Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa DUBLIN / AMMAN, 4 May 2018 – “Over the past five weeks, five children were killed and hundreds were injured in largely peaceful protests in Gaza. “Power cuts and shortages of fuel, medicine and equipment are straining an already fragile … Continued
117 million people living through conflict and disaster lack access to safe water 84 per cent of appeal for children in countries affected by violence and conflict NEW YORK / GENEVA / DUBLIN, 30 January 2018 – UNICEF appealed today for $3.6 billion to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 48 million children living through conflict, … Continued
DUBLIN / SANA’A, 16 January 2018 – More than 3 million children were born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015 according to a UNICEF report. Born into War details how children in Yemen have been scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic … Continued
DUBLIN/ GENEVA/ COX’S BAZAR/NEW YORK, 3 November 2017 – Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today. “The Rohingya … Continued
Cholera and malnutrition among main dangers as refugee camps swell UNICEF urges donors to support humanitarian appeals ahead of international pledging conference DUBLIN/DHAKA, BANGLADESH/GENEVA, 20 October 2017 – Desperate living conditions and waterborne diseases are threatening more than 320,000 Rohingya refugee children who have fled to southern Bangladesh since late August, including some 10,000 who … Continued
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH / DUBLIN, 10 October 2017 – A massive cholera immunisation campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900,000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilised and are being delivered by more than 200 mobile vaccination teams, making it the … Continued
FREETOWN / DAKAR / NEW YORK, 17 August 2017 – UNICEF is on the ground urgently responding to the needs of displaced families affected by the flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown which have killed several hundred people including at least 109 children, according to government sources. The death-toll is expected to rise, … Continued
With support from Google.org and HP Inc., the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s $2.25 million partnership and $1 million technology grant will enroll thousands of currently out-of-school refugees in formal education and provide additional support for Lebanese and Syrian children in public schools across Lebanon NEW YORK, 31 July 2017 – The Clooney Foundation for Justice today … Continued
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen ADEN/SANA’A, 26 July 2017 – “As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together … Continued
DUBLIN / SANA’A, 28 June 2017 – Three UNICEF charter planes have delivered 36 tonnes of lifesaving medical and water purification supplies to Yemen as part of efforts to scale up the childrens’ agency’s response to the world’s worst cholera outbreak. The supplies included, 750,000 sachets of Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) – enough to treat … Continued
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