With no end in sight to the crisis in Libya, the daily influx of people into southern Tunisia continues as people flee over the border by car, bus and even on foot. Report by Roshan Khadivi VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Priyanka Pruthi reports on assistance being provided to migrants at transit camps on the Tunisia-Libya border. [...]
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UNICEF sets up sanitation facilities at transit camps on the Tunisia-Libya border
31st March 2011 | by unicef | Libya Crisis | 1 Comment
UNICEF reaches out to families and children in earthquake-hit Japan
31st March 2011 | by unicef | Japan Tsunami | No Comments
The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit north-eastern Japan has left thousands of children without homes and in desperate need of essential supplies, medical and psychosocial support. By Mihoko Nakagawa Almost 10,000 people have died since the disaster struck two weeks ago, with nearly 15,000 still missing. More than 260,000 people have been evacuated, including [...]
Already a part of UNICEF’s Mini-Marathon Team?
31st March 2011 | by unicef | Womens Mini Marathon | No Comments
Thanks for joining Dustin, 2FM’s Jenny Green and Jenny Huston, and the rest of the fabulous UNICEF Mini-Marathon Team! We’ve got a lot of great surprises in store for you as we get ready to strut our stuff on June Bank Holiday Monday, (June 6th) to help raise money for UNICEF programmes that will help [...]
UNICEF supports child-friendly spaces on Tunisia-Libya border for children displaced by conflict
30th March 2011 | by unicef | Libya Crisis | No Comments
Samia (not her real name), 7, is holding hands with other children as they move in a circle, singing a song in a child-friendly centre located in a medium size tent in the Shousha transit camp. Report by Roshan Khadivi Before the unrest in Libya began almost a month ago, Samia and her parents lived [...]
UNICEF deploying Japanese experts to help with disaster response
26th March 2011 | by unicef | Japan Tsunami | No Comments
The 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, triggered a devastating tsunami and, in turn, a near meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The death toll is estimated at more than 9,400, almost 15,000 people remain unaccounted for, and some 300,000 are homeless in freezing temperatures. This report from Chris Niles, UNICEF. [...]
UNICEF Tunisia Representative visits a transit camp on the Tunisia-Libya border
25th March 2011 | by unicef | Libya Crisis | No Comments
UNICEF Representative in Tunisia Maria-Luisa Fornara visited the Shousha transit camp on the Tunisia-Libya border today to review the emergency response to the crisis in Libya. Report by Dan Bhayi and Roshan Khadivi She also met with families affected by the ongoing conflict. “We have teams and supplies in place and have been successful in [...]
World Water Day: In India a Women’s Group bands together to clean-up slum neighborhoods
22nd March 2011 | by unicef | Water | No Comments
Raw sewage bubbles up along the open sewers that line the narrow walkways of the slums of Moradabad known as mohallas. Hills of stinking garbage pile high in vacant lots, surrounded by wafting clouds of eager flies in the hot, humid air. Florescent green algae sprout over ponds of pooling fetid water. Report by Angela [...]
Meet Saida, a 6-year old refugee on the Tunisian-Libyan border
22nd March 2011 | by unicef | Libya Crisis | No Comments
Saida arrived at the Choucha camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border on March 8. She may be only 6, but she is used to life as a refugee. Saida was born in Somalia, but when she was just 8 months old, her mother and father moved to Khartoum, Sudan, to look for work. Two years later, [...]
UNICEF supports emergency vaccination in a transit camp on the Tunisia-Libya border
22nd March 2011 | by unicef | Libya Crisis | No Comments
RAS JDIR, Tunisia, 21 March 2011 – A UNICEF-supported campaign led by the Tunisian Ministry of Health has been vaccinating children under the age of five living in the largest temporary camp on the Tunisia-Libya border. Field report by Roshan Khadivi. UNICEF reports on an emergency vaccination campaign that was initiated for children living in [...]
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