Remote schools face challenges of high wind and extreme weather - As relief pours into Yushu County, the epicentre of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s Qinghai province on 14 April, outlying areas on the Qinghai Plateau still require urgent attention.
In a recently concluded joint assessment mission to Yushu and Chenduo Counties, UNICEF and local [...]
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UNICEF supports resumption of education in China earthquake zone
28th May 2010 | by unicef | Education, Emergency | No Comments
In drought-stricken Madagascar, community health agents save lives
27th May 2010 | by unicef | malnutrition | No Comments
Thousands of children were treated for severe acute malnutrition last year in southern Madagascar, where lack of rain and crop failures continue to threaten food security. Across the affected zone, more than 230,000 children under five years old remain at risk of malnutrition.
Despite the overwhelming numbers, however, several special programmes supported by UNICEF and European [...]
In Sri Lanka, game of cricket helps former child soldiers
26th May 2010 | by unicef | Childrens Rights | No Comments
Field report by Suzanne Davey, UNICEF Sri Lanka child soldier sport program: Gopi, 16, makes a dash and lunges to take the catch. “You’re out!” she yells. Elated, with her short hair bobbing from under her cap, she joins the rest of her team to celebrate the victory.
A former child soldier, Gopi is part of [...]
Massive measles vaccination campaign under way in Zimbabwe
26th May 2010 | by unicef | Vaccination | No Comments
Field report by Tapuwa Mutseyekwa -In Zimbabwe this week, a huge programme to vaccinate 5 million children against measles, dubbed the national Child Health Days initiative, is kicking off.
A growing outbreak of measles in this southern African nation has claimed nearly 400 lives, and 7,000 cases of the dangerous disease have been recorded recently. Zimbabwe [...]
Child-friendly space helps protect young survivors of Haiti earthquake
24th May 2010 | by unicef | Haiti | No Comments
Over 100 young voices rise in harmony to affirm a common sentiment. “Sa ki pa nan espas n’ap voye yo ale,” they sing in Haitian Creole. “Those that do not belong in this space should be out of this place.”
At Place St. Pierre, beneath the hills of Port-au-Prince, a large group of children are asserting [...]
UNICEF scales up food security efforts to combat nutrition crisis in Chad
24th May 2010 | by unicef | malnutrition | No Comments
Nutrition centers provide therapeutic food to malnourished children in Chad
Field report by Anne Fouchard, UNICEF
There was no question that 18-month-old Hissène needed treatment when he arrived at the nutrition center in Moussoro, a dusty town in western Chad.
Fatimé, a nutrition worker who welcomes children at the center, immediately recognized the signs. When she measured the [...]
In Senegal, UNICEF Executive Director sees impact of community empowerment
21st May 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Vaccination | No Comments
Rural outreach on health and human rights
Field report by Rouxanna Lokhat – “I came to vaccinate my baby,” said Anta Ndiou. “This way, she will grow up healthy.”
Yesterday, Ms. Anta brought her four month-old daughter Coumba to the Sampathé Health Centre, in a rural district here in Senegal’s rural Thies Region, to be vaccinated against [...]
In Uzbekistan, first polio campaign in eight years targets nearly 3 million children
19th May 2010 | by unicef | Vaccination | No Comments
Field report by Savita Varde-Naqvi. Health authorities in Uzbekistan are working to keep polio at bay following a recent outbreak of the disease in neighbouring Tajikistan. Close to 3 million children under the age of five are being targeted in Uzbekistan’s first national polio campaign since the country was declared polio-free in 2002.
Amid a flourish [...]
Every day, 6,000 babies, infants and children die from hunger. we believe that number should be zero.
19th May 2010 | by unicef | Believe in Zero, malnutrition | No Comments
My name is Ikashe. I’m from southern Ethiopia and last week I travelled with my eleven month old son Mare to the local health centre in Yirba. He is severely malnourished. We live in a very dry part of the country and many other mothers from this region bring their children to the centre every [...]
A Day in the Life
17th May 2010 | by unicef | Advocacy, Childrens Rights, Millennium Development Goals | No Comments
Millions of children across the world are victims of exploitation, abuse and child labour. In Bangladesh, children account for about almost half of its population and child labour is a major concern.
Brothers Yusef and Smaile live by themselves on the streets on Dhaka in Bangladesh. They make a living by collecting plastic bottles and filling [...]
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