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UNICEF on standby in Vanuatu as Cyclone Pam closes in

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 5:09 pm | UNICEF

UNICEF is on standby and ready to respond with emergency supplies and personnel as Tropical Cyclone Pam inches closer to Vanuatu where approximately 260,000 people could be in the disaster zone. More >>

UNICEF putting Child Friendly Cities on the agenda

Thursday, 26 February 2015, 9:27 am | UNICEF

UNICEF putting Child Friendly Cities on the agenda in New Zealand At the national Child Friendly Cities forum co-hosted by UNICEF NZ and Wellington City Council today (26 February), attendees will hear about the importance of ensuring that children’s ... More >>

Damning report card results for Government on child poverty

Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 11:18 am | UNICEF

The annual State of the Nation report released today by The Salvation Army describes progress for children over the past two years as “minimal” and further claims there are signs that things are getting worse for the country’s most vulnerable ... More >>

UNICEF: South Sudan on the edge of nutrition catastrophe

Friday, 6 February 2015, 1:33 pm | UNICEF

UNICEF: South Sudan on the edge of nutrition catastrophe if hostilities don’t end now More >>

Some 280 children handed over to UNICEF today

Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 11:54 am | UNICEF

UNICEF and partners have secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from an armed group in South Sudan - one of the largest ever demobilisations of children. The first group of 280 children were released today, at the village of Gumuruk in ... More >>

Children losing homes, schools and lives in Nigeria

Thursday, 22 January 2015, 2:13 pm | UNICEF

Children are suffering the dire consequences of the conflict in Nigeria, losing their homes, missing out on education and risking their lives, UNICEF said today. More >>

UNICEF mobilizes to reach people affected by Typhoon

Friday, 12 December 2014, 1:19 pm | UNICEF

As Typhoon Hagupit wreaks havoc through the Philippines, UNICEF is acting quickly to support the Filipino government’s response to the emergency, providing lifesaving supplies and services for children and women in the areas hardest hit by cyclone-force ... More >>

UNICEF on standby as Philippines braces for Typhoon

Saturday, 6 December 2014, 11:56 am | UNICEF

Typhoon Hagupit, known locally as Ruby, currently situated off the east coast of the Philippines, could make landfall this weekend with a potential path through the same communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. More >>

1.1 million HIV infections in children averted since 2005

Monday, 1 December 2014, 2:41 pm | UNICEF

An estimated 1.1 million HIV infections among children under 15 have been averted, as new cases declined by over 50 per cent between 2005 and 2013, according to data released by UNICEF to mark World AIDS Day today (1 December). More >>

UNICEF Calls on NZ Youth to Apply for Youth Ambassador Roles

Friday, 28 November 2014, 3:53 pm | UNICEF

UNICEF NZ Calls on NZ Youth to Apply for Youth Ambassador Roles UNICEF NZ has once again launched its nationwide search for six new Youth Ambassadors and is calling on enthusiastic young people to apply before Friday, 12 December 2014. Jacqui Southey, ... More >>

West Africa: countries at risk of Ebola remain on high alert

Monday, 24 November 2014, 2:03 pm | UNICEF

With new Ebola cases in Mali and a continuing surge in Sierra Leone, UNICEF is stepping up efforts to help other West African countries at risk prepare for potential outbreaks. More >>

Innovation can drive change for most disadvantaged children

Friday, 21 November 2014, 10:35 am | UNICEF

On the 25th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, The State of the World’s Children report lays out an agenda for change More >>

25 years of children’s rights

Thursday, 20 November 2014, 2:23 pm | UNICEF

UNICEF and OFC celebrate 25 years of children’s rights with Just Play Sports Days On Universal Children’s Day (20 November) and as part of the Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) inaugural President’s Cup, UNICEF will celebrate 25 years of children’s ... More >>

Kids for Learning celebrates 25 years of children’s rights

Thursday, 20 November 2014, 8:59 am | UNICEF

Kids for Learning, an art project involving more than 600 local primary school students, launches today in Christchurch city centre, marking Universal Children’s Day. 20 November 2014 also marks the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of ... More >>

UNICEF cautions NZ child poverty rates are “stagnating”

Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 8:56 am | UNICEF

An international report by UNICEF has found that child poverty rates in New Zealand have barely changed since 2008, despite similar sized countries significantly reducing child poverty during the recent recession. More >>

UNICEF New Zealand Launches Ebola Emergency Appeal

Thursday, 9 October 2014, 11:18 am | UNICEF

As the numbers of infected and related deaths from Ebola continue to rise at an alarming pace, UNICEF New Zealand has today launched an emergency appeal for urgently needed funds in order to stem the spread of the virus. More >>

Thousands of Children Orphaned by Ebola: UNICEF

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:45 am | UNICEF

At least 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have lost one or both parents to Ebola since the start of the outbreak in West Africa, according to preliminary UNICEF estimates, and many are being rejected by their surviving relatives for fear ... More >>

Missions Reach More than 500,000 in South Sudan

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:41 am | UNICEF

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF are wrapping up their 25th joint emergency mission to deliver lifesaving supplies and services in the most remote and conflict-hit regions of South Sudan. More >>

First batch of household protection kits arrives in Liberia

Friday, 26 September 2014, 4:11 pm | UNICEF

Kits containing protective gear will equip a network of community-based Ebola care centres nationwide More >>

Child malnutrition emergency in South Sudan

Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 11:51 am | UNICEF

Tens of thousands of children under the age of five remain at risk of malnutrition-related death in South Sudan, despite temporary improvements in the food security situation that were released today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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