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Morgan pitches in dollar for dollar

Monday, 30 August 2010, 3:45 pm | UNICEF

Investor and economist Gareth Morgan said he would match all donations to UNICEF’s Pakistan Flood Children’s Appeal from today. More >>

Health Crisis Grows In Pakistan

Thursday, 26 August 2010, 6:42 pm | UNICEF

As the Pakistan floods continue, the full impact on people’s health is beginning to unfold. UNICEF is aware of over 200,000 confirmed cases of acute diarrhoea, 263,000 cases of skin diseases and over 200,000 acute respiratory infection cases diagnosed. More >>

Business woman wins dinner with Gareth Morgan

Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 9:11 am | UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND Media Release Anonymous business woman wins dinner with Gareth Morgan. 23:Aug 2010: A New Zealand business woman has won a UNICEF auction on Trade Me to have dinner with economist and investor Gareth Morgan. The anonymous ... More >>

Gareth is the most popular

Thursday, 19 August 2010, 10:01 am | UNICEF

Wellington, 19 August 2010. – Investor and economist Gareth Morgan is the most popular in UNICEF NZ’s TradeMe auction, getting higher bids than Fair Go presenter Alison Mau and TV3 news anchor Mike McRoberts. More >>

UNICEF calls for $67m in donations for Pakistan

Friday, 13 August 2010, 5:42 pm | UNICEF

More money will be needed to pay for relief to the devastated regions of Pakistan, says Unicef New Zealand. More >>

UNICEF auctions Ambassadors for Pakistan emergency

Friday, 13 August 2010, 10:03 am | UNICEF

The three high-profile UNICEF NZ ambassadors are going on the auction block to raise funds for the Pakistan flood crisis. More >>

Kiwis urged to support Pakistan relief effort

Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 2:21 pm | UNICEF

Wellington, 11 August 2010. – The chief executives of 10 major New Zealand aid agencies are jointly asking Kiwis to dig deep in the face of the huge humanitarian disaster unfolding in Pakistan. More >>

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 12:25 pm | UNICEF

NEW YORK, 9 August 2010 – Today UNICEF joins in celebrating the vibrant diversity, rich culture and remarkable contributions of the world’s indigenous peoples. This year’s celebration comes at a significant time, as world leaders prepare to gather ... More >>

UNICEF ramps up emergency response in Pakistan

Monday, 9 August 2010, 7:22 pm | UNICEF

Landslides and continuing heavy rain is worsening the humanitarian situation in Pakistan with the number of people affected reaching as high as 14 million. More >>

UNICEF provides life-saving supplies for millions

Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 11:47 am | UNICEF

UNICEF is providing life-saving supplies to the millions of people, many of them children, affected by severe flooding in northern Pakistan. More >>

Long road to recovery in Haiti

Thursday, 22 July 2010, 3:43 pm | UNICEF

The earthquake that struck Haiti six months ago was a modern-day disaster that gripped the attention of the entire world, says UNICEF NZ in an article published today (22 July, 2010) in the Otago Daily Times. More >>

‘Blame and banishment’ predicament for youth

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 12:27 pm | UNICEF

An underground HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is intensifying at an alarming pace, fueled by drug use, high-risk sexual behavior and high levels of social stigma that discourage people from seeking prevention information and treatment, ... More >>

Lesotho: Innovation In Early Development Materials

Saturday, 3 July 2010, 11:32 am | UNICEF

UNICEF and the Ministry of Education and Training bring together creative minds from across the country to produce children’s multimedia material. More >>

New Zealanders Taking Responsibility For Children

Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:53 am | UNICEF

“There has been a considerable amount of public and media attention to the matter of child abuse over recent years. I believe that the high degree of debate concerning the amendment to Section 59 of the Crimes Act raised consciousness and promoted awareness ... More >>

UNICEF delivers emergency supplies in Kyrgyzstan

Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 11:05 am | UNICEF

Despite ongoing concerns about security, UNICEF has started a massive ground and air lift of supplies to southern Kyrgyzstan. More >>

UNICEF calls for humanitarian access in Krygyzstan

Monday, 21 June 2010, 1:14 pm | UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund is warning that lack of access is hampering the delivery of humanitarian relief for the 1.1 million people affected by fighting in southern Kyrgyzstan. More >>

UNICEF Deeply Concerned For Children In Kyrgyzstan

Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 6:26 pm | UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund is expressing deep concern about the situation of children in Southern Kyrgyzstan, the scene of unrest and fighting since last week. More >>

UNICEF Sends Aid Supplies To Central Asia Crisis

Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 5:58 pm | UNICEF

UNICEF has dispatched emergency supplies to the estimated 100,000 refugees who have fled fighting in Kyrgyzstan. Ninety per cent of the refugees are women, children and the elderly. More >>

UNICEF backs ambitious effort to cut child malaria

Wednesday, 2 June 2010, 11:28 am | UNICEF

More than a million mosquito nets are being distributed in the Central African Republic (CAR) in a bid to protect children and pregnant women from malaria. More >>

Second round of Bonn UN Climate Change Talks

Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 3:59 pm | UNICEF

(Bonn, 31 May 2010) – A fresh round of UN Climate Change talks kicked off on Monday with representatives from 182 governments meeting in Bonn to take forward work from last year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15). The talks are ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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