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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 >>

Child malnutrition ‘of epic proportions’ in Pakistan

Friday, 28 January 2011, 12:31 pm | UNICEF

28 January 2011. -- The floodwaters that swept the length of Pakistan six months ago have abated to reveal a new humanitarian crisis: child malnutrition. “I haven’t seen levels of malnutrition this bad since the worst of the famines in Ethiopia, ... More >>

UNICEF responds to Tropical Cyclone Vania destruction

Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 10:17 am | UNICEF

Port Vila, Vanuatu 25 January, 2011 – An estimated 16,000 people, almost half of them children on the islands of Tanna and Erramango in Vanuatu’s Tafea Province face immediate hunger and lack of safe water following a tropical cyclone that destroyed ... More >>

UNICEF ready to respond to 7.2 Pakistan earthquake

Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 1:51 pm | UNICEF

Wellington, 19 January 2011. – UNICEF is standing by to respond to humanitarian needs following a 7.2 earthquake that struck south-west Pakistan early this morning. The quake is reported to have been centred in a mountainous region of Baluchistan ... More >>

Kiwis Showed Generosity This Christmas With UNICEF gifts

Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 9:58 am | UNICEF

UNICEF NZ would like to thank the thousands of Kiwis who said ‘No To Naff’ this Christmas by purchasing gifts that do good for children around the world. Over the festive season, New Zealanders bought enough water purification tablets to make over ... More >>

UNICEF emergency supplies reaching Sri Lanka flood victims

Monday, 17 January 2011, 9:54 am | UNICEF

A second consignment of UNICEF supplies has arrived in the flood-affected eastern part of Sri Lanka. These supplies are 4,961 hygiene kits (washing kits to last a family of five a month including towels, soap, toothpaste, washing powder), 10,000 ... More >>

UNICEF tackles needs of Sri Lankan flood victims

Friday, 14 January 2011, 10:48 am | UNICEF

14 January 2011. – UNICEF supplies packed into seven trucks have arrived in eastern Sri Lanka, to support the up to a million people affected by massive flooding. More >>

UNICEF responds to Sri Lanka floods

Thursday, 13 January 2011, 2:59 pm | UNICEF

12 January 2011 – UNICEF is rushing emergency supplies to eastern Sri Lanka as hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by flooding. Water levels in some areas are two metres higher than normal – and still rising. More >>

Photo gallery - Haiti earthquake One Year On

Monday, 10 January 2011, 10:15 am | UNICEF

One year after the devastating January 12 earthquake shook their fragile lives, Haiti’s four million children are still reeling from the lingering impact of the disaster. More than 220,000 lives were lost, and countless families were separated, ... More >>

Google Inc. Grants UNICEF $4M for Polio Eradication

Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:15 am | UNICEF

New York, NY – December 14, 2010 – The US Fund for UNICEF gratefully acknowledged receipt of a $4 million grant from Google, Inc. to address the critical fundraising gap of $14 million in UNICEF’s Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) pipeline for outbreak response. ... More >>

Warning: Income Disparities Impact on Child Wellbeing

Monday, 13 December 2010, 11:14 am | UNICEF

“The overall picture painted by the updated 2010 Children’s Social Health Monitor is deeply concerning” said Dennis McKinlay, UNICEF NZ executive director. The 2010 Children’s Social Health Monitor (CSHM) released today at the Dunedin School of ... More >>

Inequality – what’s it doing to children? Warning for NZ

Friday, 3 December 2010, 2:34 pm | UNICEF

3 Dec 2010: A report released today by UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund) is a strong warning signal for New Zealand, says UNICEF NZ executive director Dennis McKinlay. More >>

The Country's First Knitted Billboard From UNICEF

Thursday, 2 December 2010, 12:13 pm | UNICEF

New Zealand's first ever knitted billboard was unveiled today by UNICEF New Zealand in Auckland's CBD. More >>

Haiti Cholera Epidemic Continues to Soak up Supplies & Money

Thursday, 2 December 2010, 10:19 am | UNICEF

UNICEF is taking strong action in Haiti, expanding its field-staff by more than sixty people, as the cholera epidemic worsens, and the country continues to be in a state of unease. Over the election week-end information from the field reported that health ... More >>