109 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AMMAN, 4 February 2013 =96 A large-scale operation is under way in Syria to secure safe water supplies for more than 10 million people =96 close to half the population, UNICEF said today. The first four trucks carrying 80 tons of sodium hypochlorite ...

109 days ago From spyghana.com   View Archived Article

ACCRA, GHANA - Bishnu Timilsina, UNICEF Water Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist (WASH), made this known in an interview in Uyo, at the sideline of a two-day workshop on rural water supply and sanitation component of the Niger Delta Support Programme (NDSP). ...

109 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - =93The high levels of child malnutrition seen in Madhya Pradesh are the result of a 'perfect storm' for children that associates high levels of malnutrition in mothers, poor child feeding practices in the first two years of life and high leve ...

112 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - GENEVA/AMMAN, 1 February 2013 =96 A United Nations joint mission to the western Syrian governorate of Homs has found that 420,000 people, half of whom are children, need immediate humanitarian assistance. The month-long mission found that about ...

112 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - LILONGWE, 01 February 2013- UNICEF is scaling up its emergency assistance in Malawi after flooding has hit the country's southern region. A recent inter-agency assessment estimated that over 33,000 people have been displaced leaving many people . ...

113 days ago From Inquirer.net   View Archived Article

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - MANILA, Philippines=96The United Nations Children's Fund has appealed for nearly a billion pesos in additional assistance for the Philippines to fund humanitarian emergencies affecting children in Mindanao due to conflict and the aftermath of dea ...

114 days ago From Express.co.uk   View Archived Article

LONDON, U K - "The problem isn't that there's a shortage of food, the problem is that the hungry children don't get the food they need to live. We can change this - child suffering and death is preventable if we can persuade our governments to act ...

114 days ago From StyleBistro   View Archived Article

SAN CARLOS, CALIFORNIA - The 20-year-old star, who has been a UNICEF Ambassador since 2009, is continuing her work to raise money for the children's organization. The February Nylon cover girl is auctioning off a signed bag in the name of her favorite charity. The bag is ...

115 days ago From The Guardian Nigeria   View Archived Article

LAGOS, NIGERIA - THE United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said it needs about $1.4 billion (N224 million) to meet the immediate life-saving needs of children in 45 countries and regions gripped by conflict, natural disasters and other complex emergencies t ...

116 days ago From All Africa   View Archived Article

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - The Government of Liberia (GoL) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have signed a quality education deal worth US$6.5Million. UNICEF, which was founded in 1946 and assembled by the United Nations during World War 2, is the driving for ...

116 days ago From Caribbean Journal   View Archived Article

MIAMI, FLORIDA - The United Nations Children's Fund is launching an appeal for $11.5 million in Haiti as part of a wider $1.4 billion it is seeking to meet =93immediate and essential needs=94 of children in 45 countries. The money UNICEF is seeking in Haiti would ...

116 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AMMAN/NEW YORK, 28 January 2013 =96 Four UN agencies and two NGOs today strongly urged those involved in the response to the Syria crisis and people displaced in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey to avoid unnecessary illness and death in children by . ...

118 days ago From Vibe Ghana   View Archived Article

ACCRA, GHANA - The UNICEF-Ghana procured 2.35 million LLINs through financial contribution by the Department for International Development (DFID) in September 2010, for distribution to about 4.7 million people in malaria control and other related activities in the ...

121 days ago From IRINnews.org   View Archived Article

NAIROBI, KENYA - "Working with UNICEF [the UN Children's Fund], WHO [the World Health Organization] and the World Bank, UNFPA has been the principal assistant to the government in terms of defining a national roadmap for accelerating the reduction of materna ...

122 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - As world leaders, economists and captains of industry meet in Davos to tackle the health of the economy, UNICEF and partners are looking at economical ways of bringing better health to vulnerable children. By Marissa Aroy. NEW YORK, United States of ...

124 days ago From Ghana Business News   View Archived Article

ACCRA, GHANA - With military operations ongoing in Mali, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling on commanders of all armed forces, groups and militias in Mali to take every possible measure to protect children from the impact of hostilities. Per ...

124 days ago From Jakarta Post   View Archived Article

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Ferry said he had also used his UNICEF experience when visiting disadvantaged children, able to compare that to his own children's condition. By learning from others, he said he hoped his children would be more grateful and could make the best ou ...

128 days ago From UNICEF-press release   View Archived Article

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON D.C., 16 January 2013 =96 Today, the Government of Ethiopia convened a meeting of African Ministers of Health and global experts aimed at accelerating reductions in preventable child deaths through sharper national plans and .. ...

128 days ago From The Daily Star   View Archived Article

BEIRUT, LEBANON - BEIRUT: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has called for an increase in global humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees while acknowledging the efforts of the Lebanese government in an interview with The Daily Star. =93I've learned a lot f ...

128 days ago From KRNV My News 4   View Archived Article

RENO, NEVADA - Pregnant Shakira has asked fans to make charity donations in her honor in lieu of baby shower gifts. The Hips Don't Lie hitmaker is due to give birth to her first child any day now, and she has pro-actively reached out to devotees to request that ...