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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 >>
Child sexual exploitation in NZ
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 4:48 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 25 November 2008. – On the eve of a major world conference, UNICEF NZ is calling on the Government to devote more resources to uncovering how many children are sexually exploited in New Zealand. More >>
Young leaders eschew ‘Apprentice’ model
Monday, 24 November 2008, 4:50 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 24 November 2008. – Teams of young leaders in an Apprentice-type race to raise funds for UNICEF were quick to change the rules and increase productivity. More >>
Children tell NZ Government what’s important
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 10:26 am | UNICEF
Wellington, 18 November 2008. – Children from a northern Wellington primary school have shared their beliefs with the Government and United Nations on what they think is important for young people. More >>
Apprentice-style race to support UNICEF
Monday, 17 November 2008, 1:09 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 17 November 2008. – Thirty-seven young leaders from New Zealand and Asia are in a race against time and each other to raise funds for UNICEF projects in Laos. More >>
UNICEF applauds NZ Govt for DR Congo efforts
Friday, 7 November 2008, 4:26 pm | UNICEF
Wellington, 7 November. – UNICEF is welcoming the New Zealand Government’s decision to make available $1 million to help people caught up in the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More >>
Israeli Demolitions Resume In West Bank
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 12:10 pm | UNICEF
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) has voiced alarm at Israel’s recent resumption of house demolitions – after a freeze which began this April – in the West Bank. More >>
Growth In City Populations Could Deepen Poverty
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 12:08 pm | UNICEF
The current unprecedented growth in urbanization means that by 2030 two-thirds of the world will be living in cities and some 2 billion people could be living in slums and temporary shelters, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today. More >>
DR Congo: UN Agencies Stepping Up Relief Efforts
Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 12:06 pm | UNICEF
UN agencies are stepping up their efforts to assist hundreds of thousands of people displaced by violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid reports that fighting has resumed in rebel-held territory in North Kivu. More >>
