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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 >>
UNICEF supports reintegration of child soldiers
Monday, 31 May 2010, 5:12 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF is working with the Government of Chad on a regional conference that will focus on the recruitment and use of children in armed forces and groups. More >>
Kiwi teens to international environment conference
Friday, 28 May 2010, 2:39 pm | UNICEF
Four young New Zealanders, aged between 13–18, will be travelling to Brazil next week to participate in a major international youth conference. More >>
Budget should help lift children out of poverty
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 1:07 pm | UNICEF
Whatever else the Budget holds for New Zealanders, it must do something to reduce New Zealand’s shocking level of child poverty. More >>
Lesotho: Free Education Becomes Legally Compulsory
Saturday, 15 May 2010, 11:46 am | UNICEF
In a milestone effort to advance progress towards universal primary education, the Government of Lesotho recently enacted the Education Act 2010, legalising the right to free and compulsory education. More >>
UNICEF launches life-saving Mother’s Day gift
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 1:00 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 4 May 2010. – UNICEF is urging Kiwis to show their mum they care this Mother’s Day with a gift that is helping thousands of mothers in the developing world protect their babies from HIV. More >>
UNICEF's New Executive Director
Monday, 3 May 2010, 11:57 pm | UNICEF
Anthony Lake has begun his tenure as UNICEF’s sixth Executive Director, bringing more than 45 years of public and international service to the position. “I am excited to be joining UNICEF. I look forward to working with our exceptional staff and our ... More >>
Kiwis take action to put children UNDER COVER
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 9:46 am | UNICEF
Wellington, 22 April 2010. – With one million people dying from malaria each year, most of them children, UNICEF NZ is asking Kiwis to get behind its UNDER COVER movement to save lives both cheaply and easily. More >>
“Protect me with Love and Care” Children Say
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 3:51 pm | UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Pacific office today released the Child Protection Baseline Reports - “Protect me with Love and Care” for Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to regional partners working to protect the children of the Pacific. More >>
