By Jennifer Bakody
The effects of the earthquake that struck Haiti some two and a half months ago have reverberated across the country. Both in and beyond the capital, Port-au-Prince, progress made in tackling long-standing human rights issues – including the problem of gender-based violence against women and girls – seems a distant memory.
In too many [...]
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Archive for March, 2010
After the earthquake, protecting Haitian women and girls from violence
30th March 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Haiti | No Comments
Immunization drive aims to stop polio, once thought eradicated in Guinea
29th March 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Vaccination | No Comments
A boy awaits vaccination in Guinea, where polio is once again threatening young lives. An ongoing immunization drive in the region aims to reach 85 million children under five by the end of 2010.
Field report from Gaelle Bausson
Yeninka, 5, was born in a poor fishermen’s neighbourhood in the suburbs of Conakry, the Guinean capital. She [...]
UNICEF works to reunite children with their families in Haiti
26th March 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Haiti | No Comments
UNICEF France staff member Nora Nonet reported from Haiti late last month on the story of a young earthquake survivor who had not yet been reunited with his family. Since then, UNICEF is pleased to report, the boy has been successfully returned to his relatives.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 24 March 2010 – We met eight-year-old Jefferson (not [...]
Severe food shortages in western Chad lead to rising malnutrition in children
25th March 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Millennium Development Goals | No Comments
Mothers hold their children outside a therapeutic feeding centre in Mao, capital of a region in western Chad where some 2 million people are in need of food aid – By Salma Zulfiqar
Adam Abdulai is just over a year old, but he can barely move, let alone stand up and walk. He and a dozen [...]
New campaign to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Lesotho
19th March 2010 | by unicef | HIV / AIDS | No Comments
BEREA DISTRICT, Lesotho, 16 March 2010 – Malekena George is eight months pregnant, living with HIV, and exhausted from the five-hour trek she endured to get here, to the Pilot Health Clinic, for her first antenatal check-up. But because her journey to the clinic was so difficult, this visit may also be her last.
Ms. George’s [...]
Reunited in Haiti: Sterling finds her father
15th March 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Field Visits, Haiti | No Comments
On assignment as a UNICEF photographer in Haiti, Shezhad Noorani had the pleasure of meeting five-year-old Sterling Vincent – a child who had been separated from her family in the aftermath of the 12 January earthquake.
UNICEF’s emergency relief team heard about Sterling from one of our field workers. She was staying [...]
Amidst the rubble, Haiti celebrates International Women’s Day
10th March 2010 | by unicef | Advocacy, Haiti | No Comments
Amidst the rubble, Haiti celebrates International Women’s Day
JACMEL, Haiti, 9 March, 2010 – Women have been hit hard by the devastating earthquake in Haiti. But they are not alone.
UNICEF aims to immunize 85 million children against polio in West and Central Africa
9th March 2010 | by unicef | Millennium Development Goals, Vaccination | No Comments
UNICEF aims to immunize 85 million children against polio in West and Central Africa
NEW YORK, USA, 5 March 2010 – For children in West and Central Africa, the threat of the crippling disease polio, eradicated in much of the world, still looms.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow highlights polio in Chad
9th March 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Vaccination | No Comments
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow highlights polio in Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad, 8 March 2010 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow recently visited Chad to highlight the importance of vaccinating the country’s children against polio.
Simple solutions to provide safe drinking water to remote communities in Haiti
8th March 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Haiti, Water | No Comments
UNICEF correspondent Thomas Nybo reports on efforts to get water to the most remote survivors of Haiti’s January 12 earthquake.
Simple plastic buckets and inexpensive water-purification tablets are being used to provide safe drinking water to people living in the mountains outside Leogane, an area that was close to the epicenter of [...]
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