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More Supplies En Route to Somalia
Saturday, 23 July 2011, 5:09 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) Media Release 23 July 2011 More Supplies En Route to Somalia as UNICEF Scales Up Response - UNICEF NZ Emergency Appeal www.unicef.org.nz or 0800 800 194 - More >>
East Africa Crisis Escalates, Famine Declared in Sth Somalia
Thursday, 21 July 2011, 9:31 am | UNICEF
The UN has declared a famine in the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia, with all other regions in the South of the country expected to have famine status within the next two months. Nearly half a million children are malnourished in South ... More >>
Horn of Africa set to get worse for millions of children
Monday, 18 July 2011, 9:47 am | UNICEF
UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) has called for an immediate expansion of assistance across the Horn of Africa’s drought affected communities to address the dire needs of more than two million children. Half a million of these children are at imminent ... More >>
Children Facing Severe Malnourishment in Horn of Africa
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 4:43 pm | UNICEF
As the humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa continues to worsen, UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) has warned that it expects 480,000 severely malnourished children in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia this year - about 50% more than in 2009. Climate change ... More >>
UNICEF NZ Speaker Event – Young Voices of the Pacific
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 5:06 pm | UNICEF
free public event, organised by UNICEF New Zealand and the Auckland University Centre for Pacific Studies, focusing on current challenges facing young people in the Pacific. More >>
Tonga Parliamentarians act on child rights issues
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 4:04 pm | UNICEF
Tonga parliamentarians are moving to act on alarming challenges in the area of education and nutrition faced by vulnerable children in Tonga. About fifteen Members of the Tongan Parliament gathered last week in a one-day advocacy forum organized by the ... More >>
UNICEF Calls on Donor Countries to Vaccinate Every Child
Friday, 10 June 2011, 2:23 pm | UNICEF
As world leaders prepare to converge on London for the GAVI Alliance* pledging conference next week (June 13), UNICEF (UN Children's Fund) is calling on donors to fund a global immunization effort to save millions of children's lives by 2015. More >>
Asia Pacific Child Rights Award - Closes June 15th
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:25 pm | UNICEF
Get your entries into the 11th Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award. The ABU, CASBAA and UNICEF are inviting broadcasters and producers in the region to submit entries for the Award. More >>
UNICEF appeals for $US20 million for work in conflict zones
Friday, 20 May 2011, 12:21 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) is appealing for $20 million USD ($25 million NZD) for humanitarian operations to address the needs of children and women inside Libya as well as those who have fled into neighbouring countries. This appeal is part of ... More >>
Local Youth Urged to 'Be the Change' for UNICEF
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 11:22 am | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children's Fund) is offering 50 young people from across New Zealand the unique opportunity to attend the first-ever UNICEF NZ Youth Congress which is being held in Manukau from July 15-17, 2011. More >>
Otaki Community Board Wins Award for Youth Events Programme
Friday, 6 May 2011, 11:18 am | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) is pleased to announce that the Otaki Community Board won a Community Boards Best Practice Award on Thursday 5 May in recognition of its Youth Events Programme. More >>
Global Violence Devastating Children’s Lives
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 1:16 pm | UNICEF
Violence, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, is displacing, damaging and killing children says UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund). The charity is on the ground helping those affected across the region and is extremely concerned at the ... More >>
Gifts for mums all over the world
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 3:15 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) Media Release 12 April 2011 Gifts for mums all over the world More >>
UNICEF NZ Concerned By Proposed Changes In Welfare
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 4:29 pm | UNICEF
“We appreciate the references to achieving good outcomes for children and while we do accept that helping parents to become well equipped and work ready when children are three years old can be a path out of poverty, we are concerned that small children ... More >>
Addressing NZ child sex abuse a priority – UNICEF NZ
Thursday, 17 February 2011, 4:57 pm | UNICEF
Children who endure sexual abuse need police to respond in a timely and efficient way to lessen their trauma and ensure that their safety is a priority, says UNICEF NZ. UNICEF NZ was responding to the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s final ... More >>
Africa: Communities stop female genital mutilation/cutting
Monday, 14 February 2011, 3:48 pm | UNICEF
Over 6,000 communities have chosen to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to a joint United Nations programme designed to eliminate this practice, and the number is growing. More >>
International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:44 pm | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 6 February 2011 - All girls deserve to grow up free from harmful practices that endanger their health and well-being. But every year, three million women and girls in Africa alone face the prospect of female genital mutilation and cutting ... More >>
6,000 African communities abandon female genital mutilation
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:43 pm | UNICEF
LONDON/GENEVA, 6 February 2010 – Over 6,000 communities have chosen to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to a joint United Nations programme designed to eliminate this practice, and the number is growing. More >>
UNICEF Liberia – Measles campaign underway in Nimba County
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:40 pm | UNICEF
All children in villages hosting refugees from Ivory Coast to be immunized NIMBA COUNTY, Liberia, 1 February 2011 – A measles vaccination campaign targeting all children in Nimba County, which hosts over 30,000 refugees from the Ivory Coast, ... More >>
UNICEF NZ writing award goes to Fairfax journalist
Friday, 4 February 2011, 12:52 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 4 February 2011. -- A journalist with the Waikato Times newspaper has scooped up a UNICEF NZ award for her story about the impact of malaria in the developing world. More >>
