Although by its very nature the exact numbers are difficult to quantify, it is estimated today that as many as 300,000 child soldiers – some as young as eight years old, are involved in more than 30 conflicts around the world. Child soldiers are used as combatants, messengers, porters, cooks and to provide sexual services. [...]
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In Jordan, UNICEF and partners offer services to help refugee children recover from conflict in Syria
9th March 2012 | by unicef | Syria | No Comments
On a cold February day, Syrian refugee children and their parents gathered at the Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) Centre, a UNICEF partner, in the southern Jordanian town of Ma’an. Report by Samir Badran. MA’AN, Jordan. They are some of the thousands of Syrians who have made the perilous journey across the border, [...]
UNICEF-supported programmes save young children from malnutrition in Darfur, Sudan
6th March 2012 | by unicef | malnutrition | No Comments
Getting a medical check-up is never a pleasant experience, and Yasmine, 1, is plainly not enjoying hers. She wails miserably as she is hoisted into a blue canvas scale and then suspended in mid-air for a few seconds while a nurse reads her weight. Report by Simon Ingram, NYALA, South Darfur, Sudan. February 2012: UNICEF [...]
Children in Chad face life-threatening malnutrition
6th March 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
At a medical clinic outside of Bol, a town in Chad’s Lac Region, I recently met Adama Abdulai—a 30-year-old mother of six. Her three-year-old son Abdou was being treated for severe acute malnutrition; at 17.6 pounds, Abdu weighed roughly the same amount as his nine-month-old brother. Report by Chris Tidey, UNICEF, N’DJAMENA, Chad (March 5, [...]
In DR Congo, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow encourages polio vaccination in reluctant communities
29th February 2012 | by unicef | Immunisation | No Comments
Peddling by hand, Mulasi Huesseini forces her wheelchair through the sand and into the eastern village of Kasambondo. Her friends walk alongside, carrying their babies. One of them also carries Ms. Husseini’s 4-month-old son, Lubumba. Report by Guy Hubbard. KASAMBONDO VILLAGE/NYUNZU/MUKAWA VILLAGE, Democratic Republic of the Congo. VIDEO: 20 February 2012 – UNICEF reports on [...]
UNICEF races to prevent a major food crisis in the Sahel
25th February 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
UNICEF is racing to prevent a second major food crisis in Africa in less than a year. Report by Chris Niles VIDEO: 15 February 2012 – UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa David Gressly discusses how UNICEF is responding to the looming food crisis in the Sahel. World attention was focused last year [...]
Hunger season comes early for Chad’s most vulnerable
23rd February 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
At a medical clinic outside of Bol, a town in Chad’s Lac Region, I recently met Adama Abdulai – a 30-year-old mother of six. Her 3-year-old son Abdou was being treated for severe acute malnutrition; at eight kilograms, Abdu weighed roughly the same amount as his 9-month-old brother. Report by Chris Tidey. N’DJAMENA, Chad. Ms. [...]
Protecting children from an emerging food crisis in Mauritania
22nd February 2012 | by unicef | malnutrition, Sahel | No Comments
Each year, the period between the rains and the new harvest is a lean season, when mothers like Fatima Mohammed struggle to feed their children—in Mohammed’s case, seven of them. Report by Shantha Bloemen, UNICEF. GAET TEIDOUMA, Mauritania But last year, there was no rain, and this year’s lean season has come three months early. [...]
UNICEF provides emergency support for displaced families in Niger
21st February 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
“It is a relief to receive some blankets and drinking water today so my children can be more comfortable and do not have to sleep on the dust anymore,” said Fatuma Mathala. Report by Shushan Mebrahtu and Seydou Amadou Oumarou. MANGAIZÉ, Niger, Ms. Mathala, who is six months pregnant, and her four children, ages 2, [...]
Mia Farrow blog from Chad – Monday, 13 February
16th February 2012 | by unicef | Sahel | No Comments
It’s been two years since my last visit to Mao, a sand-smothered town in the belt of the Sahel. People here used to farm and raise animals but all that has changed. The rains haven’t fallen in years. Four seasons of crops have failed. The animals are dying and the children too. The world hears [...]
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