Halifax’s Chefs for UNICEF Water for Life Gala announced for April 25 Publication date: January 22, 2018 Nova Scotia’s top chefs come together for 26th annual event in support of world’s most vulnerable children
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore following two-day visit to conflict-ravaged South Sudan Publication date: January 19, 2018 "I have just spent two days in South Sudan where I saw firsthand how four years of a man-made conflict have left children sick, hungry and on the brink of death."
UN agencies in urgent bid to prevent famine in Kasai Publication date: January 17, 2018 In a stark warning, three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – say time is running out to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Half a million Rohingya refugee children at risk in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh with cyclone and monsoon season on horizon Publication date: January 16, 2018 The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Bangladesh is likely to be put at even greater risk ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons, UNICEF warned today.
Three million children born into war in Yemen Publication date: January 16, 2018 More than 3 million children were born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015 according to a UNICEF report. Born into War details how children in Yemen have been scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic services including water, health care and education.
A bloody start to a new year in Syria: More than 30 children killed in first two weeks of 2018 Publication date: January 14, 2018 At a time when most parents are filled with the new year’s hope for their children’s future, mothers and fathers in Syria are left grieving for the children they have lost.
More than 1,000 babies to be born on New Year’s Day in Canada, says UNICEF Publication date: January 1, 2018 Approximately 1,062 babies will be born in Canada on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Canadian babies will account for 0.27 per cent of the estimated 385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day.
Children under attack at shocking scale in conflicts around the world, says UNICEF Publication date: December 28, 2017 This year, children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale UNICEF warned today, with parties to conflicts blatantly disregarding international laws designed to protect the most vulnerable.
Malnutrition, anaemia and disease plague Rohingya refugee children – UNICEF Publication date: December 22, 2017 Nutrition surveys point to public health crisis for children in refugee camps and informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director Publication date: December 22, 2017 UNICEF welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ announcement today that Henrietta H. Fore will succeed Anthony Lake as UNICEF Executive Director when his term ends on 31 December 2017.
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