Refugee children of Ukraine engage in developmental activities organized by their kindergarten teacher at the UNICEF supported Dorcas Ministries Accommodation Centre. In the accommodation centre families are provided with housing, social and health related services, while children attend daily catch-up classes and kindergarten as part of the “School to Success” accelerated learning programme developed to address educational gaps.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries including Canada who have promised to ensure children’s human rights.
The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by nearly 50 per cent since September – now equaling approximately one in eight children in the entire country – as a result of ongoing violence caused by armed groups.
More than 350 UNICEF aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip in ongoing efforts to meet the needs of about 1 million children after 15 months of bombardment
“Continued attacks on health facilities endanger children’s lives and restrict their access to lifesaving medical care, which can have immediate and long-term impacts on their health,” said Russell. “The violence must end now. Children in Sudan cannot wait any longer.”
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Life-saving support covers protection, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and education services.
How equipping local community members with training in mental health, counselling and psychosocial support is assisting children affected by the crisis in Mali.
A family battles malnutrition with determination to survive.
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
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