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UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Cathy Kelly visits a centre for orphaned children in Mozambique

10th May 2012 | by unicef | Field Visits | No Comments

UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Cathy Kelly takes notes during her visit to Kubatsirana in Chimoio, Mozambique, which is a centre providing abandoned, abused or orphaned children with alternative care through guardianship, fostering and adoption with another caring family in the community.

New Year message from UNICEF Ireland Executive Director Melanie Verwoerd

1st January 2011 | by unicef | Field Visits | No Comments

“Now Christmas and New Year will be great!  Thank you! Thank you!” These were the words of Phindile Mthetwa.  She is 19 years old and part of a child headed household that I visited last week in Swaziland. We were sitting on a straw mat in the blazing heat next to their hut which is [...]

Donncha’s Diary – Day 4 in Haiti

26th July 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Goodwill Ambassador, Haiti | No Comments

Spending the last few days here in Port au Prince, there’s one thing I’ve really noticed – every green  patch where kids used to play is now a sea of tents.   To get your head around the number of families I’m talking about who are now living in tents in Haiti, it’s as if the [...]

Day 3 of Donncha’s Diary: Haiti 6 months after the earthquake

23rd July 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Haiti | No Comments

Five minutes into my stay at Camp Charlie and I’m already in trouble…I’ve thrashed my tent!  Camp Charlie is where most of the UN staff are currently living and it’s where we are staying.  The last time I camped is when I was 11 back home in the back garden in Bishopstown.  We lasted till [...]

Day 2 of Donncha’s Diary: Haiti 6 months after the earthquake

22nd July 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Field Visits, Haiti | 1 Comment

Hello from Haiti, We arrived this morning into Port au Prince! It is baking here – very, very clammy and I broke out in an instant sweat. Straight away I went to meet the UNICEF team at their base near the airport.  It’s an incredible place to take in – it’s full of tents and [...]

Donncha’s Diary from a field visit to Haiti – 6 months after the earthquake

21st July 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Goodwill Ambassador, Haiti | No Comments

Hello from New York – I’m on my way to Haiti as part of my role as an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland This is my second trip with UNICEF – last summer I visited UNICEF programmes in South Africa after the Lions Tour was finished.  I know that this trip will be very different from [...]

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Leo Messi visits Haiti to highlight plight of children six months after the earthquake

16th July 2010 | by unicef | Emergency, Field Visits, Haiti | No Comments

Leo Messi, renowned FC Barcelona and Argentina national team soccer player completed his first field visit since he was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in March to highlight the milestones and challenges children in Haiti face six months after the earthquake. The one-day visit took Messi to Carrefour Aviation, a camp of 50,000 Haitians who lost [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Robbie Williams visits Haiti

14th April 2010 | by unicef | Field Visits, Haiti | No Comments

UNICEF ambassador Robbie Williams visited Haiti to meet with children affected by the disastrous earthquake and see what the UNICEF and partners are working to help children and their families. Photo: Simon Niblett / UNICEF 2010. UNICEF Ambassador and singer Robbie Williams has visited Haiti this week, while UNICEF marks the three months since the [...]

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