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More children victims of Sri Lanka conflict
Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 11:25 am | UNICEF
With a growing number of children being recruited by the Tamil Tigers and scores of children being killed or injured in fighting, the UN Children’s Fund today expressed its gravest concerns for children caught up in the Sri Lanka conflict. More >>
Mike McRoberts video supports UNICEF Gaza appeal
Monday, 16 February 2009, 9:39 am | UNICEF
15 February 2009. – The UN Children’s Fund has launched an appeal to assist children in Gaza affected by the recent conflict. More >>
Zimbabwe Education Crisis Worsens
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 10:51 am | UNICEF
As the world focuses on the inauguration of Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister and the commencement of a government of national unity, the UN Children's Fund today released data revealing that 94 per cent of schools in rural Zimbabwe remain closed and called for a prioritisation ... More >>
Growing number of children injured in Sri Lanka
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:56 pm | UNICEF
Kathmandu, 30 January 2009 – Calling the situation a crisis for children, UNICEF today said that an increasing number of children, some just months old, had been injured in the fighting in Sri Lanka in the past 10 days. UNICEF again called upon ... More >>
Macquarie doubles Young Leaders’ fundraising
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 5:52 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 1 February 2009. – A young banker used his financial nous to double the amount of money he helped raise for UN Children’s Fund water projects in Laos. Aucklander Graham Rhodes – a Business Analyst with Macquarie Capital Advisors ... More >>
UNICEF Continues To Battle Cholera Outbreak
Monday, 19 January 2009, 11:56 am | UNICEF
18 January 2009. -- More than 2,200 people have died so far in Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, with the cumulative number of cases reaching 42,000. In addition, the education system is showing signs of collapse, the health system is deteriorating and food ... More >>
Tennis fans get in the swing with charity lob
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:43 am | UNICEF
Wellington 16 January 2009. – Usually it’s just one ball going back and forth in tennis, but earlier this week a court at the ASB Tennis Centre was deluged with more than 3,000 balls lobbed by enthusiastic fans. More >>
Extreme Risks for Pregnant Women and Newborns
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:24 am | UNICEF
Wellington, 15 January 2009. – Women in the world’s least developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women in developed countries, according to UNICEF’s latest State of the World’s ... More >>
Gaza Aid Worker’s Wife About To Give Birth
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 4:14 pm | UNICEF
NEW YORK, USA, 14 January 2009 – The conflict in the Gaza Strip holds special terror for Sajy, one of 10 UNICEF staff members who have persevered in the territory throughout the current crisis. His wife is due to give birth any day. More >>
UNICEF Provides Aid To Flood-Hit Fiji
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 1:38 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 15 January 2009. – UNICEF has supplied almost $37,000-worth of medical, water and sanitation supplies to help people made homeless in Fiji’s flooding. More >>
Children continue to suffer in front lines of Gaza
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 3:36 pm | UNICEF
13 January 2009. -- As the UN calls for a halt to fighting in Gaza, it is children who continue to bear the brunt of the conflict. More >>
UNICEF validates Christmas gifts reached children
Sunday, 11 January 2009, 12:56 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 11 January 2009. – Aid supplies purchased by New Zealanders in UNICEF NZ’s new Inspired Gifts scheme are helping tens of thousands of children in 26 developing countries. More >>
Deep concern at ongoing violence in Gaza
Friday, 9 January 2009, 9:46 am | UNICEF
“UNICEF is deeply concerned that the ongoing violence has forced UN Relief and Works Agency to suspend its humanitarian operation in Gaza. This can only deepen an already critical humanitarian situation and put children at even greater risk ... More >>
Aid reaches Gaza vulnerable, ceasefire needed
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 4:59 pm | UNICEF
The nearly 1.5m residents of Gaza – more than half of whom are children – are living in increasingly appalling conditions amid credible reports of 680 people killed and over 3,000 wounded since late December. More >>
Help provide clean water for third world children
Monday, 22 December 2008, 11:57 am | UNICEF
UNICEF New Zealand is launching a drive to persuade restaurants, schools and workplaces to take part in the 2009 Tap Project, which asks people to donate a dollar for every glass of tap water they consume when eating out or away from home. More >>
Front Lines of the Cholera Outbreak
Thursday, 18 December 2008, 1:47 pm | UNICEF
17 December 2008. – The cholera outbreak that has killed close to 1,000 people in Zimbabwe is now spreading to neighbouring countries. More >>
UNICEF on front lines of cholera outbreak
Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 1:26 pm | UNICEF
17 December 2008. – The cholera outbreak that has killed close to 1,000 people in Zimbabwe is now spreading to neighbouring countries. More >>
Mia Farrow Calls for Humanitarian Access
Wednesday, 17 December 2008, 11:44 am | UNICEF
GENEVA, 15 December 2008: Actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow is urging all armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to allow aid organizations to provide life saving assistance to women and children. More >>
NZ scores 6 out of 10 in early education league
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 2:28 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 11 December 2008. – New Zealand has received six out of 10 in a UNICEF report card on early childhood education and care in 25 wealthy countries. More >>
Early HIV testing can save newborn lives - UNICEF
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 8:37 am | UNICEF
Wellington, 1 December 2008. – Early diagnosis and treatment can significantly improve the prospects for survival of newborn babies exposed to HIV, according to an international report released today by UNICEF and other UN agencies. More >>
