Judith, 15, lost her mother to the earthquake that devastated Haiti four months ago. Today she and her fellow students support each other through their grief at one of hundreds of schools that have re-opened with UNICEF support. Here Judith tells about her experience – and hopes for the future – in her own words. [...]
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Judith’s story: In the face of grief, education brings hope in Haiti
17th May 2010 | by unicef | Haiti | No Comments
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow completes visit to Guinea
14th May 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits | No Comments
Field report by Edward Bally. World renowned actress, humanitarian and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow yesterday ended a five-day visit to Guinea. In the lead-up to the upcoming presidential elections due in June, the mission focused on the plight of children and the need for sustained investment to respond to the needs of children and [...]
Healing just beginning in Haiti
9th May 2010 | by unicef | Haiti | No Comments
Field Report by Tamar Hahn, UNICEF – Camp Hope is an IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) settlement just three miles away from the border with the Dominican Republic. It’s also what 1,500 displaced Haitians from Port-au-Prince call home these days. It is a dusty, desolate tract of land with tents provided by the Red Cross and [...]
‘SMS 4400’a ‘SMS 4400’ – toll free SMS service for young people in Nepal
7th May 2010 | by unicef | Advocacy, Childrens Rights | No Comments
© UNICEF Nepal/2010/SShrestha “Four… four… zero… zero!” “Four.. four.. zero.. zero!” This was the chant that reverberated in the air, as young people and old competed with each other in dancing and belting out various versions of the number “4400″ at the launch of UNICEF’s SMS service for the young people in Nepal. SMS 4400, [...]
Rwanda takes on a silent killer
5th May 2010 | by unicef | Immunisation | No Comments
This week, from the capital of Kigali to the countryside, kids in Rwanda will receive a major kick start to their chances for a healthy future as UNICEF supports that nation’s Mother and Child Health Week. Through mass mobilizations of medical services and lifesaving interventions, UNICEF and Rwandans will work together to deliver child immunizations, [...]
Liberating Liberia from polio and measles
4th May 2010 | by unicef | Immunisation | No Comments
MONROVIA, Liberia, 28 April 2010 – “Don’t cry, baby. This will keep you healthy and strong,” Princess Togba told her eight-month-old daughter, Agatha, as the baby received two drops of oral polio vaccine. Agatha joined hundreds of infants and young children, and their parents, at the Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, to kick start [...]
Sharing a smile…
4th May 2010 | by unicef | Immunisation | No Comments
Four-year-old polio survivor Clako Ali smiles inside a UNICEF-supported centre for people with disabilities in Chad. Clako contracted polio and is wearing leg braces. Earlier this year, UNICEF launched a national immunization campaign aimed protecting 2.2 million children under five against the debilitating disease.
Fight against African polio outbreak enters second round
1st May 2010 | by unicef | Immunisation | No Comments
More than 77 million children to be immunised across 16 countries The critical second round of a synchronised effort to stop a polio outbreak across west and central Africa is underway, targeting more than 77 million children in 16 countries for vaccination. Only Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone have had to postpone their campaigns until [...]
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