Disabilities no barrier to making movies
On the set: Mai Van Quy (right) and his team practise filming as part of programme to introduce movie making skills to young disabled people. — Photo courtesy Unicef Viet Nam by Tran Phuong Anh HCM CITY (VNS)— Against the...Read more...
Financial Education is Key to Raising our Cashless Generation
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela) Considering youth as stakeholders in financial education and product development is paramount to shaping the future of a cashless...Read more...
Need Cautious Effort to Eradicate Polio, Say Experts
India needs cautious administration of the polio vaccine to keep the virus in check, say experts. "India reported the last wild polio virus type 1 case in Howrah, West Bengal, on Jan 13, 2011. If the eradication effort is...Read more...
Revealed Government Documents Show Vaccine Injured Children in Small African Village Used Like...
– In December 2012, vaccine tragedy hit the small village of Gouro, Chad, Africa, situated on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Five hundred children were locked into their school, threatened that if they did not agree to being...Read more...
Malian children face education crisis
While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education,...Read more...
320 Mozambican children die daily from preventable diseases – UNICEF – StarAfrica.com
StarAfrica.com320 Mozambican children die daily from preventable diseases – UNICEFStarAfrica.comThe United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF has said whilst health indicators in Mozambique have improved substantially over the...Read more...
UNICEF urges African nations to register child births
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 – African countries have been urged to register child births, to guarantee the children a legal status and have access to the social services provided by their respective governments. The United Nations...Read more...
Tibaldo: Protect yourself from 'Phishing' and online fraud
Advance Options Attach image: No I MAY not be physically present in any discussion, forum, meeting or group encounter but I can be technologically around with the use of modern day communication gadgets. The use of non-voice...Read more...
UNICEF presents the report ‘The situation of children and adolescents in Aruba’
Oranjestad, May 16. In the presence of Mrs M. Hooyboer-Winklaar, Minister of Economic Affairs, Social Affairs and Culture. UNICEF presented the report on the situation of children and adolescents in Aruba. At the Renaissance...Read more...
No Child's Play: NBC's False Figures for Detained Palestinian Minors
Earlier, NBC's Lawahez Jabari incorrectly reported that there is just one West Bank luxury hotel. When it comes to the much more complex and important subject of Palestinian minors in Israel jails, she's in way over her head.Read more...
Ma Yili Appointed UNICEF Special Advocate for Breastfeeding and Early Child Development
Star of film and television will support UNICEF’s 10m2 of Love Campaign BEIJING, May 20, 2013/PRNewswire/ -- Ma Yili, one of China’s leading film artists and a high profile advocate of breastfeeding, was ...Read more...
You're not a slacktivist, are you? GiveBig and a social media debate | Monica Guzman
Some people will do anything for your support. Even sit in a pool of condoms. “Did you know that condoms are great at preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections?” said Jenn Dean, development officer at Planned...Read more...
The Real Face of Poverty in Ghana – As I
The Real Face of Poverty in Ghana – As I sit watching Channel 4 television here in London, UK, on the screen appears a harrowing woman of African extraction sitting on a raffia mat with legs stretched forward on the floor in a...Read more...
Global demand for gold jewellery up 12% in Q1 2013
The latest World Gold Council Gold Demand Trends report, which reports on the period January-March 2013, shows a market driven by diverse global demand, and an appetite for owning gold jewellery that continues to grow. Total...Read more...
IF: Your school can help end child hunger
A student's message to the UK Prime Minister as part of the Enough Food for Everyone IF plate activity. © UNICEF UK/2013/Gitika Bhardwaj The world produces enough food for every child, yet not every child has enough food to...Read more...
Eradicating Polio in India: Portraits
The public image of the polio campaign (formally known as the Global Polio Eradication Initiative or GPEI) is Bill Gates. He is the most famous of those involved, at least. However, in polio-affected areas of India, the faces...Read more...
available vacancy at UNICEF – nigerian Job Vacancy
With the declaration of polio as a public health emergency, Nigeria is intensifying its efforts to ensure polio Is stopped for good. As a key partner in the effort to eradicate polio, UNICEF has the lead role in communicating...Read more...
UNICEF reaches heaviest conflict areas in Syria
Despite heavy fighting, UNICEF and partners have provided life-saving supplies over the last week to some of the hardest to reach areas in Syria, including Aleppo and Al Houla, as well as children and women who fled recent...Read more...
Ordinance ensures rights to religious freedom
At the conference The Ordinance on Religion and Belief has created a favourable legal corridor for ensuring the right to religious freedom. Pham Dung, Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs,… [Read more]Read more...
The 10 Most Generous Marketing Geniuses
Instead of just selling us more useless things, these advertisers and marketers are helping to package and make popular the idea of doing good and responsible business. Editor’s Note This is the latest entry in Catchafire 's...Read more...
Only 3% convicted in Chhattisgarh for human trafficking – Times of India
Only 3% convicted in Chhattisgarh for human trafficking Times of India RAIPUR: Even as the Chhattisgarh Police joins hands with the UNICEF to open dedicated anti- human trafficking cells in eight notorious districts of the...Read more...
Uganda: Tackling malnutrition in Uganda with homegrown solutions
Source: UN News Service Country: Uganda A programme funded by the European Union in partnership with UNICEF is making a dent in Uganda's malnutrition statistics and changing lives with simple solutions. By Ijuka Agnes Barongo A...Read more...
Finding local solutions in a regional food crisis
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Burkina Faso By Shantha Bloemen DORI, Burkina Faso, 16 May 2013 - After 35 days at Dori Hospital, 15 of them in a coma, 2-year-old Mariama now weighs 6.5 kilograms and is on the road to...Read more...
Young and loveless - Teenage prostitute pushing for a fresh start
Published: Sunday | May 19, 2013 Comments 0 This is the second in a series of stories for Child Month, focusing on some of Jamaica's most vulnerable adolescents and young people. All names have been changed for confidentiality....Read more...
Cholera kills more than 100,000
Cholera kills more than 100,000 people per year, the United Nations reminded countries on Sunday. About half of the victims are children, the UN said. On May 15, the UN launched the UNICEF Cholera Toolkit, a special collection...Read more...
Government must develop proactive child protection policy- Director
Saturday 18th May, 2013 Printable Version Accra, May 17, GNA- Mr Christopher Baborah, a Director at the Department of Social Welfare, has urged government to develop a holistic child protection policy to safeguard children...Read more...
Debate: Oxford Students should be pursuing social justice projects whilst at University
Proposition – Tyler Overton Here are some facts about injustice: according to UNICEF’s 2012 report on child mortality, 1 in 9 children in Sub-Saharan Africa die before age five (as opposed to 1 in 152 in developed regions)....Read more...
Revealed Government Documents Show Vaccine Injured Children in Small African Village Used Like...
Children vaccinated in Africa were severely harmed by vaccines Christina England Activist Post In December 2012, vaccine tragedy hit the small village of Gouro, Chad, Africa, situated on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Five...Read more...
Scholarships and funding opportunities at Manchester University in United Kingdom Britain
Funding Opportunities for Studies in International Development at the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) Equity and Merit Scholarships for Study by Distance Learning (Jan 2014 start) – Applicants from...Read more...
Robert Dager Named Chatsworth Citizen of the Year; Danielle Nguyen Is Youth of the Year
Robert Dager has been named the Chatsworth Citizen of the Year and Danielle Nguyen is Youth of the Year. They were honored Friday at the annual Chatsworth Community Coordinating Council banquet for their significant volunteer...Read more...
