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Kiwis to create giant baby blanket on Mother’s Day
Thursday, 16 April 2009, 10:19 am | UNICEF
Wellington, 16 April 2009. – The UN Children’s Fund is calling on Kiwi knitters to get their needles clacking as part of a nationwide attempt to construct a giant baby blanket and raise awareness of AIDS in the developing world. People all around ... More >>
Kiwis Give Their All For UNICEF
Monday, 6 April 2009, 10:59 am | UNICEF
Auckland, 5 April 2009. – Fifteen hundred people took part in an epic water pistol battle in Auckland today that raised funds for and awareness of water issues in the developing world. More >>
Aucklanders Gear Up To Smash Water Pistol Record
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 2:09 pm | UNICEF
This Sunday 5th April, thousands of Aucklanders are being invited to take a shot at breaking the Guinness World Record™ for the world’s largest ever water pistol fight. More than 2,671 participants are needed to break the current world record, ... More >>
UNICEF releases new Tap Project video
Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:12 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 27 March 2009. -- The UN Children's Fund has released a new video about the Tap Project, which is running in more than 300 cafes and restaurants throughout New Zealand until 9 April. More >>
Clean, safe water luxury for many children
Friday, 20 March 2009, 11:38 am | UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund is encouraging Kiwis to remember how lucky they are to have access to safe, clean water ahead of World Water Day on Sunday 22 March. More >>
Aucklanders urged to join mass water pistol fight
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 11:54 am | UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund is encouraging Aucklanders to get behind an epic water pistol fight that could put New Zealand on top of the world. More >>
Guinness World Record attempt to benefit children
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 10:55 am | UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund is encouraging Aucklanders to get behind an epic water pistol fight that could put New Zealand on top of the world. Thousands of people are expected to gather at Western Springs Park in Auckland on Sunday 5th April to take a shot ... More >>
Child-friendly cities expert visits New Zealand
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 10:08 am | UNICEF
Wellington 19 March 2009. -- An international expert on child-friendly cities is in New Zealand 18-24 March to talk about how cities can be made better for children. Dr Christoph Baker is with UNICEF Italy where he heads the international Child Friendly ... More >>
Kiwis Show Record Support For UNICEF Tap Project
Monday, 9 March 2009, 10:10 am | UNICEF
A record number of restaurants and cafes around New Zealand are taking part in the UN Children’s Fund month-long Tap Project which kicks off on Monday 9 March. Diners will be asked to fork over $1 or more for every glass of tap water they normally ... More >>
UNICEF Opens 200th School In Indonesia
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 12:43 pm | UNICEF
The construction project is part of UNICEF’s determination to not only replace schools destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake and tsunami which struck Indonesia in 2004, but to build them back better. As a result, the children who rely ... More >>
Restaurants & cafes urged to join kids campaign
Monday, 2 March 2009, 12:41 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 2 March 2009. – The UN Children’s Fund has produced a short video about its month-long fundraiser that kicks off in New Zealand on 9 March. More >>
Scientists convert water into gold for charity
Thursday, 26 February 2009, 12:40 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 26 February 2009. – Christchurch scientists have come up with a winning formula to turn tap water into financial support for the UN Children’s Fund. More >>
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 >>
