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Govt Shirking Commitment to Reducing World Poverty – UNICEF
Friday, 25 May 2012, 1:06 pm | UNICEF
The New Zealand Government has reneged on aid commitments to the world’s poorest people, by cutting $133 million from its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget over the next three years. In 2000 New Zealand stood shoulder to shoulder with 188 ... More >>
UNICEF NZ Begins Search for Aspiring Young Reporters
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 12:00 pm | UNICEF
Wednesday 9 April 2012 UNICEF NZ Begins Search for Aspiring Young Reporters UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) and 3News are searching for five budding young reporters to write for 3Youth – a space on the 3News website dedicated to news written by ... More >>
UNICEF NZ Consult Christchurch Youth on Sustainability
Monday, 23 April 2012, 12:56 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund), with support from the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, is giving young Cantabrians a chance to get their views heard by world leaders at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. More >>
Fiji Floods: UNICEF helps re-equip flood-affected schools
Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 11:52 am | UNICEF
Flood-affected schools in the Western Division of Suva are to re-open today after being closed for over a week due to flood damage. UNICEF is working with partners to re-equip schools and welcome back children whose lives have been devastated by ... More >>
Fiji Floods: UNICEF responding to health and education needs
Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 11:21 am | UNICEF
Over 14,000 thousand people, including 5,000 children, have been displaced from their homes due to flooding in the Western and Central Divisions of Fiji. More >>
UNICEF NZ brings The Carrier to Film Festival
Monday, 26 March 2012, 9:57 am | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) Media Release Wednesday 21 March UNICEF NZ brings The Carrier to the NZ International Documentary Edge Film Festival UNICEF NZ is bringing four children’s rights documentaries to the screen at the upcoming Documentary ... More >>
UNICEF NZ Urges Quick Response to Sahel Crisis
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 3:14 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) welcomes today’s announcement of funding by the New Zealand Government for the looming food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, but warns that we must all act now to stop children dying as they did in the Horn ... More >>
Cities Are Failing Children, UNICEF Warns
Friday, 2 March 2012, 10:04 am | UNICEF
SUVA, 29 February 2012 – Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services, UNICEF warns in The State of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World . Greater urbanization is inevitable. ... More >>
UNICEF Donates to those Affected by Floods
Monday, 13 February 2012, 3:03 pm | UNICEF
In an effort to assist those most affected by the floods and landslides, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) donated emergency relief materials to the Fiji Red Cross Society for distribution. The donation of 4000 x 10 litre collapsible water containers and 500 ... More >>
Young Pacific Film Producer Wins International Award
Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 11:39 am | UNICEF
Suva, 3 February 2011 – 16 year old Vanuatu film maker Nenneth Sakita has scooped up a 2011 OneMinutesJr. Award for the film “Discrimination Against Women”. The film was selected by an independent jury in competition with 250 videos from around ... More >>
UNICEF NZ Comments on the Issue of Forced Marriage
Monday, 30 January 2012, 3:01 pm | UNICEF
"Forced marriages constitute a serious violation of human rights and the rights of the child," said Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director of UNICEF NZ, in response to the story of a 17 year-old woman forced into a marriage and held against her will ... More >>
Progress for Children Two Years after Haiti Earthquake -
Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 10:41 am | UNICEF
UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) released a report today showing that two years after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti on January 12 2010, the situation for children in the country is slowly improving though critical challenges ... More >>
Latest UNICEF Knowledge Products
Friday, 23 December 2011, 11:40 am | UNICEF
The report highlights the key challenges that young people face in the Pacific. Lack of Investment Could Result in "Lost Generation" of Pacific Youth. Poverty, lack of access to health and education services and dwindling job opportunities are preventing ... More >>
UNICEF Support to Families Affected by Tropical Storm Washi
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 10:30 am | UNICEF
Wednesday 21 December, 2011 UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) is delivering water and sanitation supplies to assist in the provision of clean water and sanitation facilities for 15,000 families affected by the devastating floods in southern Philippines. The ... More >>
NZers Reveal Christmas Shopping Secrets - Say No to Naff
Monday, 19 December 2011, 10:46 am | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) Media Release Monday 19 December, 2011 New Zealanders Reveal Christmas Shopping Secrets Say No to Naff - www.inspiredgifts.org.nz There’s only six days to go until Christmas but there’s no need to panic because a new ... More >>
Another Boost for Quality Primary Education in Vanuatu
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 9:27 am | UNICEF
PORT VILA, 14 December 2011 –The Government of Vanuatu today launched a set of newly developed standards to improve quality primary education in the nation. The Vanuatu Minimum Quality Standards for Primary Schools will help guide Primary School ... More >>
Child Safety online: Global challenges and strategies
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 9:30 am | UNICEF
Although offering more opportunities for education and information than at any time in history, the Internet has also amplified the scale and potential of threats to children, says a new report from UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre. More >>
Unparalleled Global Progress in HIV Response
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 1:17 pm | UNICEF
Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund), World Health Organization (WHO), and UNAIDS "Report on the Global HIV/AIDS ... More >>
Jonah Lomu Becomes New Ambassador for UNICEF NZ
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 9:30 am | UNICEF
Rugby legend Jonah Lomu has taken on an important new role as Ambassador for UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund). He joins famous Kiwi supporters of the children’s charity like Hayley Westenra and Mike McRoberts, as well as global sports stars such as Novak ... More >>
East Asia-Pacific Children Vulnerable to Climate Change
Monday, 14 November 2011, 4:51 pm | UNICEF
According to a UNICEF report, Children’s Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Disaster Impacts in East Asia and the Pacific , children will be among those most affected by climate change. Millions of children across East Asia and the Pacific ... More >>
