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Horn of Africa crisis one year on
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:38 pm | UNICEF NZ
A year ago today, the crisis in the Horn of Africa reached boiling point when the United Nations declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia. The extraordinary international support, coupled with favourable rains, helped save countless lives ... More >>
80 Organisations Form Collective Voice for NZ Children
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 9:15 am | UNICEF NZ
- New Briefing Paper asks What Will it Take? - A group of 80 New Zealand non-government organisations and child advocates are standing together to urge the Government to get it right for children in its forthcoming White Paper. A new briefing paper released ... More >>
Funds Urgently Needed for Growing Sahel Children’s Emergency
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 4:18 pm | UNICEF NZ
In the first four months of 2012 UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) has treated nearly a quarter of a million children under five for severe malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa, but more funding is urgently needed with the charity facing a shortfall ... More >>
Young Kiwis Discontent as Rio+20 Conference Looms
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 11:02 am | UNICEF NZ
Young Kiwis have rejected the image of New Zealand as a clean, green paradise and want Government and other decision makers to stand up and listen to their views – says a new report ‘The Future We Want’ compiled by UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s ... More >>
Budget Must Invest in New Zealand’s Children
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 10:30 am | UNICEF NZ
It is widely accepted across the world that failure to protect children from the impact of poverty in their early years is one of the most costly mistakes a society can make. More >>
UNICEF NZ Consult Wellington Youth on Sustainability
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 5:09 pm | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund), with support from the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, is giving young Wellingtonians a chance to get their views heard by world leaders at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. More >>
Child Hunger in Sahel as Distressing as in Horn of Africa
Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 2:09 pm | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF NZ (United Children’s Fund) Media Release Friday 13 April Child Hunger in Sahel as Distressing as in Horn of Africa The risk for children with acute malnutrition in the Sahel is as distressing as it was in the Horn of Africa last year. As hunger ... More >>
‘Hunger is stalking children in the Sahel’
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 3:42 pm | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF is warning that there is little time left to stave off a disaster facing more than a million children aged below five in the Sahel region of West Africa. The communities in the Sahel have been hit by a perfect storm of poor harvests, drought and high ... More >>
Syria: UNICEF Steps Up Its Response To Affected Children
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 3:34 pm | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF Steps Up Its Response To Children Affected By The Crisis In Syria GENEVA / AMMAN— As the impact of the ongoing crisis in Syria ripples across the region, UNICEF has unveiled plans to address the urgent health, educational and other needs ... More >>
Disaster is stalking children in the Sahel
Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 4:17 pm | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF is warning that there is little time left to stave off a disaster facing more than a million children aged below five in the Sahel region of Africa. The dry, ‘lean’ season in the eight affected countries is imminent. More >>
Cities are Failing Children, UNICEF Warns
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 9:41 am | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) Media Release Embargoed until Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Cities are Failing Children, UNICEF Warns More >>
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Syria
Friday, 24 February 2012, 11:42 am | UNICEF NZ
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Syria following the report of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic NEW YORK, 23 February 2012 – “UNICEF is appalled by the impact on children of ... More >>
UNICEF Global Appeal for 2012 Humanitarian Operations
Monday, 30 January 2012, 9:29 am | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) today launched the Humanitarian Action for Children Report 2012 – it appeals for US$1.28 billion to fund its humanitarian operations in 2012, assisting children in more than 25 countries globally. The list of countries ... More >>
Young New Zealanders Join With UNICEF NZ
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 2:16 pm | UNICEF NZ
After searching the length and breadth of the country for young, passionate New Zealanders who want to make a difference in the world, UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) has chosen six students to become its 2012 Youth Ambassadors. More >>
UNICEF NZ Writes for Children’s Rights
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 1:27 pm | UNICEF NZ
Today UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) officially launched ‘For Each and Every Child/ He Taonga Tonu te Tamariki’, an inspiring new book that celebrates and champions children’s rights, at Wellington City Library. More >>
E. Asia & Pacific Region Children Facing Deprivation
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 10:59 am | UNICEF NZ
A new UNICEF (UN Children’s Fund) study analysing child poverty in East Asia and the Pacific emphasises that poverty affects children in vastly different ways than adults. As a result, policy makers need to look beyond family income indicators to ... More >>
UNICEFNZ Calls for Support for the Every Child Counts Pledge
Monday, 7 November 2011, 2:24 pm | UNICEF NZ
UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) wants the welfare of New Zealand’s children to be a top priority in this year’s election campaign and hopes the political pledge, launched by Every Child Counts, will put the 2 in 5 New Zealand children who are ... More >>
Search Begins for next New Zealand UNICEF Youth Ambassadors
Friday, 21 October 2011, 10:54 am | UNICEF NZ
Move over Top Models, UNICEF NZ is launching a nationwide hunt for four new Youth Ambassadors. UNICEF NZ is accepting applications until Friday 25 November from young New Zealanders who want to take action to improve the lives of young people around ... More >>
Solar Powered Desalination Unit En Route to Tuvalu
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11:01 am | UNICEF NZ
A solar powered desalination unit is en route from Suva to provide desperately needed water to children and their families suffering in the current drought in Tuvalu. The unit, funded by UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund) and the New Zealand government’s ... More >>
UNICEF NZ Executive Director Follows Kiwi Dollar to Africa
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 4:48 pm | UNICEF NZ
Dennis McKinlay, Executive Director of UNICEF NZ (UN Children’s Fund), is currently in the Horn of Africa seeing first-hand how UNICEF is spending Kiwi dollars to save children affected by the worst drought in the region in 60 years. More >>
