203 days ago From Examiner.com   View Archived Article

DENVER, COLORADO - =93Just had the thrill of my life singing for UNICEF as they honored my great friend Harry Belafonte,=94 tweeted Tony Bennett from his official Twitter account minutes after the second performance. The entertainer was singing inside for this event an ...

204 days ago From Nzweek   View Archived Article

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - 10 =97 Myanmar government and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have agreed on cooperation for the development of children in the country, official media reported Saturday. Dr. Daw Khin San Yi, Deputy Minister for National Planning and ...

204 days ago From Al-Arabiya   View Archived Article

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jordan's education ministry and the UN children's fund UNICEF jointly run the school, in which 3,400 Syrian refugees are currently enrolled and taught by Jordanian and Syrian teachers. A $2-million (1.5-million euro) grant from Bahrain funded ...

205 days ago From South China Morning Post   View Archived Article

HONG KONG - Charity was the big winner at the Unicef Half Marathon and 10km race yesterday with more than HK$9 million raised to buy Aids testing equipment for mothers-to-be in the developing world. The record amount of cash was matched by a record number of ...

207 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DAMASCUS/AMMAN/GENEVA, 23 November 2012 =96 UNICEF is urgently mobilizing more than 100,000 children's clothing kits and around 160,000 blankets, including baby blankets, along with other winter supplies for displaced children in Syria and ...

207 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Rakhine State, MYANMAR, 23 November 2012 - While precise information about nutrition levels in Myanmar's Rakhine State is still difficult to obtain, UNICEF is very concerned about the extent and severity of child malnutrition, which has been ...

207 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 19 November 2012 =96 Sadrac Neolin, 13, lives in the most disadvantaged and dangerous slum in Port-au-Prince. The sounds of gunshots and police sirens in Cit=E9 Soleil have been a staple of his childhood. Like most of his ...

207 days ago From Asahi Shimbun   View Archived Article

TOKYO, JAPAN - Nearly one-third of children in North Korea suffer from malnutrition, according to UNICEF's representative in Pyongyang. Disiree Jongsma, who took office in August, talked about the bleak conditions in the reclusive country during an interview wi ...

207 days ago From Afrique en Ligue   View Archived Article

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Nairobi, Kenya - As Great Lakes region leaders move to stop clashes between M23 rebels and the Congolese Army in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF has said it is on the ground working to deliver urgent supplies to children .. ...

207 days ago From Inquirer.net   View Archived Article

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Globe has been partnering with Unicef to develop low-cost technologies like the real-time Community Health Information Tracking System, or rCHITS. The rCHITS, developed by Unicef and University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center, is ...

209 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - In Mogadishu, women stand in a shelter for girls and women who have endured sexual and gender-based violence. In addition to safe accommodation, girls and women at the shelter =96 run by the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre with UNICEF support ...

210 days ago From CRIENGLISH.com   View Archived Article

BEIJING, CHINA - UNICEF has pledged that the organization will continue support for Chinese children at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of China's ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Daniel Toole, the UNICEF Regional Director for Ea ...

210 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - =93UNICEF calls on all stakeholders - in government, civil society, the private sector and the international community - to urgently invest in these children to respect their dignity and give them an equal chance to become healthy, productive young . ...

210 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - GAZA, occupied Palestinian territory, 20 November 2012 =96 The violence has had a direct impact on children, and families are struggling to cope. In Gaza, 22 children have been killed in air strikes, and another 277 injured. In Israel, 14 children ha ...

210 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - According to a new report, India has realized impressive gains in child survival over the past two decades. However, at the current pace, the country is unlikely to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, which aims to reduce under-5 mortality rate by ...

212 days ago From Sudan Tribune   View Archived Article

ROUBAIX, FRANCE - November 14, 2012 (KAMPALA) =96 The =93Educate A Child=94 initiative was launched by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the second of the three wives of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar and the UN children's fund (UNICEF) on . ...

212 days ago From Patch.com   View Archived Article

SALINE, MICHIGAN - He was going to buy a pair of skis with the money, but that changed the day his teacher, Anne Callison, taught him a lesson in science and introduced him to the Trick-or-Treat for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) fundraiser. Students throu ...

212 days ago From China Daily   View Archived Article

BEIJING, CHINA - UNITED NATIONS - The Untied Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday voiced its deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Gaza and Israel and its impact on children, calling for efforts to protect children in the conflict area. UNICEF&# ...

213 days ago From Nzweek   View Archived Article

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - ANTANANARIVO, Nov. 16 =97 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday inaugurate a new workspace for local counselling service to help youth in problem in Madagascar. The service, fruit of cooperation between UNICEF, the Ministry of You ...

219 days ago From Voice of America   View Archived Article

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Pneumonia kills more children than any other disease in the world. The U.N. Children's Fund reports every 25 seconds a child dies from pneumonia. It kills 3,400 children a day or 1.3 million a year. By this calculation, pneumonia accounts for 18 ...