UNICEF has been serving kids on the ground in Iraq since 1952. UNICEF provides clean water and supports health and nutritional activities through local and UN partners. UNICEF recently delivered school materials for primary school students, immunized children against measles, and treated children for malnutrition.
Conditions for Iraqi children affected by violence and displacement have reached a critical point, UNICEF said today.
“Humanitarian aid offers a lifeline to Iraq’s children and stepping up support now is the best way to protect and invest in Iraq’s future,”said Daniel Toole, UNICEF’s Acting Deputy Executive Director and Chief of Emergency Operations.
Humanitarian relief workers from UNICEF, the UN, and other organizations are working in very difficult conditions. As today's report explains, we are meeting the challenge and making a difference for Iraq’s children.
UNICEF staff members in the field check-in, read and comment here on Fieldnotes. Please keep the members of our staff in Iraq in your thoughts – wish them well through the comments section of this post.
Comments (7)
“Humanitarian aid offers a lifeline to Iraq’s children and stepping up support now is the best way to protect and invest in Iraq’s future.”
Posted by Kekule Asgari, M.D. | May 23, 2007 7:41 PM
Posted on May 23, 2007 19:41
Thank you so much for your noble work; may "the force be with you!" and may, each day, you know from your source that it is.
Posted by Laura Hill | May 24, 2007 12:30 AM
Posted on May 24, 2007 00:30
Kudos to everyone for recognizing and finding ways to help the suffering children in Iraq, as well as other places. I personally thank you for your hard work and commitment and compassion.
Posted by JanineSheikh | May 24, 2007 11:45 AM
Posted on May 24, 2007 11:45
A good attitude is very important to help to other as much as one same one so I congratulate them by so noble action and I animate them to that they continue and the others to that we discover ways to contribute or to also help the others.
Thank you and have a nice day.
Posted by Adriana Gabriela Gálvez Gerling | May 25, 2007 8:14 PM
Posted on May 25, 2007 20:14
To UNICEF staff on the field,
Your daily work is truly inspirational to those of us in America who are concerned about children affected by the U.S.-led occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Please know that you are in our thoughts and hopes for peace in your regions. Thank you on behalf of every UNICEF supporter!
Posted by Kevin | May 28, 2007 9:26 PM
Posted on May 28, 2007 21:26
No more problems for children
Posted by Elisabetta De Robbio | May 29, 2007 12:23 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 12:23
This might be the littlest gesture of the day but I'll go ahead and say it- God bless you. You are in my prayers. It might seem like you don't do much but I know what it means to those you help because I have had the opportunity to be on the receiving end. Thank you.
Posted by Ju | June 9, 2007 2:34 AM
Posted on June 9, 2007 02:34