR Congo
23rd January 2012 | by unicef | Water | No Comments
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 16 January 2012 – “At the beginning I thought she had just diarrhea, but when she didn’t stop vomiting I took her to the hospital, where they told me it might be cholera,” said Getou Bofala, 35. Report by Cornelia Walther
She had been sitting at the bedside of her [...]
UNICEF prepares to help victims of conflict in South Sudan
18th January 2012 | by unicef | Sudan | No Comments
Pibor County, in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, is the site of recent conflict between members of the Murle and the Lou Nuer tribes. The violence has forced thousands of people to take refuge in surrounding bush areas. Here, UNICEF’s Sunil Verma reports from an assessment mission organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. [...]
Haiti Two Years On: UNICEF in Action
11th January 2012 | by unicef | Haiti | No Comments
UNICEF has been a development partner in Haiti for over 60 years. With expertise in education, child protection, nutrition, health and water sanitation and hygiene, UNICEF and partners have coordinated a large-scale emergency response for children and families. We will continue to develop and strengthen systems that protect the rights of children.
Your crucial support has [...]
Hope in Haiti Now
10th January 2012 | by unicef | Haiti | No Comments
I’d been in Haiti after the earthquake in July 2010 and it took me a long time to try to come to terms with what I’d seen. To witness people desperately trying to survive – enduring anywhere they could find a scrap of land to live on. Back then, six months on from the earthquake, [...]
A ‘children’s crisis’ unfolds in West and Central Africa’s Sahel region
6th January 2012 | by unicef | malnutrition | No Comments
Even as the battle against hunger continues in the drought-hit Horn of Africa, another crisis has begun to unfold in eight countries across West Africa. Report by Priyanka Pruthi
VIDEO: December 2011 – UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on the growing crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, where more than a million children are at risk of [...]
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