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For a year, in 2003 and 2004, I lived in Iraq working as a journalist. Annette Apitz’s recent post about children’s lives in that country brought up a lot of memories for me. While I lived there, I saw some devastating things: families squatting dismally in an abandoned soccer stadium because their neighborhoods were no longer safe; hospitals full of wounded with almost no medicine to treat them; the aftermath of bombings that left cars, houses and humans in wrecked pieces.
But worst of all was seeing children purposely targeted for violence and
Jun17
What does the word “Jamaica” conjure up in you mind? Long, glittery beaches? Azure-colored water? Fancy resorts? Those are some of the images I would have thought of until recently. But, as I’ve learned, they’re only part of Jamaica’s very complicated reality.
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You see, for years now, Jamaica
Jun13
Have you noticed from our recent efforts in China and Myanmar that UNICEF goes to extreme lengths to make sure children always have access to education, even in emergency situations?
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Education is like a magic wand for children
Jun05
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May29
The latest statistics from China are now telling us that over 67,000 have died from the devastating May 12 earthquake, about 20,800 people are still missing and an astounding 5 million people have been left homeless. (That’s the equivalent of the entire city of Atlanta.)
Huge aftershocks continue to rattle the area, not to mention the population. As a man quoted in this New York Times article described, “Everyone is paralyzed with dread, and each new tremor just prolongs our misery.” That ongoing sense of fear can be particularly tough on children. Now, in China, there are so many children whose main places of stability and comfort
May21
Ethiopia is a country that has experienced more than its share of hardship. Now, once again, its people find themselves in dire straights. UNICEF is there, and we hope you can support our response to the current crisis.
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| A severely malnourished child lies inside a tent, at a feeding centre on the grounds of Ropi Catholic Church, in Sirano District in Oromia Region. |
Droughts are particularly deadly in this country where 80 percent of the population lives off the land. Livestock has died, fertilizer is scarce, fuel prices are through the roof and an ongoing conflict in the Somali (Ogaden) Region is making it all worse. In short, people
May21
The Myanmar cyclone and the China earthquake. It’s very unusual for two natural disasters of such massive scale to occur within such a small window of time. Luckily, UNICEF is used to dealing with more than one emergency at once, while also ensuring that none of the ongoing programs in more than 150 countries where we work in suffer. I guess you could say we’re very good at multi-tasking on a global level.
May19
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In this photo, taken during a different trip, a girl is examined at one of the many hospitals and health clinics in Angola that receive vaccines and other essential supplies from UNICEF. |
Adam Fifield is visiting UNICEF programs in Angola and Swaziland and phoned in this dispatch.
We saw Maria on Tuesday. The U.S. Fund delegation visiting Angola was observing UNICEF-supported services at a pediatric hospital in the southern city of Lubango. In a small room off a corridor, a tiny, striking child
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